[Elecraft] WWV/WWVH Closure

[John Harper]

Yes.
https://www.qrp-labs.com/clockn.html
https://www.runnersworld.com/gear/a20827055/advanced-gps-watches-for-runners/

and more.

Watches and clocks as "justification" for continued WWV broadcasts is
laughable.

John AE5X
https://ae5x.blogspot.com



On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:36 AM Dr. William J. Schmidt <bill at wjschmidt.com>
wrote:

> Well let's start with all of those self-setting watches and wall clocks...
> and then the propagation information that is broadcast.  Does GPS do that?
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> Subject: [Elecraft] WWV/WWVH Closure
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> What is the justification for continued funding of WWV? Hasn't it been
> obsoleted (if that's a verb) by GPS as far as being a time and freq
> standard?
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