[SMCARA] New WWV station for East Coast...

[JD Delancy]

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*From: *"John W. Reiser" <reiser at verizon.net <mailto:reiser at verizon.net>>
*Date: *May 29, 2008 6:01:34 PM EDT
 
 I know you and a number of  QCWA members and other amateurs in the area 
have clocks and watches that supposedly are kept indicating correct time 
by the signals from the NIST LF station WWVB in Ft. Collins, CO.
 
Below is a letter sent to one of the broadcast engineer publications 
concerning a possible station in the easternUnited States to better 
serve areas having difficulty receiving the Colorado stations.
Looks like the director is looking for some support.   

You may wish to pass this on to others that may have an interest.   Note 
that the proposed station would operate on 40 kHz rather than 60 kHz.  I 
wonder the existing clocks and watches would respond to that frequency 
or if these new devices would require some sort of frequency selector 
switch….You may wish to let the director know of some of your problem 
experiences with the existing service.
 
John
 
 
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is considering 
the establishment of a U.S. East Coast low-frequency radio 
station broadcasting NIST time in binary code format to complement the 
present NIST 60 kHz, WWVB broadcast.
 
  More information about the current WWVB broadcasts is available 
at/http://tf.nist.gov/stations/wwvb.htm./
  The proposed new East Coast broadcast will operate with the same time 
code format as the present WWVB signal, but at a different carrier 
frequency, potentially at 40 kHz. In 1999 the power of the WWVB 
broadcast out of Ft. Collins, Colo., was increased from 13 kW to 50 kW 
and has since been increased to 70 kW. Even at this power level there 
are locations on the East Coast that have difficulty in consistently 
receiving the time code.
 
 It has been suggested that an East Coast broadcast would make the time 
code easier to receive and increase the sales of radio-controlled 
clocks. It also would provide new opportunities for the development of 
radio-controlled timing devices in appliances and other consumer products.
 
If such a new station would be valuable to you or your company, let us 
know how it would help. Please send your comments to: John Lowe, NIST, 
325 Broadway, Boulder, Colo., 80305;/lowe at boulder.nist.gov 
<mailto:lowe at boulder.nist.gov>./
/ /
/John Lowe/
/Station Manager/
/WWVB/
/Fort Collins//, Colo.///