[time-nuts] Re: Isotemp OCXO question

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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Robert DiRosario writes:

> I really wish NIST didn't add the BPSK modulation to WWVB. Increasing 
> the transmitter power would have been a lot better, but I'm sure that 
> would have cost a lot more then just changing the modulation.

One does not simply increase the transmitter power at 60kHz.

The WWVB antennas are essentially capacitors against ground, around
15nF, and they operate at voltages somewhere in the 30-50kV range.

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