[time-nuts] WWVB funding cut

[Tom Holmes]

NOST has seemingly been wanting to cut out WWVx for years. Recall a survey they took maybe ten years ago on this subject. They got an earful about why they should not cut it; this time they aren't bothering to ask. 

From Tom Holmes, N8ZM

> On Aug 20, 2018, at 6:12 PM, djl <djl at montana.com> wrote:
> 
> NIST is running a bluff. It may not work.
> 
>> On 2018-08-20 15:39, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
>> It's worse than that, not just WWV, WWVH, but also WWVB:
>> This is an exact quote from page NIST-25 of the proposed FY2019 NIST budget:
>> <www.osec.doc.gov/bmi/budget/FY19CBJ/NIST_and_NTIS_FY2019_President's_Budget_for_508_comp.pdf>
>> "NIST will discontinue the dissemination of the U.S. time and
>> frequency via the NIST radio stations in Hawaii and Ft. Collins, CO.
>> These radio stations transmit signals that are used to synchronize
>> consumer electronic products like wall clocks, clock radios, and
>> wristwatches, and may be used in other applications like appliances,
>> cameras, and irrigation controllers."
>> Rick N6RK
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