[time-nuts] WWVB Now a Monopoly

[Jim Lux]

On 9/26/12 9:46 AM, J. Forster wrote:
> I just received this in reply to a query ablot the availability of
> receiver designs for the new WWVB format:


> No sir, the government does not have a receiver design.  The design has
> been created by Xtendwave under an SBIR grant.  Their design is proprietary.
>
> ================
>
> To me this reads...   If you want to use the publicly financed WWVB
> service, you MUST buy the Xtendwave hardware.
>


Not exactly... you could design your own receiver and use it. 
(hopefully not infringing any patents from Xtendwave)