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Old August 19th 18, 04:01 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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On Sun, 19 Aug 2018, Frank wrote:

NIST FY2019 budget includes request to shutdown WWV and WWVH

https://swling.com/blog/2018/08/nist...-wwv-and-wwvh/

6 million bucks? Dammit, we've got to find money for Pruitt's cone of
silence and Carson's dining set and The Great Man's golf cart rentals
SOMEHOW!!!

We can still try to DX the ChiCom time station. The good ol' ChiComs!

MALA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WWV was probably the first station I got a QSL card from, even on my
Hallicrafters S-120A (the solid state one) I could tell the difference
between the different WWV frequencies, while shortwave broadcast stations
were "closer to the the 500KHz mark than an even MHz point". And of
course, when propagation was good so WWVH could be received on the east
coast, you knew it since they had a female announce, and the announcement
was offset in time from the WWV announcement.

If nothing else, WWV provides a signal for beginners to hear, in most
places an almost guaranteed signal, at least on one of the frequencies. I
think I must have listened to it for hours when I was a kid. This is
probably more vital today, as the shortwave broadcast stations disappear,
less to listen to on shortwave. Though in the digital age, no need for a
crystal calibrator, digitally tuned receivers give nice accurate readout,
and are generally close enough in accuracy.

Michael

 
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