Hi At least based on conversations with people who have done it …. The electric bill for a high power transmitting setup is a bit exciting. After that, maintenance on the antennas cost more than one might think. It actually can be hazardous ( = I know of a friend who lost a crew member doing it). The cost of the transmitters themselves and maintenance of the solid state versions …. pretty far down the page.
Bob > On Aug 20, 2018, at 6:21 PM, Ruslan Nabioullin <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
