[Wswss] NIST radio stations (WWV, WWVH and WWVB) may lose their funding next year and go off the air!

[k6yk at juno.com]

Well, when somebody figures out how to kill the internet
at will, we will all be  S.O.L. ! 

 
On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 00:43:36 -0400 Stuart Landau via Wswss
<wswss at mailman.qth.net> writes:
> 
> This is regarding the announcement that I heard regarding a 
> congressional NIST proposed budget cut, which would take their radio 
> stations off the air, next year.
>  
> I haven't read any official statement about this yet, but heard the 
> news on NPR. I would suggest that anyone interested, do their own 
> research. I am sure that there are many who think that shortwave 
> time, propagation and frequency broadcasts are archaic and should 
> not be funded. If you agree, do nothing and they will disappear. You 
> always have CHU, if you can hear them (pretty useless).
>  
> If we asked for the HF stations to be kept on for the sake of 
> nostalgia, we lose. I remember when WWV was in Maryland and WWVH was 
> on Maui, so would I miss them. On the other hand, I rarely use them. 
> I use WWVB clocks, Iternet clocks and GPS clocks.
>  
> Remember, in the future (which starts now), the govenment may feel 
> that GPS is getting too expensive for non-military use, and cut 
> features. There are no guarantees.
> 
> 
> I once visited WWVH on Kua’i many years ago, and had a private 
> tour. Most engineers there were hams. On site was a Collins S-Line 
> and triband beam, owned by the government. They had assigned 
> government frequencies, just outside of the ham bands, to 
> communicate with Colorado; clever.
> Several non-directional transmit antennas were on site, but nothing 
> too big. They are on Department of Defense land. It is probably like 
> a fortress now, but when I was there, I drove up to the front door 
> and rang the doorbell.
>  
> Stuart K6YAZ
> Los Angeles
> 
> StuartL73 at aol.com
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