WWV and WWVH are planned to be shut down due to major proposed budget cuts. http://www.arrl.org/news/nist-fy-2019-budget-would-eliminate-wwv-and-wwvh It's not clear if WWVB, which is used by many so-
Hi Bob, This is an exact quote from page NIST-25 of the proposed FY2019 NIST budget: < www.osec.doc.gov/bmi/budget/FY19CBJ/NIST_and_NTIS_FY2019_President 's_Budget_for_508_comp.pdf> "NIST will discon
Ok, I stand corrected 73 de KG2V _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
Yes, definitely, sign the petition! But don't stop there. Write or email your local congress critter and tell them, in your own words, why you think WWV / WWVH / WWVB are important and need to be ke
Author: ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 17:44:26 -0400
Hi, Is there any reason why this is proposed other than saving money? Technology changes and maybe these stations are no longer important, relevant or necessary. Have GPS and the Internet taken over?
I wonder how many persons have purchased devices which use the "atomic" clock setting feature. Will they complain if their device no longer operates as advertised? Personally, I like to have the abil
I know that Casio watches use WWVBs signal from Fort Collins CO. If Im not mistaken, most radio controlled clocks use this 60 kHz frequency which is much better for this application then the 5, 10 an
I had a very unique wave captor Casio data bank, DBC-W50. Really nice watch. Lost it. But it got time from WWVB every night. Now I use an Apple Watch. _______________________________________________