[Elecraft] OT: WWV/WWVH Closure

[John Harper]

I'm wearing an "atomic watch" as we speak and have two such clocks as well.
A few years ago I had a 4:3 Sony Trinitron tv. It was obsoleted by newer
better technology and I now have a 16:9 ratio TV just like you do. The
clock/watch argument in the age of GPS, network and cellular time sync is a
valid argument only to geeks, of which I am one, thanks (in part) to my
Casio watch.

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 10:49 AM Ken G Kopp <kengkopp at gmail.com> wrote:

> John, you're simply incorrect.  Our house has a number of WWVB synched
> clocks, as do many, many thousands of others.
>
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 09:41 John Harper <johnae5x at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
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>> 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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>> > [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Harper
>> > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2018 10:33 AM
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>> > Subject: [Elecraft] WWV/WWVH Closure
>> >
>> > 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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>> > John AE5X
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