[CQ-Contest] WWV and WWVH may go off the air. 100, 000 signatures needed by Sept. 15th.

Maarten van R pd2r.maarten at gmail.com
Wed Aug 22 13:18:07 EDT 2018


I know that Casio watches use WWVB’s signal from Fort Collins CO. If I’m
not mistaken, most radio controlled clocks use this 60 kHz frequency which
is much better for this application then the 5, 10 and 15 MHz signals of
WWV and WWVH. So I doubt there will be many users of consumer electronics
that will be disappointed.

73, Maarten PD2R/OV2T



Op wo 22 aug. 2018 om 18:38 schreef Keith Dutson <kdutson at sbcglobal.net>

> 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 ability to tune in WWV on 10.000 MHz to
> check
> receiver tuning accuracy.  As I recall, my Icom IC-775DSP manual has a
> section on how to adjust frequency display by listening to WWV.
>
> 73, Keith NM5G
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Bob
> Wilson, N6TV
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2018 1:06 PM
> To: CQ Contest Reflector <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] WWV and WWVH may go off the air. 100, 000 signatures
> needed by Sept. 15th.
>
> 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-called "atomic" clocks and
> watches, is also going to be shut down, but since WWVB is also "a NIST
> radio
> station in Colorado," the answer appears to be YES.
>
> I've signed the petition to request that funding be maintained, and I
> encourage you to do the same.
>
> https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/maintain-funding-
> nist-stations-wwv-wwvh
>
> Obviously U.S. hams alone cannot produce 100,000 signatures; help will also
> be needed from industry, consumers, the military, etc.
>
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
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