On 2018-08-10 05:55 PM, Tom Van Baak wrote:
>From what I understand the same "threat" occurred in 2017 with the FY18
budget. In the end, the budget ended up greater even than what was asked. So no cuts were
made. Who knows what will happen this time. Still, it's always a concern; for the staff, for
the time service, for the users. The greater issue is to maintain a comprehensive national
or global time dissemination system, with deep and multiple levels of accuracy, redundancy,
security, and resiliency.
Shutting them down doesn't seem wise to me. Be a shame if they shut WWV
before it's 100th anniversary:
NIST Radio Station WWV 100-year Anniversary
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2019/10/nist-radio-station-wwv-100-year-anniversary
countdown timer until Radio Station WWV's 100 year Anniversary
http://free.timeanddate.com/countdown/i66ydhrd/n75/cf111/cm0/cu5/ct3/cs0/ca0/co1/cr0/ss0/cac000/cpc000/pc66c/tc66c/fs400/szw1320/szh556/tatTime%20Until%20WWV%20100th%20Anniversary%3A/tac000/tptWe%20made%20it%20WWV%20is%20100%20years%20old/tpc000/iso2019-10-01T00:00:00
-Brooks
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