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[email protected] February 19th 17 11:37 PM

WWV will be OFF the AIR .
 
Upgrading the electric and will be shut down on Feb. 21 and 22 . Up to 8 hours each day.

analogdial February 20th 17 02:04 PM

WWV will be OFF the AIR .
 
wrote:

Upgrading the electric and will be shut down on Feb. 21 and 22 . Up to 8 hours each day.


from NIST.GOV:

NOTICE OF SCHEDULED BROADCAST OUTAGE:

Due to an electrical upgrade, Radio Station WWV will be off the air on
all frequencies on February 21 and 22, 2017. The outages will occur
between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, and will not exceed
8 hours duration each day.

I've got too much politics on the brain. I was SURE the notice said:


NOTICE OF SCHEDULED BROADCAST OUTRAGE

Michael Black[_2_] February 20th 17 06:01 PM

WWV will be OFF the AIR .
 
On Mon, 20 Feb 2017, analogdial wrote:

wrote:

Upgrading the electric and will be shut down on Feb. 21 and 22 . Up to 8 hours each day.


from NIST.GOV:

NOTICE OF SCHEDULED BROADCAST OUTAGE:

Due to an electrical upgrade, Radio Station WWV will be off the air on
all frequencies on February 21 and 22, 2017. The outages will occur
between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, and will not exceed
8 hours duration each day.

I've got too much politics on the brain. I was SURE the notice said:


NOTICE OF SCHEDULED BROADCAST OUTRAGE

The guy who sits in the box telling the time 24hours a day, 7 days a week
for all these years is finally tired of it all. So they are really giving
him a two day vacation, the first since WWV moved to Colorado over fifty
years ago.

Michael


[email protected] February 20th 17 06:53 PM

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On Monday, February 20, 2017 at 12:54:27 PM UTC-5, Michael Black wrote:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2017, analogdial wrote:

wrote:

Upgrading the electric and will be shut down on Feb. 21 and 22 . Up to 8 hours each day.


from NIST.GOV:

NOTICE OF SCHEDULED BROADCAST OUTAGE:

Due to an electrical upgrade, Radio Station WWV will be off the air on
all frequencies on February 21 and 22, 2017. The outages will occur
between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, and will not exceed
8 hours duration each day.

I've got too much politics on the brain. I was SURE the notice said:


NOTICE OF SCHEDULED BROADCAST OUTRAGE

The guy who sits in the box telling the time 24hours a day, 7 days a week
for all these years is finally tired of it all. So they are really giving
him a two day vacation, the first since WWV moved to Colorado over fifty
years ago.

Michael


Pretty much what happened ... actually since 1966 there were 3 (three!)different male voice announcers at WWV: Don Elliot Heald , John Doyle and Lee Rodgers.

analogdial February 20th 17 11:10 PM

WWV will be OFF the AIR .
 
Michael Black wrote:

On Mon, 20 Feb 2017, analogdial wrote:

wrote:

Upgrading the electric and will be shut down on Feb. 21 and 22 . Up to 8 hours each day.


from NIST.GOV:

NOTICE OF SCHEDULED BROADCAST OUTAGE:

Due to an electrical upgrade, Radio Station WWV will be off the air on
all frequencies on February 21 and 22, 2017. The outages will occur
between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, and will not exceed
8 hours duration each day.

I've got too much politics on the brain. I was SURE the notice said:


NOTICE OF SCHEDULED BROADCAST OUTRAGE

The guy who sits in the box telling the time 24hours a day, 7 days a week
for all these years is finally tired of it all. So they are really giving
him a two day vacation, the first since WWV moved to Colorado over fifty
years ago.

Michael


Slacker. He should be ashamed. The woman at WWVH does the time
announcements 24/7 AND finds time between the announcements to do phone
company announcements and she's also giving me directions on my GPS.


Michael Black[_2_] February 21st 17 12:10 AM

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On Mon, 20 Feb 2017, analogdial wrote:

Michael Black wrote:

On Mon, 20 Feb 2017, analogdial wrote:

wrote:

Upgrading the electric and will be shut down on Feb. 21 and 22 . Up to 8 hours each day.

from NIST.GOV:

NOTICE OF SCHEDULED BROADCAST OUTAGE:

Due to an electrical upgrade, Radio Station WWV will be off the air on
all frequencies on February 21 and 22, 2017. The outages will occur
between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, and will not exceed
8 hours duration each day.

I've got too much politics on the brain. I was SURE the notice said:


NOTICE OF SCHEDULED BROADCAST OUTRAGE

The guy who sits in the box telling the time 24hours a day, 7 days a week
for all these years is finally tired of it all. So they are really giving
him a two day vacation, the first since WWV moved to Colorado over fifty
years ago.

Michael


Slacker. He should be ashamed. The woman at WWVH does the time
announcements 24/7 AND finds time between the announcements to do phone
company announcements and she's also giving me directions on my GPS.


I wsa thinking after I posted that this is a good time to receive WWVH.

Though I remember, back when I spent more time listening to WWV, that WWVH
would come in fairly regularly. SInce the voice was female, and the voice
announcement was at a different time, you could hear it, and know it was
WWVH because it wsa a female announcer. The rest lined up really well, so
you didn't get a heterodyne, or double ticks.

For those who need their standard time fix tomorrow and Wednesday, CHU
keeps on ticking, though the odd frequencies made it less useful for
adjusting a crystal calibrator.

Michael


[email protected] February 21st 17 12:30 AM

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On Monday, February 20, 2017 at 6:12:43 PM UTC-5, analogdial wrote:
Michael Black wrote:

On Mon, 20 Feb 2017, analogdial wrote:

wrote:

Upgrading the electric and will be shut down on Feb. 21 and 22 . Up to 8 hours each day.

from NIST.GOV:

NOTICE OF SCHEDULED BROADCAST OUTAGE:

Due to an electrical upgrade, Radio Station WWV will be off the air on
all frequencies on February 21 and 22, 2017. The outages will occur
between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, and will not exceed
8 hours duration each day.

I've got too much politics on the brain. I was SURE the notice said:


NOTICE OF SCHEDULED BROADCAST OUTRAGE

The guy who sits in the box telling the time 24hours a day, 7 days a week
for all these years is finally tired of it all. So they are really giving
him a two day vacation, the first since WWV moved to Colorado over fifty
years ago.

Michael


Slacker. He should be ashamed. The woman at WWVH does the time
announcements 24/7 AND finds time between the announcements to do phone
company announcements and she's also giving me directions on my GPS.


That was Jane Barbe at WWVH. Nearly ALL Bell System recordings used her sweet voice. She passed in 2003.

analogdial February 22nd 17 03:25 PM

WWV will be OFF the AIR .
 
wrote:

On Monday, February 20, 2017 at 12:54:27 PM UTC-5, Michael Black wrote:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2017, analogdial wrote:

wrote:

Upgrading the electric and will be shut down on Feb. 21 and 22 . Up to 8 hours each day.

from NIST.GOV:

NOTICE OF SCHEDULED BROADCAST OUTAGE:

Due to an electrical upgrade, Radio Station WWV will be off the air on
all frequencies on February 21 and 22, 2017. The outages will occur
between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM Mountain Standard Time, and will not exceed
8 hours duration each day.

I've got too much politics on the brain. I was SURE the notice said:


NOTICE OF SCHEDULED BROADCAST OUTRAGE

The guy who sits in the box telling the time 24hours a day, 7 days a week
for all these years is finally tired of it all. So they are really giving
him a two day vacation, the first since WWV moved to Colorado over fifty
years ago.

Michael


Pretty much what happened ... actually since 1966 there were 3 (three!)different male voice announcers at WWV: Don Elliot Heald , John Doyle and Lee Rodgers.


WWV could have doubled their ratings if they had used Orson Welles,
William Conrad and the great JACK WEBB.


[email protected] February 23rd 17 11:46 AM

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Michael Black wrote: "
For those who need their standard time fix tomorrow and Wednesday, CHU
keeps on ticking, though the odd frequencies made it less useful for
adjusting a crystal calibrator.

Michael "

Ironic, ehh? That Canadian time station is so reliable,
yet the stations in the country WHERE THE ATOMIC
CLOCKS ARE ACTUALLY LOCATED have, over
the last 15 years, become hit or miss reception, here
on the east coast at least.


And can someone set me straight: From WHERE do
each of the following time stations transmit?...

WWV?

WWVB?

WWVH??

None February 23rd 17 12:37 PM

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thekma @ tardsRtheckma.shortbus.edu wrote in message
...
the country WHERE THE ATOMIC
CLOCKS ARE ACTUALLY LOCATED


You're a ****ing idiot.

have, over
the last 15 years, become hit or miss reception, here
on the east coast at least.


Especially when you don't even know what frequencies to tune in.
You've already explained that you don't understand the advanced math
required to tune a receiver to a station's frequency, because of your
shoe-sized IQ.

And can someone set me straight:


No, it's not possible. You're too ****ing stupid.

From WHERE do
each of the following time stations transmit?...

WWV?

WWVB?

WWVH??


WTF? WWYWSIEB? WAFA. FCKWAFA.



analogdial February 23rd 17 02:34 PM

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wrote:



Ironic, ehh? That Canadian time station is so reliable,
yet the stations in the country WHERE THE ATOMIC
CLOCKS ARE ACTUALLY LOCATED have, over
the last 15 years, become hit or miss reception, here
on the east coast at least.


The Canadians have NO NEED for needlessly dangerous Atomic Clocks. The
Canadians have a network of enormous Sundials located above the Arctic
Circle. The sundials give highly accurate solar powered time checks
24/7 on and around June 22. Then David Suzuki figures out the rest.



And can someone set me straight: From WHERE do
each of the following time stations transmit?...

WWV?

WWVB?

WWVH??


WHY do you want to know? There's a damn good reason the location is
NEVER broadcast on the stations, why you will NEVER find out the
location from NIST and why the location remains undisclosed on Wikipedia
TO THIS VERY DAY.

Are you a TERRORIST? Do you intend to make a TIME BOMB?




[email protected] February 23rd 17 03:07 PM

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Analogdial wrote: "WHY do you want to know? There's a damn good reason the locationSNIP"


Because knowing the locations might be helpful
in knowing which ones are EASIER TO RECEIVE.

You one of those Bushies who thinks everyone's
a "turr'ist"??


THINK.
(it's something you are still free to do!)

analogdial February 24th 17 01:47 PM

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wrote:

Analogdial wrote: "WHY do you want to know? There's a damn good reason the locationSNIP"


Because knowing the locations might be helpful
in knowing which ones are EASIER TO RECEIVE.


Nothing tops a working radio for determining what's EASY TO RECEIVE.


You one of those Bushies who thinks everyone's
a "turr'ist"??


Maybe you're a spy, trying to steal our nation's ATOMIC TIME SECRETS
for the Chinese before The Magnificent TRUMP gives them to Putin.



THINK.
(it's something you are still free to do!)


I think you have excessive curiosity concerning America's Top Secret
ATOMIC TIME PROGRAM. If you're thinking that ATOMIC TIME TECHNOLOGY
will somehow aid you in building a TIME MACHINE, I should warn you that
that approach HARDLY EVER works.


Brooks Robinson February 24th 17 05:56 PM

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On Fri, 24 Feb 2017 13:47:56 +0000, analogdial wrote:

I think you have excessive curiosity concerning America's Top Secret
ATOMIC TIME PROGRAM. If you're thinking that ATOMIC TIME TECHNOLOGY will
somehow aid you in building a TIME MACHINE, I should warn you that that
approach HARDLY EVER works.


Correct, it has only worked once. However, it hasn't happened yet.

:)

Brooks

[email protected] February 24th 17 10:43 PM

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analogdial wrote: "I think you have excessive curiosity concerning America's Top Secret
ATOMIC TIME PROGRAM. If you're thinking that ATOMIC TIME TECHNOLOGY
will somehow aid you in building a TIME MACHINE, I should warnFLLLLUSSSHHHHH!!


Wo-wo-WOOAAA! Chill!

You've gone off on a greater tangent
than Jimmy Blozet when his car threw
a wheel at Daytona.

All I want is to be able to tune in to 5, 10.
15, 20, or 25mHz once per month to
reset my windup and other dummy
clocks and watches! That's.

all!

analogdial February 25th 17 04:38 AM

WWV will be OFF the AIR .
 
wrote:

analogdial wrote: "I think you have excessive curiosity concerning America's Top Secret
ATOMIC TIME PROGRAM. If you're thinking that ATOMIC TIME TECHNOLOGY
will somehow aid you in building a TIME MACHINE, I should warnFLLLLUSSSHHHHH!!


Wo-wo-WOOAAA! Chill!

You've gone off on a greater tangent
than Jimmy Blozet when his car threw
a wheel at Daytona.

All I want is to be able to tune in to 5, 10.
15, 20, or 25mHz once per month to
reset my windup and other dummy
clocks and watches! That's.

all!


Isn't it OBVIOUS? The FEDS are well aware of your UN-AMERICAN attempts
to obtain the ABOVE TOP SECRET details and locations of America's ATOMIC
TIME PROGRAM. You have GOOGLESOURCED the entire internet and, of
course, come up with ZILCH. Not even CNN or the NEW YORK TIMES would
dare divulge the SECURE location of America's ATOMIC TIME TRANSMITTERS.

By now, I'm sure you're aware that the US Government has SELECTIVELY
BLOCKED your reception of ATOM TIME. I urge you to turn yourself in to
the FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND ATOMIC TIME SECURITY immediately.
There is nowhere or nowhen to hide.





John Kasupski[_4_] February 25th 17 10:37 AM

WWV will be OFF the AIR .
 
On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 04:38:30 -0000 (UTC), analogdial
wrote:

wrote:

analogdial wrote: "I think you have excessive curiosity concerning America's Top Secret
ATOMIC TIME PROGRAM. If you're thinking that ATOMIC TIME TECHNOLOGY
will somehow aid you in building a TIME MACHINE, I should warnFLLLLUSSSHHHHH!!


Wo-wo-WOOAAA! Chill!

You've gone off on a greater tangent
than Jimmy Blozet when his car threw
a wheel at Daytona.

All I want is to be able to tune in to 5, 10.
15, 20, or 25mHz once per month to
reset my windup and other dummy
clocks and watches! That's.

all!


Isn't it OBVIOUS? The FEDS are well aware of your UN-AMERICAN attempts
to obtain the ABOVE TOP SECRET details and locations of America's ATOMIC
TIME PROGRAM. You have GOOGLESOURCED the entire internet and, of
course, come up with ZILCH. Not even CNN or the NEW YORK TIMES would
dare divulge the SECURE location of America's ATOMIC TIME TRANSMITTERS.

By now, I'm sure you're aware that the US Government has SELECTIVELY
BLOCKED your reception of ATOM TIME. I urge you to turn yourself in to
the FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND ATOMIC TIME SECURITY immediately.
There is nowhere or nowhen to hide.


I can remember when someone could post a radio-related question here and receive
a useful answer in a reasonably short time from one or more of the many people
here who were actually knowledgeable about shortwave radio.

Now, sadlly, there is instead a bunch of nitwits who seem to think someone may
have somehow gotten hold of five cruise missiles and plans to launch one at each
antenna site for the five WWV transmitters (one for each frequency) using the
coordinates given in the newsgroup as targeting data. Pathetic!

WWV antenna coordinates (WGS84):

2.5 MHz - 40°40'55.0 N, 105°02'33.6 W
5 MHz - 40°40'41.9 N, 105°02'27.2 W
10 MHz - 40°40'47.7 N, 105°02'27.4 W
15 MHz - 40°40'44.8 N, 105°02'26.9 W
20 MHz - 40°40'52.8 N, 105°02'30.9 W

This information appears in NIST Special Publication 250-67, which was released
in 2005 and has complete info on WWV as well as on WWVH and WWVB - including
site maps and photographs. It can be freely downloaded in Portable Document
Format (PDF) from the following URL:

http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/pdf/1969.pdf

My apologies to the OP for not posting this sooner. I honestly thought somebody
else would have finally gotten around to doing so by now, but apparently there's
an unfortunate lack of well-versed real radio hobbyists around here these days.

John D. Kasupski, W2PIO
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
TS-450S/TS-50/DX-394/Wires


[email protected] February 25th 17 11:30 AM

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John Kasupski wrote: "This information appears in NIST Special Publication
250-67, which was released in 2005 and has complete info on WWV as well
as on WWVH and WWVB - including site maps and photographs."


Thank you John. So based on those coordinates
they are all roughly on the same patch of land,
just at the opposite end of the country from me.
Odd, because I swore the 'B' in WWVB stood for
Boulder, and the H stood for Hawaii(or Honolulu).


Good news is, between their power-down and up,
and some electrical work I had done last Tuesday,
I now more consistently get in the signal at 5 and
10mHz. Seems the noise floor is a tad lower now
in my local area, enough for me to HEAR the
dang things! :) Now for the 40+yr old dining
room chandelier & dimmer knob, which induces
a loud BUZZZZ on my AM reception at a
particular point on said dimmer. LOL

[email protected] February 25th 17 11:42 AM

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John Kasupski wrote: "...but apparently there's an unfortunate lack of well-versed
real radio hobbyists around here these days. "


You can blame the INTERET for most of
that decline. A few bucks per month and
a few clicks and one can chat up a storm
about the Kardashians or what-not. lol!
No worries about caps, propogation,
or when the best TX/RX times are.


Say John, you seen that Quaid movie
'Frequency' yet? Would love your take on
the technical aspects of it, the ham and
all.

Mike Bott[_2_] February 25th 17 01:42 PM

WWV will be OFF the AIR .
 
Welcome to the anonymity of the internet.


-Mike

On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 05:37:52 -0500, John Kasupski wrote:

I can remember when someone could post a radio-related question here and
receive a useful answer in a reasonably short time from one or more of
the many people here who were actually knowledgeable about shortwave
radio.

Now, sadlly, there is instead a bunch of nitwits who seem to think
someone may have somehow gotten hold of five cruise missiles and plans
to launch one at each antenna site for the five WWV transmitters (one
for each frequency) using the coordinates given in the newsgroup as
targeting data. Pathetic!

Joe from Kokomo[_2_] February 25th 17 01:49 PM

WWV will be OFF the AIR .
 
On 2/25/2017 5:37 AM, John Kasupski wrote:

I can remember when someone could post a radio-related question here and receive
a useful answer in a reasonably short time from one or more of the many people
here who were actually knowledgeable about shortwave radio.


The OP DID get several "useful answers". IIRC, I responded to the OP two
different times that if he could not hear WWV, he should try CHU in
Canada, I even posted CHU's URL for his convenience. But for some reason
he seems stuck on WWV -- even though he claims he can't hear it. Go
figure...

73, Joe


[email protected] February 25th 17 02:03 PM

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Joe from Kokomo wrote: "I responded to the OP two different times that if he could not hear WWV, he should try
CHU in Canada, I even posted CHU's URL for his convenience. But for some reason he seems stuck on WWV --
even though he claims he can't hear it. Go figure...

73, Joe "


Well let me ask you this: I, too, would rather use
'domestic' shortwave time service, but perhaps I'm
not understanding CHU? Does CHU broadcast from
an atomic clock in Canada - or are they just a
repeater for the WWVs?

analogdial February 25th 17 02:20 PM

WWV will be OFF the AIR .
 
John Kasupski wrote:


I can remember when someone could post a radio-related question here and receive
a useful answer in a reasonably short time from one or more of the many people
here who were actually knowledgeable about shortwave radio.


I can remember a time when a poster (this poster, in fact) asked this
question and got answer. Polite, civil answers. This is the third
go-round.


Now, sadlly, there is instead a bunch of nitwits who seem to think someone may
have somehow gotten hold of five cruise missiles and plans to launch one at each
antenna site for the five WWV transmitters (one for each frequency) using the
coordinates given in the newsgroup as targeting data. Pathetic!


Amazing, isn't it? There REALLY isn't any reason to keep trying to
getgetting the same easy answers from the newsgroup, unless someone is
trolling.

Next time the "I can't hear WWV!" question pops up I'll enjoy your
patient explaination.



[email protected] February 25th 17 02:37 PM

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analogdial wrote: "John Kasupski wrote:

Now, sadlly, there is instead a bunch of nitwits who seem to think someone may
have somehow gotten hold of five cruise missiles and plans to launch one at each
antenna site for the five WWV transmitters (one for each frequency) using the
coordinates given in the newsgroup as targeting data. Pathetic!


Amazing, isn't it? There REALLY isn't any reason to keep trying to
getgetting the same easy answers from the newsgroup, unless someone is
trolling. "


analog: John was referring to YOU and YOUR
diatribes about me being a "terrorist" who wants
to destroy the WWV transmitters!

DUH...

analogdial February 25th 17 02:42 PM

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wrote:

analogdial wrote: "John Kasupski wrote:

Now, sadlly, there is instead a bunch of nitwits who seem to think someone may
have somehow gotten hold of five cruise missiles and plans to launch one at each
antenna site for the five WWV transmitters (one for each frequency) using the
coordinates given in the newsgroup as targeting data. Pathetic!


Amazing, isn't it? There REALLY isn't any reason to keep trying to
getgetting the same easy answers from the newsgroup, unless someone is
trolling. "


analog: John was referring to YOU and YOUR
diatribes about me being a "terrorist" who wants
to destroy the WWV transmitters!

DUH...


No, John was referring to no one. He insincerely made up the fake claim
about the cruise missies and targeting information.

There's alot of insincerity on usenet.

Joe from Kokomo[_2_] February 25th 17 03:38 PM

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Joe from Kokomo wrote: "I responded to the OP two different times that if he could not hear WWV, he should try
CHU in Canada, I even posted CHU's URL for his convenience. But for some reason he seems stuck on WWV --
even though he claims he can't hear it. Go figure...

73, Joe


On 2/25/2017 9:03 AM, wrote:

Well let me ask you this: I, too, would rather use
'domestic' shortwave time service,


Time is time..."domestic" has nothing to do with anything.

but perhaps I'm
not understanding CHU?


Apparently you are not understanding it; that's why I previously posted
the URL for CHU, which explains all.

Does CHU broadcast from
an atomic clock in Canada


Yes

- or are they just a
repeater for the WWVs?


No, see below:

I thought I answered this once before, but maybe not.

No, CHU is not a "repeater" for WWV. They ARE a stand alone time service
run by the Canadian government as Canada's equivalent of the WWV
service. CHU has their own atomic clock and it is every bit as accurate
as WWV. I mention CHU because they are transmitting from a different
location, the point being that if propagation from Colorado to you is
bad, it may (or may not) be better from CHU to you -- but certainly
worth a try.



[email protected] February 25th 17 04:50 PM

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analogdial wrote:
- show quoted text -
"Isn't it OBVIOUS? The FEDS are well aware of your UN-AMERICAN attempts
to obtain the ABOVE TOP SECRET details and locations of America's ATOMIC
TIME PROGRAM. You have GOOGLESOURCED the entire internet and, of
course, come up with ZILCH. Not even CNN or the NEW YORK TIMES would
dare divulge the SECURE location of America's ATOMIC TIME TRANSMITTERS.

By now, I'm sure you're aware that the US Government has SELECTIVELY
BLOCKED your reception of ATOM TIME. I urge you to turn yourself in to
the FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND ATOMIC TIME SECURITY immediately.
There is nowhere or nowhen to hide. "


Sure looks like it came from YOU - in response
to my wanting to know the locations of WWV/B/H
transmitters!

You have proven yourself, in this thread to be both
a Bushie and a Trumpet. Undeniable!

Michael Black[_2_] February 25th 17 05:17 PM

WWV will be OFF the AIR .
 
On Sat, 25 Feb 2017, John Kasupski wrote:


I can remember when someone could post a radio-related question here and receive
a useful answer in a reasonably short time from one or more of the many people
here who were actually knowledgeable about shortwave radio.

Now, sadlly, there is instead a bunch of nitwits who seem to think someone may
have somehow gotten hold of five cruise missiles and plans to launch one at each
antenna site for the five WWV transmitters (one for each frequency) using the
coordinates given in the newsgroup as targeting data. Pathetic!

WWV antenna coordinates (WGS84):

2.5 MHz - 40°40'55.0 N, 105°02'33.6 W
5 MHz - 40°40'41.9 N, 105°02'27.2 W
10 MHz - 40°40'47.7 N, 105°02'27.4 W
15 MHz - 40°40'44.8 N, 105°02'26.9 W
20 MHz - 40°40'52.8 N, 105°02'30.9 W

This information appears in NIST Special Publication 250-67, which was released
in 2005 and has complete info on WWV as well as on WWVH and WWVB - including
site maps and photographs. It can be freely downloaded in Portable Document
Format (PDF) from the following URL:

http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/pdf/1969.pdf

My apologies to the OP for not posting this sooner. I honestly thought somebody
else would have finally gotten around to doing so by now, but apparently there's
an unfortunate lack of well-versed real radio hobbyists around here these days.

But 25MHz is back, a few years ago someone did some figuring and decided
it could be done without any real cost increase, and they resurrected it
as a test, and then kept on going.

Michael

analogdial February 25th 17 05:24 PM

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wrote:





Sure looks like it came from YOU - in response
to my wanting to know the locations of WWV/B/H
transmitters!


If this is in reference to the CRUISE MISSILES, I NEVER suggested you
intented to blow up the AMERICAN ATOMIC TIME STATIONS! I did speculate
that you may be thinking of building an ATOMIC TIME BOMB, build an
ATOMIC TIME MACHINE or sell America's ATOMIC TIME SECRETS to the Chinese
before TRUMP sells them to the Russians.

NOTE -- I NEVER suggested you were too STUPID to find the locations of
WWV's transmitters for your self.



You have proven yourself, in this thread to be both
a Bushie and a Trumpet. Undeniable!


TRUMP wants a big construction project? He should build an
All-American half wave vertical mast for WWVB. It would be
YUUUUUUUGE!!!! And it's location must be kept SECRET.


John Kasupski[_4_] February 28th 17 08:25 AM

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On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 14:42:54 -0000 (UTC), analogdial
wrote:

wrote:


analog: John was referring to YOU and YOUR
diatribes about me being a "terrorist" who wants
to destroy the WWV transmitters!

DUH...


No, John was referring to no one. He insincerely made up the fake claim
about the cruise missies and targeting information.


Not really. I indeed WAS referring to your post - and if the availability of the
hardware wasn't an issue, cruis missiles would be the easiest way to do it since
they are in the military inventories of numerous countries and, being equipped
with their own guidance systems, are pretty much fire-and-forget. Fortunately,
however, you can't simply walk into Home Depot and buy half a dozen cruise
missiles with the necessary means of launching them. That makes the idea of them
being used in a terrorist attack decidedly far-fetched - but what are the odds
of a terrorist, or a group of terrorists, deciding to take out WWV anyway? If
nobody calls in sick on any given day, there's going to be maybe half a dozen
employees there. The way terrorists think, that's way too much effort for far
too little results. Better to do a shopping mall the Saturday before Christmas.

But just for the sake of argument, let's suppose for the moment that for some
reason some "lone wolf" nutcase actually wanted to do it.

Modern field artillery systems could handle the job too, but again, they don't
sell mortars, cannons, and rockets at Wal-Mart, and even if you went down to San
Pedro, California where the USS Iowa is on display as a museum ship and somehow
gained control of the entire vessel, a target somewhere in Colorado would be
more than a little outside the 20.55 nautical mile range of her 16-inch guns.

An aircraft could also be used to attack the site where WWV/WWVB are located,
but that is subject to its own set of obstacles. You won't find bombers, fighter
planes, and the ordnance to arm such aircraft at a local Sam's Club. Uncle Sam
has that stuff, but it's guarded by armed soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines,
and civilian airports have lots of security in place these days too. The odds of
a "lone wolf" conducting such an attack from the air therefore seems pretty
slim, although I suppose it would provide some interesting listening for anyone
within range with a receiver capable of monitoring AICC and guard... grin

Anyway, that basically leaves us with someone physically showing up at the site,
defeating the security measures there, and destroying the transmitters with
explosives or by other means, That may or may not be possible to pull off - but
the attacker(s) wouldn't need the GPS coordinates of the antennas to do it.

Therefore, implying that someone wants to obtain those coordinates for nefarious
purposes is, as I said upthread, pathetic - and also typifies the very kind of
paranoid fear REAL terrorists WANT you to feel. (Why do you think they're called
"terror-ists" to begin with?)

John D. Kasupski
Niagara Falls, NY


John Kasupski[_4_] February 28th 17 08:44 AM

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On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 17:24:16 -0000 (UTC), analogdial
wrote:

You have proven yourself, in this thread to be both
a Bushie and a Trumpet. Undeniable!


TRUMP wants a big construction project? He should build an
All-American half wave vertical mast for WWVB. It would be
YUUUUUUUGE!!!! And it's location must be kept SECRET.


Here in a nutshell is the biggest problem in this newsgroup. A radio neither
knows nor cares about the political beliefs of the person operating it. I don't
either. Maybe if we stuck to talking about RADIO and kept all this garbage for
other newsgroups where it belongs...

That said...according to my calculations a half wavelength at 60 hz would be
4,100,000 feet. Good luck keeping the location secret. I suspect it might be
visible to the naked eye from anywhere in the western hemisphere - and possibly
from the planet Neptune. LOL!

John D. Kasupski
Niagara Falls, NY


John Kasupski[_4_] February 28th 17 08:49 AM

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On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 03:42:12 -0800 (PST), wrote:

John Kasupski wrote: "...but apparently there's an unfortunate lack of well-versed
real radio hobbyists around here these days. "


You can blame the INTERET for most of
that decline. A few bucks per month and
a few clicks and one can chat up a storm
about the Kardashians or what-not. lol!
No worries about caps, propogation,
or when the best TX/RX times are.


Yeah, but it doesn't all have to be in THIS newsgroup.

Say John, you seen that Quaid movie
'Frequency' yet? Would love your take on
the technical aspects of it, the ham and
all.


Ouch. I might be the only ham in America who hasn't. I started watching it once
back when it first came out on DVD, saw about the first 20 minutes of it, then
had to quit because something more important came up. I still haven't gotten
around to watching the rest.

John D. Kasupski
Niagara Falls, NY


John Kasupski[_4_] February 28th 17 09:16 AM

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On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 06:03:19 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Joe from Kokomo wrote: "I responded to the OP two different times that if he could not hear WWV, he should try
CHU in Canada, I even posted CHU's URL for his convenience. But for some reason he seems stuck on WWV --
even though he claims he can't hear it. Go figure...

73, Joe "


Well let me ask you this: I, too, would rather use
'domestic' shortwave time service, but perhaps I'm
not understanding CHU? Does CHU broadcast from
an atomic clock in Canada - or are they just a
repeater for the WWVs?


It's the Canadian government's own time station, operated by the Institute for
National Measurement Standards of the National Research Council of Canada, which
has its own atomic clock.

FWIW, it also has a feature WWV/WWVH/WWVB do not - CHU sends a data signal at
seconds 31 to 39 which allows any computer with a Bell 103 compatible 300 baud
modem to receive/decode an accurate time source.

(If the Bell 103 standard sounds familiar to anyone here, that might be because
it's also the standard we hams use for packet radio on HF - so if your station
is already set up for that, you now know something else you can do with it)

The station is located at 45° 17' 47" N, 75° 45' 22" W, which is near Barrhaven,
Ontario, a short distance from Ottawa. They transmit with 3 kW on 3.330 MHz and
14.670 MHz, and 10 kW on 7.850 MHz. Any sources you see that say CHU operates on
7.335 MHz are obsolete - they moved from there to 7.850 MHz at 0000 UTC on
January 1, 2009 to escape interference from broadcast stations.

John D. Kasupski
Niagara Falls, NY


John Kasupski[_4_] February 28th 17 09:37 AM

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On Sat, 25 Feb 2017 12:17:20 -0500, Michael Black wrote:

But 25MHz is back, a few years ago someone did some figuring and decided
it could be done without any real cost increase, and they resurrected it
as a test, and then kept on going.

Michael


Well, I just learned something! You're right...NIST's website says it's an
experimental broadcast and may be interrupted or suspended without notice, but
they're putting 2500 watts into the original vertical half-wave dipole located
at the coordinates 40 deg. 40' 50.5"N, 105 deg. 02' 26.6" W. Apparently when
they first went back on the air they were using the broadband monopole that
serves as the backup antenna for WWV's 2.5 MHz transmitter and feeding it only
1000 watts, but they decided to keep that antenna for WWV's backup 2.5 MHz
transmitter and rebuilt the original vertical dipole, which had been converted
to a backup antenna for 15 MHz. Once they did that, they cranked the transmitter
back up to its full rated 2.5 kW output.

I guess the vertical dipole has a lower angle of radiation than the monopole
did, too Good - it'll take fewer hops to get here if 25 MHz ever opens up to my
neck of the woods!

Thanks for your post, Michael. I haven't necessarily kept current on everything
since leaving PopComm, and so I missed hearing about this until now.

John D. Kasupski
Niagara Falls, NY


[email protected] February 28th 17 12:17 PM

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John Kasupski:

So the only way to ensure both CHU and the
WWVs are in sync is to have two SW radios -
one playing WWV and the other, CHU. Got
plenty of boomboxes with SW bands for that.

Until lately I've been using CHU as a 'backup'
of sorts on days(and weeks) where I could not
pick up WWV.

None February 28th 17 12:24 PM

WWV will be OFF the AIR .
 
thekma @ dumb****.shorotbus.edu wrote in message
...
John Kasupski:

So the only way to ensure both CHU and the
WWVs are in sync is to have two SW radios -
one playing WWV and the other, CHU.


As always, you're full of ****. Dumb ****.


[email protected] February 28th 17 12:33 PM

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By the way this morning I get in ZERO time
signals, from Canada, Colorado, or elsewhere.
MASSIVE buzzing interference on all frequencies
from CHU and WWV. I must live in the EMI
center of the UNIVERSE!

analogdial February 28th 17 02:13 PM

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John Kasupski wrote:



Here in a nutshell is the biggest problem in this newsgroup. A radio neither
knows nor cares about the political beliefs of the person operating it. I don't
either. Maybe if we stuck to talking about RADIO and kept all this garbage for
other newsgroups where it belongs...

That said...according to my calculations a half wavelength at 60 hz would be
4,100,000 feet. Good luck keeping the location secret. I suspect it might be
visible to the naked eye from anywhere in the western hemisphere - and possibly
from the planet Neptune. LOL!

John D. Kasupski
Niagara Falls, NY


Why don't you email the folks at WWVB and suggest they change their
broadcast frequency from 60 Hz to 60 kHz? I'm sure they'll appreicate
the suggestion.

analogdial February 28th 17 02:20 PM

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John Kasupski wrote:

[snip]

Could you go back to being the "defender of the deliberately obtuse"
troll?

Shouldn't be hard, espically if you're all the same person.

analogdial February 28th 17 02:22 PM

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None wrote:

thekma @ dumb****.shorotbus.edu wrote in message
...
John Kasupski:

So the only way to ensure both CHU and the
WWVs are in sync is to have two SW radios -
one playing WWV and the other, CHU.


As always, you're full of ****. Dumb ****.


That's the kind of incisive analysis this froup needs. Much better than
your trollmates. Carry on!



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