On 6/2/2011 3:42 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
> My late wife and I were RVing through Colorado and while in Ft.
> Collins, I called up NBS (as it was called then) and asked
> whether I could tour the facility. Whoever answered the
> telephone informed me that they didn't give tours or allow
> access, b
I used to work at the University of Colorado's Radio
Astronomy Laboratory and enjoyed a rather close
association with the folks at NBS and NASA. Some
of the best "learning" in my life took place on napkins
in the NBS cafeteria. A close friend (K0RZ) was project
engineer on NBS cesium s
ctors doing
some work and the gate just happened to open:-)
Wes N7WS
--- On Thu, 6/2/11, Ken - K0PP wrote:
> From: Ken - K0PP
> Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Trivia - WWV & so-called "atomic" clocks
> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
> Date: Thursday, June 2, 2011, 4:12 PM
>
The so-called "atomic clocks" use the 60 KHZ signal
from WWVB at the NBS transmitter site north of Fort
Collins, CO.
The signal level from the station got a bit of a boost
awhile back when the PA from the decommissioned
100 KHZ LORAN C transmitter in ND(?) was moved
to Ft. Collins a
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