Hi Ok, this is Time Nuts. We probably have a pretty good sample of those who use this and that as a source of time. We also are reasonably conscious about what we are doing. NIST’s claimed reason for running WWV (and WWVH) is to distribute accurate time and frequency.
Would / does anybody on the list actually use WWV as their *primary* source of accurate time or accurate frequency? Ok, so how about as a secondary source of time? Now show of hands …. third tier backup? I’ll place my votes first …. rarely as a third tier backup. Why? It’s just not good enough any more compared to the other things I have easily available. No, I”m not debating how badly we need third or eight tier backups. The question is purely - what is it actually used for? Bob > On Aug 13, 2018, at 8:39 AM, jimlux <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > On 8/12/18 8:40 AM, Craig Kirkpatrick wrote: >> I agree with Bob that shutting down WWVB would not go over well with the >> voters but losing WWV and WWVH will mainly be noticed only by HAMs. > > > WWV/WWVH also provides HF propagation forecasts, severe weather warnings for > mariners, etc., as well as being a propagation beacon. > > I don't think HF communications is completely going away - it's unique in not > requiring any infrastructure to achieve world-wide communications other than > the two endpoints of the link. > > It's probably a smaller population than radio amateurs, but there are people > who work with HF propagation on a day to day basis. For example, if > Rocketlabs ever gets their act together and launches a couple more rockets, > I'll have a spacecraft in LEO for which I intend to use WWV and WWVH as > calibration sources. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
