[time-nuts] WWVB BPSK Receiver Project?

[Brooke Clarke]

Hi Charles:

There's another thing the WWVB (& WWV) do that GPS does not and that's Daylight Saving Time.
Pop quiz. . . .  what are the dates DST is turned on and off?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_around_the_world#United_States_of_America

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke
http://www.PRC68.com
http://www.end2partygovernment.com/Brooke4Congress.html


Charles P. Steinmetz wrote:
> Bill wrote:
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>> [BPSK] leaves all the real Timenut type people, actually
>> using the system for its intended purpose, out in the cold
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> To be fair to NIST, there really aren't many people using WWVB as a source of laboratory-grade timing signals.  As 
> others have pointed out, it isn't accurate enough for true time nut performance, and to get all of what it *is* 
> capable of requires heroic efforts.  So in truth, the real market for WWVB is not time nuts -- it is people who want 
> to know the time of day to within a second (the "atomic" clock crowd).  And there are LOTS of them.  So the change is 
> likely to provide a modest upgrade path for the vast majority of actual users, at the expense of a few die-hards 
> (hobbyists, mostly) who are trying to get more out of an LF timing source than it is really capable of delivering.
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> From a public policy standpoint it seems to make good sense, however much it may offend time nuts' sensibilities.
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> Best regards,
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> Charles
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