[time-nuts] NIST Radio Station WWV now on 25 MHz

paul swed paulswedb at gmail.com
Sat Apr 12 18:07:17 UTC 2014


Its off the air over the weekend as NIST stated.
I have no idea why, but I think Chucks near Boston.
Regards
Paul.


On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:01 PM, David McGaw <n1hac at dartmouth.edu> wrote:

> Easily heard on a 12 ft wire in NH this afternoon.  Chuck - You may be too
> close and it is skipping over.
>
> David N1HAC
>
>
> On 4/11/14 8:37 PM, paul swed wrote:
>
>> Chuck
>> The an/urr R1051 does not have a signal meter. It has level meters for
>> audio.
>> Those navy radios. I guess they figured the radio guys could not figure
>> out
>> signal strength. Come to think of it as I recall they could not figure out
>> ships antennas either.
>> That said I would give WWV a solid S5-S9 little QSB right now. Very
>> comfortable. I am using a multi-band beam at 90' on top of a very tall
>> hill.
>>
>> Regards
>> Paul
>> WB8TSL
>> Near Boston
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX <caf at omen.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Tried three times today to get WWV on 25, heard nothing under the power
>>> line noise.
>>> I did have a nice QSO on 12 meters with a station in Rochester, NY so the
>>> band is open.
>>> WWV is currently weak on 20, strong on 15 and 10 MHz.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/11/2014 12:09 PM, paul swed wrote:
>>>
>>>  Fired up the R1051 on 25 Mhz and its great to hear wwv back on the air
>>>> in
>>>> Boston.
>>>> Pretty good signal.
>>>> Regards
>>>> Paul
>>>> WB8TSL
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 10:12 AM, David McGaw <n1hac at dartmouth.edu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   Yea!  I remember when they shut it down at the nadir of the sunspot
>>>>
>>>>> cycle,
>>>>> saying no one was using it.  Duh!
>>>>>
>>>>> David N1HAC
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 4/11/14 12:07 AM, Max Robinson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>   WWV used to be on 25 MHz but when the sunspot cycle hit a minimum
>>>>> they
>>>>>
>>>>>> shut it down.  That was years ago.  I'm glad to know they are bringing
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> back.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Max.  K 4 O DS.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Batey" <
>>>>>> gpbatey at wildblue.net
>>>>>> To: "Gordon Batey" <GPBATEY at wildblue.net>
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 3:01 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [time-nuts] NIST Radio Station WWV now on 25 MHz
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   For what it is worth a friend sent me this link.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> WWV is now testing on 25 MHZ.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/wwv.cfm?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 73 Gordon WA4FJC
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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