[time-nuts] NIST

[Mark Spencer]

I'm trying hard to think of routine users of WWV / WWVH other than amateur radio operators, time nuts, and the occasional academic / scientific study that uses the transmitters as a signal source.   

Perhaps some boaters still use the time signals to set their chronometers, but WWV /WWVH probably wouldn't be my first choice for that application if I had access to GPS.

Perhaps some other users of the radio Spectrum occasionally use the signals as a basic test signal ?

I use the time signals for my amateur radio hobby when I already have an HF receiver and don't want to mess with using GPS as a time source.  I only need accuracy within perhaps a third of a second so manually setting a computer clock while listening to WWV works for me.  

For my own interest I'd be curious in knowing of other routine uses of the WWV / WWVH time signals.  


Mark S
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> On Aug 12, 2018, at 2:08 AM, Bob kb8tq <kb8tq at n1k.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> One would *guess* that stopping WWVB (and killing mom and pop’s “atomic clocks”) would not be a reasonable thing to do.
> It gets a lot of voters mad. I doubt that very many voters (percentage wise) would notice WWV and WWVH going away ….
> 
> Bob
> 
>> On Aug 11, 2018, at 9:00 PM, jimlux <jimlux at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> On 8/10/18 12:45 PM, Robert LaJeunesse wrote:
>>> I'd say it does get more detailed, with the $49M in cuts described generally in groups here:
>>> https://www.nist.gov/director/fy-2019-presidential-budget-request-summary/fundamental-measurement-quantum-science-and
>>> One item: "-$6.3 million supporting fundamental measurement dissemination, including the shutdown of NIST radio stations in Colorado and Hawaii"
>> 
>> I wonder if that's WWVB, or WWV & WWVH
>> 
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