Hi I believe that we have << 1/4 the shortwave services we had 20 years ago. Not just for time, but the whole set of commercial / governmental transmitting setups.
Bob On Oct 5, 2010, at 7:30 AM, Lee Reynolds wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > Chuck wrote - > _________________________________________________________________ > Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:16:29 -0400 > From: Chuck Harris <cfhar...@erols.com> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > >> snip< > > And if you are worried about the station being in North America, > there are time stations in virtually every corner of the world. > _________________________________________________________________ > > Sad to say, Chuck, those stations are fading fast. Many nations have dropped > out of the business of providing time in that fashion in the last decade or > so. Australia was one of the more notable recent losses. I don't believe > that the African continent has a single station left. Even CHU was being > eyed speculatively by the Canadian powers a while back. Overall, we probably > now have a quarter to a third of the SW time stations compared to those that > that existed 20 years ago. > > I suspect that the increasing availability of cheap GPSDO gear to the > average Joe had a lot to do with it. > > Lee > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.