[time-nuts] WWVB receivers obsolete!?

[Brooke Clarke]

Hi Corby:

The new format was designed to be compatible with the existing "atomic clocks" that use the AM time code.
The problem comes with frequency standard receivers that make use of the carrier phase.

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cdelect at juno.com wrote:
> Am I wrong or are all the older WWVB frequency standard receivers
> obsolete?
> My understanding was that since the transmitted format changed the
> receivers wont lock.
> I asked an eBay vendor about that since they are still asking big bucks.
> The reply was "Ive heard that before, but certain people still use it,
> and need replacement for there though it is technically obsolete."
>
> I know the ones with internal standards can at least be used as a stand
> alone Quartz standard but what can you do with ones like the 8163 that
> have no standard?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Corby
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