Cutting WWVB the public has to ask why a NIST Tme and Frequency Division has to exist. Fighting with other countries as to who has the best precise frequency source will not go well with the public when clocks, school zone lights and watches quit working. Remember what happened in Japan when Fukushima wiped out their LF reference Bert Kehren In a message dated 8/20/2018 6:22:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
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.
