Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure

[Mike Waters]

Thanks, Dave!

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com

On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 8:35 PM Dave Bowker <david.bowker at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Mike,
>
> WWV/WWVH is a dying/dead 20th century service.
>
> I've had my HP lab equipment (freq counter(s), sig gen(s), spectrum
> analyzer/tracking gen, etc.) *[and my TT OMNI VI+ xcvr]* locked to a GPS
> freq/time base for more than 20 yrs .. all based on a Collins Radio
> "Jupiter" GPS rx module and about $20 of home brew PC board and VCXO
> components in a GPS disciplined time/freq base; total cost less than $80
> 20+ yrs ago!
>
> Real-time GPS synced time/freq based ref. has major advantages of
> eliminating the multi-path signal propagation/phase/time delay effects and
> interference effects of WWv/WWVH when a precise freq/phase/time ref.
> standard is required.
>
> 73, Dave, K1FK
> Fort Kent, MW
>