[Elecraft] WWV/WWVH Closure

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Hi Charlie, 



This is an exact quote from page NIST-25 of the proposed FY2019 NIST budget: 
< www.osec.doc.gov/bmi/budget/FY19CBJ/NIST_and_NTIS_FY2019_President 's_Budget_for_508_comp.pdf> 
"NIST will discontinue the dissemination of the U.S. time and frequency via the NIST radio stations in Hawaii and Ft. Collins, CO. These radio stations transmit signals that are used to synchronize consumer electronic products like wall clocks, clock radios, and wristwatches, and may be used in other applications like appliances, cameras, and irrigation controllers 
73 
Frank 
W3LPL 
----- Original Message -----

From: "Charlie T" <pincon at erols.com> 
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2018 4:45:13 PM 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] WWV/WWVH Closure 

Yeah, I'd miss them, BUT, my little Elecraft hand-held XG3 sig gen is pretty 
handy for that too . 

Also, I don't believe funding for the 60kHz sig was ever at risk and THAT's 
what your (antique) watch uses. 

73, Charlie k3ICH 




-----Original Message----- 
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On 
Behalf Of Wayne Burdick 
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2018 11:53 AM 
To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] WWV/WWVH Closure 

Personal note.... 

Ever since I home-brewed my first receiver when I was 15, I've used WWV at 
multiple frequencies as a source of reliable on-air test signals. 

My early receivers used simple direct-conversion schemes based on JFETs 
(remember the MPF102?). Get the details wrong, and you'd hear WWV whether 
you were tuned to it or not, thanks to what I now know was IP2 (AM 
breakthrough). Do it right, and you'd be rewarded with those undulating 
time-tones: minimalist, almost musical. Something Phillip Glass would pipe 
into his sensory-deprevation tank. Oh, and you could set your watch to it. 

These days I still tune into WWV to check VFO calibration, set clocks in the 
field, and get an approximation of the MUF (Maximum usable frequency). When 
propagation is good, even the 20.000000 MHz signal soars across the aether, 
a faithful and tireless chronological savant. 

Losing it would be a tragedy, but a nerdy one, not Greek. 

Wayne 
N6KR 


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