[time-nuts] Loss of NIST transmitters at Colorado and Hawaii

[paul swed]

What bits I have read do seem to indicate its NIST that wants to cut the
service. Since technology has moved beyond the services value which is kind
of true. Just think what they can get for the land the sites on.
Microsemi's comments were interesting in that in some manner there might be
a NTP based solution that could be far more accurate then what we typically
see today for NTP. But it also seemed to hint it would be a fee service. I
think thats very very early.

Regards
Paul
WB8TSL


On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 8:37 PM, Wes <wes at triconet.org> wrote:

> Comment in the link about visiting WWV reminds me of my experience.  Many
> years ago my late wife and I were roving around Colorado and I telephoned
> WWV and asked if I could get a tour. I mentioned that I was a ham, an EE,
> blah blah. This had worked before at other installations (not NAA however)
> including the Apollo tracking station at Guaymas Mexico a day after a
> splashdown.
>
> The fellow I talked to was somewhat taken aback and said that they didn't
> give tours.  I expressed some dismay and was about to hang up when he said,
> "Actually, we have some contractors doing some work here and the gate is
> unlocked.  If you were to come in you could look at the antennas, but
> please stay in your car."  So we did.
>
> Wes
>
>
>
> On 8/12/2018 4:05 PM, Bill Hawkins wrote:
>
>>
>> Group,
>>
>> This subject needs some additional detail.  I found an article with
>> comments at
>>
>> https://swling.com/blog/2018/08/nist-fy2019-budget-includes-
>> request-to-shutdown-wwv-and-wwvh/
>>
>
>
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