[tz] Possible closure of WWV et al.

Philip Paeps philip at trouble.is
Wed Aug 29 21:20:38 UTC 2018


On 2018-08-29 20:55:04 (+0000), Paul.Koning at dell.com wrote:
> On Aug 29, 2018, at 4:34 PM, Arthur David Olson wrote:
>>"If this budget passes as written, WWV, WWVH, and WWVB will all be 
>>closed."
>>
>> https://swling.com/blog/2018/08/information-from-the-nist-regarding-possible-closure-wwv-radio-stations/
>
>Interesting.  One wonders if the signal from MSF (in the UK) would work 
>for devices that currently use WWVB.  Both use 60 kHz.

Very unlikely.  The time codes they broadcast are very different.

Though under certain atmospheric conditions, you may be able to use an 
MSF receiver on the east coast.

Philip

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Philip Paeps
Senior Reality Engineer
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