[SECC] wwv survey

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In a message dated 9/26/01 10:45:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
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<<          FUTURE OF WWV AND WWVH TIME SIGNALS
 
 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is 
 conducting a survey of WWV and WWVH listeners to find out how they 
 use the standard time and frequency broadcast services.
 
 September 30th is the deadline for completing the survey, 
 which is available on the Web at http://www.timesurvey.nist.gov/ 
 -- and that deadline is fast approaching.
 
 John P. Lowe, leader of NIST's Time and Frequency Services Group, 
 insists that a shutdown of WWV is not imminent. But he confirmed to 
 Sky & Telescope reader Bob Konior that the data collected could 
 ultimately be used to determine whether WWV and WWVH remain on the 
 air -- especially given the popularity of NIST's other outlets. (For 
 example, its Web-based time server gets in excess of 3 million hits a 
 day.) The last WWV-WWVH user survey was conducted in 1985.
 
 "Those amateurs who use this radio time service to time events will be 
 left to their own devices if this service is removed from the air," 
 comments Konior.
 
 We urge amateur and professional astronomers who rely on highly 
 accurate shortwave time signals to participate in the survey so 
 their views will be known. 
 
 Roger W. Sinnott 
 Sky & Telescope
 
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