Trivia .. The last I knew the WWVB transmitter is a "repurposed" 100KW LORAN C TX from the closed site in ND.
73! K0PP On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Charlie T <pin...@erols.com> wrote: > Yeah, I'd miss them, BUT, my little Elecraft hand-held XG3 sig gen is > pretty > handy for that too . > > Also, I don't believe funding for the 60kHz sig was ever at risk and THAT's > what your (antique) watch uses. > > 73, Charlie k3ICH > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> > On > Behalf Of Wayne Burdick > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2018 11:53 AM > To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] WWV/WWVH Closure > > Personal note.... > > Ever since I home-brewed my first receiver when I was 15, I've used WWV at > multiple frequencies as a source of reliable on-air test signals. > > My early receivers used simple direct-conversion schemes based on JFETs > (remember the MPF102?). Get the details wrong, and you'd hear WWV whether > you were tuned to it or not, thanks to what I now know was IP2 (AM > breakthrough). Do it right, and you'd be rewarded with those undulating > time-tones: minimalist, almost musical. Something Phillip Glass would pipe > into his sensory-deprevation tank. Oh, and you could set your watch to it. > > These days I still tune into WWV to check VFO calibration, set clocks in > the > field, and get an approximation of the MUF (Maximum usable frequency). When > propagation is good, even the 20.000000 MHz signal soars across the aether, > a faithful and tireless chronological savant. > > Losing it would be a tragedy, but a nerdy one, not Greek. > > Wayne > N6KR ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
