Jeff has the handle on the biggest reason of all not to stop WWVB, at least, if not WWV. Tens if not hundreds of thousands (or more?) of so-called “atomic clocks” are all over the country. If WWVB goes silent, and these clocks stop, there will surely be a tremendous backlash to the government.
I’ve been wondering if NIST was using an old agency trick of appearing to slash the budget for a highly popular item in order to induce stakeholder backlash. No matter, there is clearly sufficient reason to protect WWVB, and having Frank check the status is the obvious next step.
73,
Greg, K0GW
On Wednesday, August 15, 2018, Jeff Ryan <
k0rm@comcast.net> wrote:
All of the wall clocks in my house use WWVB. It's not just a Ham thing....
I wouldn't be surprised if many thousands of consumer/industrial devices use
WWV/B for timing; including industrial chart recorders.
-----Original Message-----
From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Tom
Frenaye
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 7:53 AM
To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@arrl.org>
Subject: [arrl-odv:27473] Re: Potential WWV and WWVH Shutdown
At 01:13 AM 8/15/2018, Richard J. Norton wrote:
>Is it in the interests of Amateur Radio and the ARRL that WWV and WWVH
continue to broadcast time and propagation information?
Do we have any idea what it actually costs NIST (you and me) to operate
WWV/WWVH?
Would a private group be able to fund and operate it (and get permission to
use the specified frequencies?) Any idea who actually uses WWV beside hams?
(who can we get to join us in any request to keep WWV going?)
-- Tom
PS: Back to ARRL history, the OO program started in 1926 consisted of
Official Wavelength Stations (OWLs). See January 1926 QST.
http://p1k.arrl.org/pubs_archive/8243
Their job was to provide signals on specific wavelengths so other hams could
use their wavemeters to tune their transmitters to transmit on specific
frequencies.
This was the time period when QST articles on how to use crystal control
were being published... :-)
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