[Elecraft] [OT Elecraft] WWV 100th Anniversary Event

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Hi Phil, 


The 1955 WWV site you remember was in Greenbelt, NASA's 
Visitor Center is now in that location. 


But that wasn't the oldest WWV site. The original 1919 site was at the 
Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. WWV moved to College Park 
MD in 1931 then to Beltsville in 1932. 


There was a major fire in the Beltsville WWV building on 1941, which 
forced a temporary move to a nearby building. WWV moved to a new 
site in Greenbelt i n 1943 where they stayed until they moved to Fort 
Collins in 1966. 


73 
Frank 
W3LPL 






----- Original Message -----

From: "Phil Kane" <k2asp at kanafi.org> 
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
Sent: Monday, May 6, 2019 6:23:24 PM 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [OT Elecraft] WWV 100th Anniversary Event 


On May 6, 2019, at 00:11, John Marvin <jm-ec at themarvins.org> wrote: 

> Just a quick note, WWV is celebrating 100 years on the air this 
> October, and NCARC (I'm a member) is sponsoring an event with NIST on 
> the WWV property from 9/28 - 10/2. More information can be found at 
> http://wwv100.com. 
This sounds yummy. When I was an intern (student trainee during college 
vacations) at the Naval Research Laboratory in 1955 I was treated to a 
tour of the *old* WWV installation in Beltsville, MD before it moved to 
Fort Collins. A fascinating place. Open-wire feed lines, RF all over 
the place! 

As an OT aside - I just noticed today that the time on my Verizon 
cell-phone (supposedly slaved to GPS time) is two whole minutes ahead of 
WWV and Naval Observatory time services checked both by internet 
connection and OTA. Accurate time is needed for the RTC In my K2 and 
for certain digital modes. 

Anyone know why? "Customer Service" at Verizon doesn't have a clue. 

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane 
Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest 
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon 
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