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   From: wilson@math.wisc.edu   
      
   On 8/30/2018 10:22 AM, Michael Black wrote:   
   > On Thu, 30 Aug 2018, CQ Newsroom via rec.radio.info Admin wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> CQ Newsroom   
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   >> ///////////////////////////////////////////   
   >> Petition Drive to Save WWV/WWVH - Sept. 15 Deadline   
   >>   
   >   
   > And CQ is late, and lacking.   
   >   
   > This "news" has been around for a few weeks, I know I kept checking CQ's   
   > newspage to see if they were on the ball.   
   >   
   > But, they perpetuate the notion that this is about WWV/WWVH, which may   
   > be the least of the issue, except for radio hobbyists who feel nostalgia   
   > for those time stations.   
   >   
   > Nobody seems to explicitly mention it, except in followups, but this may   
   > (since it's not mentioned by callsign) include WWVB.  That will have way   
   > more fallout than WWV/WWVH, since many a consumer clock and weather   
   > station and maybe other things rely on WWVB, at 60KHz, to self-set the   
   > time everynight.  I have five around, plus a Casio Waveceptor watch   
   > which at least is useful in other continents.  It's something created   
   > because WWVB is there, but also because electronics got so cheap.  The   
   > market is a relatively new thing.  If nothing else, it gives a clock one   
   > can rely on, in an age when so much electronics includes a clock, and   
   > none of them matching time.  Just a few years ago, NIST added a new   
   > moduclation component as an attempt at improved reception on the fringe   
   > areas, I ahve no idea how well that worked since I don't have a newer   
   > clock that can decode the new modulation scheme.  But at that time, I   
   > think it was, NIST announced that WWVB was no longer considered a   
   > frequency standard, so it really exists to reset all those "atomic   
   > clocks" to the right time.  WWVB is the key issue here, since all those   
   > consumers will not like having "atomic clocks" that no longer keep good   
   > time.  One has to look a bit to see real truth, it's not just about   
   > relaying what someone else said.   
   >   
   >    Michael   
   I wrote to ARRL about the "missing" WWVB. Their answer sort of said   
   "others are creating their own petitions to FCC". But I agree that this   
   is a very big concern. The only slightly good thought is that companies   
   like Casio, who sell lots of stuff dependent on WWVB, would likely be on   
   "our" side for a change and probably have a lot more weight than we hams do!   
   Bob Wilson, WA9D   
      
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