[TowerTalk] Topband: OT - US Hams, WWV closure

[terry burge]

And where do you think those sites get their propagation info if not from WWV/WWVH?
> On August 21, 2018 at 6:20 PM Bryan Fields <Bryan at bryanfields.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 8/21/18 8:57 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
> > To me it's a no-brainer. We need to speak 
> > up. We have to let others know what is 
> > happening. I posted this to this list, it 
> > was first on the Elecraft list so I 
> > brought it to the attention to us on this 
> > list. Others if you care about what 
> > closing WWV means, should do the same or 
> > the message will not get spread and WWV 
> > may likely cease to be.
> 
> What does WWV/H provide that's not better provided by multiple new redundant
> systems?
> 
> Time is able to be provided by NTP over the public internet to within 10 ms.
> 1588 can get this down to the sub microsecond.
> 
> Frequency can be provided must more accurate via GPS/GNSS, and for $100 you
> can get a GPSDO which provides 10mhz and phase down to 10^-13.
> 
> Prorogation reports?  The internet provides them faster and with more detail.
> 
> Not one company makes a HF disciplined reference:
>  https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/radio-stations/wwv/manufacturers-time-and-frequency-receivers
> 
> Other than whimsical radio memories, I don't see much value to WWV/H.
> 
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