Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure

Seems to me the people who should be screaming bloody murder are all the millions with watches and clocks that correct using the 60 kHz transmissions . Most of those millions probably know absolutely nothing about this . How do you reach them ? Hank K7HP _ Topband Reflector

Topband: Copying IV3PRK in WA-State CN98

Is this for real or is he using a remote? Copying *IV3PRK* ===> Txmtr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)

Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure

To me it's a no-brainer. We need to speak up. We have to let others know what is happening. I posted this to this list, it was first on the Elecraft list so I brought it to the attention to us on this list. Others if you care about what closing WWV means, should do the same or the message

Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure

Thanks, Dave! 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 8:35 PM Dave Bowker wrote: > Mike, > > WWV/WWVH is a dying/dead 20th century service. > > I've had my HP lab equipment (freq counter(s), sig gen(s), spectrum > analyzer/tracking gen, etc.) *[and my TT OMNI VI+ xcvr]* locked to a GPS

Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure

I fully agree, Don! But that's not what I was asking, sir. *Are there other existing alternatives? *What about CHU? 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 8:40 PM Don Kirk wrote: > And what do you compare your fancy GPSDO or rubidium reference standard to > in order to make sure they

Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure

> And what do you compare your fancy GPSDO or rubidium reference standard to in order to make sure they have not encountered a major > failure? Several options: (1) CHU is still operating on several HF frequencies that reasonably cover North America; (2) In the U.S., AM broadcast stations are

Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure

I sold my GPS time base and replaced itbwith a $75 surplus rubidium standard I bought on eBay. They're smaller than a paperback book. I had to add a power supply and enclosure, but it works great, outputs a stabilized 10MZhz output. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 21, 2018, at 8:40 PM, Don Kirk

Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure

And what do you compare your fancy GPSDO or rubidium reference standard to in order to make sure they have not encountered a major failure? I personally think the frequency reference standard WWV provides which is directly traceable back to NIST is much more valuable than the other info it

Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure

Let's just say that WWV has ceased broadcasting. Aside from expensive solutions using GPS or buying our very own atomic clocks, *how are we going to calibrate our transceivers and frequency counters*? 73, Mike www.w0btu.com _ Topband Reflector Archives -

Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure

Anyone who doesn't want WWV and its sister stations to close down needs to SPEAK UP NOW. Sometimes bureaucrats and politicians faced with demands to shrink their budgets propose things for elimination precisely because they know there's a constituency that will complain loudly and then the

Topband: Saved by my BOG

This morningaround 1300Z i saw on dxscape  that tx5twas on 3655 ssb    since 80 meters ssb was one of the two band modes I stillneed them on I thought to give it a try    on my cage all I heard was a constantunbroken static crash so I started switching around to different antennas tosee if I

Topband: Fwd: Sky Glow

Will the sky glow called "STEVE" benefit low band propagation ? It remains to be found. https://www.livescience.com/63385-steve-not-aurora-mystery-phenomenon.html 73 Bruce-K1FZ _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure

David, Like you I support the petition. However, I will lend my name to it because I don't want to selfishly chicken out for all the valid reasons you note. Heck, it was only last week that Medicare, after many years, sent me a new card, proudly announcing how pleased they now are with the