[time-nuts] WWVB Now a Monopoly

[Tom Miller]

If the company that developed the format has a lead on tying up the IP for 
marketing the new format so that others cannot play, then yes, there is a 
problem. Really!






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk at phk.freebsd.dk>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" 
<time-nuts at febo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] WWVB Now a Monopoly


In message <50633BF8.9050705 at ussc.com>, Clint Turner writes:

>In reviewing the NIST document, I don't see anything particularly
>difficult about the new format - either in terms of extracting the time
>or phase/frequency information from the transmissions.

As a somewhat seasoned VLF SDR radio-nut, I must admit that I find
the yelling of bloody murder over a so simple and well documented
transmission format.

Class action suit because they *improve* your VLF time/freq reference
signal and document the new format ?

Really ?

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