[ARC5] What Do Y'all Think About This? - MORE

[J. Forster]

It's a Navy VLF Frequency and Time Receiver.

See:  http://www.virhistory.com/navy/freq-equip.htm

On the top of the eBay unit there is a table (which I missed at first
glance, my bad):

14.8  NAA
15.5  NSS
17.4  NDT
18.6  NPG
19.8  NPM

Put 'NSS' into Nick England's site (URL above). Excerpt:

"WORLDWIDE VLF FREQUENCY AND TIME SYSTEM
NRL's precise frequency and time developments have been applied to the
Navy's high-power VLF communication stations (NAA, NSS, NBA, NPG, NPM, NDT
and NWC), making possible precise frequency and time service in addition
to the communication function (1959 to 1967). England's station GBR also
provides service. NRL's developments have also been applied at the Naval
Observatory (NOBSY) to serve its frequency and time determination and
surveillance functions. NOBSY has astronomical observation stations (OBS)
at Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Florida. NRL provides NOBSY with atomic
time data, over a special radio circuit, which is used in combination with
data from the NOBSY clock system in the determination of standard
frequency and time. The system serves all military services, other
government organizations, such as the Bureau of Standards (NBS),
commercial interests, and organizations of other countries. International
cooperation is accomplished through the International Radio Consultative
Committee (CCIR) of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), an
organization under the United Nations."

I don't think the eBay unit does frequency, BTW.

-John

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