On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 5:51 PM, Bob kb8tq <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > Ok, if it really does include WWVB, that gets a lot of mom and pop voters > angry. > > Bob
Not that it'll make a diff, but: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/maintain-funding-nist-stations-wwv-wwvh . At least there's still CHU. By the way, it shouldn't be too difficult nor costly to launch a private HF timing service with a format compatible with that of WWV/CHU (to avoid having to write decoders)---professional commercial and military (not amateur radio hobbyist stuff) multi-kW MF/HF transmitters are scrapped all the time, rather than being repurposed for productive use, and it need not be 24/7 (e.g., an HF timing service in Russia operates for part of the day). I would've done it, but I'm focused on microwave instead (I own a microwave transmitter for interstellar METI use---15 kW output at waveguide flange), and am relocating out of the US (to Ireland). GPS, both the space and ground segments, has better be bulletproof (or rather, antisatellite weapon-, NEMP-, space storm-, jamming-, spoofing-, and telecommand cracking-proof), and/or eLoran better be developed and deployed. At least nowadays there exist three fully-functional constellations of GNSSs of diverse political ownership, though non-GPS receivers are virtually nonexistent on the surplus market, and new ones will likely cost a number of k USD. -Ruslan -- Ruslan Nabioullin Wittgenstein Laboratories [email protected] (508) 523-8535 50 Louise Dr. Hollis, NH 03049 _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
