[Elecraft] OT: Trivia - WWV & so-called "atomic" clocks

[Ken - K0PP]

The so-called "atomic clocks" use the 60 KHZ signal
from WWVB at the NBS transmitter site north of Fort 
Collins, CO.  

The signal level from the station got a bit of a boost 
awhile back when the PA from the decommissioned 
100 KHZ LORAN C transmitter in ND(?) was moved 
to Ft. Collins and retrofitted into the 60 KHZ transmitter.

The 20 KHZ  WWVL rig is/was a beauty ... HB by NBS
and painted bright blue ... with a brush.  Both VLF
antennas are of such High-Q that a thunderstorm overhead
will detune them enough to throw the TX's into overload and
shutdown protection.

73! Ken - K0PP