[K3VOA] NIST/WWV query

[Gerhard Straub]

Steve,

WWV folks were here some years ago trying to find an east coast site for WWVB.  We tried to get them to Greenville, but it fell through for mostly political reasons.  I'll look up his contact info and send it to you.

Gerhard


-----Original Message-----
From: k3voa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <k3voa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Steven Herman
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 12:07 PM
To: k3voa at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [K3VOA] NIST/WWV query

Hi -- I am working on a story about the proposed shutdown of WWV/WWVH/WWVB and am looking for an authority who can explain to a general audience that these time signals are not obsolete but the VLF signal especially is critical to national security and used not by just the general public for precise timekeeping but also government agencies and the military.

Any idea who to contact?

There is confidence that despite this being in the budget it is unlikely Congress will allow the stations to be shut down, but who knows?

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73,

Steve
W7VOA
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