[W2CRA] CRA: WWV Shutdown and Peririon

[William Powell]

ALL,

If you didn't already know, proposed budget cuts include the shutdown of WWV - the time and frequency standard of the
US.  Please note that there is a petition to continue to fund WWV.

Bill - WB1GOT

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NIST FY 2019 Budget Would Eliminate WWV and WWVH
08/11/2018
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) FY 2019 budget request includes shutting down “NIST radio
stations in Colorado and Hawaii” — in other words, WWV and WWVH. Radio amateurs, HF listeners, and others around the
world routinely make use of the time and frequency standard signals, which also include propagation information. NIST
said eliminating funding currently “supporting fundamental measurement dissemination” would include putting WWV and WWVH
off the air for a saving of $6.3 million. The NIST FY 2019 budget request for efforts related to Fundamental
Measurement, Quantum Science and Measurement Dissemination is $127 million, which, the agency said, is a net decrease of
$49 million from FY 2018 levels. The Administration's overall NIST budget request is more than $629 million.

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Petition to Maintain funding for NIST stations WWV & WWVH
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/maintain-funding-nist-stations-wwv-wwvh


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