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

[rjairam at gmail.com]

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.

73
Ria, N2RJ
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 5:38 PM, Maarten van R <pd2r.maarten at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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