[W8MWA] Fwd: Re: Your atomic clock won't work anymore

[Jan Ditzian]

MWA members,

Ryan has evidence that atomic clocks will not be defunded, only WWVH and 
WWV, those frequency standards at 5, 10, 15, ...mHz.  You know, those 
stations that rival the Defense Department budget in yearly cost.  I 
have a suspicion that the ham radio lobby is not as strong as the atomic 
clock or defense lobby.

I never thought that THIS would be the issue that caused me to get 
political on the MWA reflector, and I will stop now.

73,

Jan, KX2A



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Subject: 	Re: [W8MWA] Your atomic clock won't work anymore
Date: 	Fri, 24 Aug 2018 08:51:39 -0400
From: 	Ryan Hansen <ryan.axiom at gmail.com>
To: 	ditzian at gmail.com
CC: 	MWA announcement <w8mwa at mailman.qth.net>



Jan,

Though I don’t think defunding this service is a good decision, if 
Wikipedia is to be believed:

"WWVB, the 60 kHz station colocated with WWV that provides time for 
"atomic clocks," is not proposed for defunding."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWV_(radio_station) 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWV_%28radio_station%29>

—
Ryan, NI5S

> On Aug 24, 2018, at 8:41 AM, Jan Ditzian <ditzian at gmail.com 
> <mailto:ditzian at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Here is a link to a petition to stop the decision to defund radio 
> transmissions of time from WWV and WWVH.  Aside from the loss to hams 
> of accurate frequency markers, it seems to me that consumer atomic 
> clocks that set themselves automatically from radio transmissions will 
> also stop being accurate, if this measure becomes law.  If I am wrong 
> about this latter argument, please let me know.
>
> https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/maintain-funding-nist-stations-wwv-wwvh
>
> Jan, KX2A
>
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