As long as ntp.org is available, I won't miss WWVB. My computers and
cell phone automatically keep perfect time. I can reset the clock on
the microwave oven manually.
The US Congress, in their arrogance, changed the timing of daylight
savings time. They have excuses, but I really think they need to
reassure themselves of their self importance. They have the awesome
power to dictate when people wake up, go to work, eat lunch, etc. The
last time they changed daylight savings time, I had to throw away two
relatively new digital clocks that automatically synced to the radio
broadcast. The firmware in those clocks didn't know about the
congressional edict, so my clocks were off by EXACTLY one hour, for two
weeks of the year. Those useless clocks went in the trash. There's yet
another way that government costs me money.
On 08/22/2018 04:51 AM, andy pugh wrote:
I know that some folk here like clocks, and that others are interested in radio.
And some in both.
This might be of interest.
https://hackaday.com/2018/08/20/what-will-you-do-if-wwvb-goes-silent/
(There is a proposal to stop broadcasting the time signals that radio
controlled clocks use)
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