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Post by Time on Sept 7, 2018 23:22:42 GMT -5
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wb6yyz
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Post by wb6yyz on Sept 10, 2018 12:40:43 GMT -5
I signed the petition. If they do shut it down, I'm wondering if I can get the license and start my own time service! I would just put it on 5 and 10 MHz, those frequencies have the best propagation most of the time.
With 49 acres I could even replace WWVB on 60 KHz.
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Post by Time on Sept 11, 2018 23:01:37 GMT -5
I see a lot of people who are against keeping it funded saying this service is redundant. Looks like only hams (more of General and Extra-licensed as these are more interested in HF), shortwave tuners, and people who don't want to throw away
- WWVB "atomic" wall clocks, watches, etc.
- Field clock sources that are based off of WWVB
- people who depend on NTP servers that use WWVB.
It doesn't look good...
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Post by CampKohler (Sacramento CA) on Sept 18, 2018 19:20:52 GMT -5
This petition is now marked: Closed Petition This petition has been archived because it did not meet the signature requirements. It can no longer be signed. What the...? What are "the signature requirements?" |
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wb6yyz
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Post by wb6yyz on Sept 19, 2018 0:31:30 GMT -5
You must have 100,000 signatures within a 4 week period as I recall.
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Post by Time on Sept 25, 2018 19:33:28 GMT -5
Does not look good. Time to play taps for WWV?
It's a pity, I don't think people understand how much this benefits everyone, behind the scene. Granted there are a few that benefits more from it than others...
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wb6yyz
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Post by wb6yyz on Sept 26, 2018 17:33:44 GMT -5
I've been pricing cesium beam standards on Ebay. Only problem is the ongoing maintenance expense. I'll have to look around in my closet, I think I have a rubidium standard out of an old cell phone site in there somewhere.
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Post by Time on Sept 27, 2018 15:08:48 GMT -5
You still have to sync it with something, and if you don't sync it to the stars or whatever NIST does, you'll still not be a stratum 0 and need to sync with someone who is...
It's a pity, NIST also did leap seconds for us on the WWV clock.
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Post by CampKohler (Sacramento CA) on Sept 28, 2018 18:33:12 GMT -5
I know! Write a letter to Trump asking that the shutdown be repealed. Yes, that's the ticket!
I drove up the left side of Kauai once in the '80s to do a bunch of simple equipment installs at the Barking Sands naval base at the north end of the island. Unlike the famous garden paradise on the right side, it was a bleak and desolate drive of scrub and sand with only one interesting spot: WWVL way off the road on the beach. I was really on a tight schedule to get the day's work done and make it back to the airport to catch the return flight to Oahu, so I couldn't stop by to visit either coming and going. At least the top of the airplane didn't blow off.
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wb6yyz
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Post by wb6yyz on Sept 29, 2018 2:03:22 GMT -5
Yes, I'd have to do "whatever NIST does".
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