They could just have turned it back on as a LORAN transmitter. No position, just timing.
But that's not the way the "government" works. If it works, break it. YMMV, -John ================== > Hard to say if anything will happen. Read the article and it appears nist > actually had the money to revamp one of the old LORAN C or other > transmitting facilities on the East Coast to setup on a new frequency a > WWVB > like station. They couldn't figure out what to do so had to return the > money. Not sure what I can say to that. At least not on this thread. Hmmm > Concerns down in Washington on rf effects blah blah blah. Nantucket seems > to > be way out of the way last I heard it was idle. > Oh well not much more to be said in that respect. > Regards > Paul > > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:14 PM, tcxo <gb...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> I'm concerned that, in their quest to address the needs of the general >> public's radio clocks, NIST might overlook the frequency standards needs >> of >> our metrology community. (Unless the metrology community provides >> adequate >> feedback to NIST *before* it might be too late?) >> >> According to their interpretations of ISO/IEC 17025, many customers >> require >> metrology labs to include inter-comparison procedures for assurance. For >> example, they might require a GPS disciplined house frequency standard >> to >> be >> cross-checked against another non-GPS frequency standard (for assurance >> purposes). In the past Loran-C served this need well as the alternate >> source >> of traceable frequency. But with the demise of Loran-C, WWVB has become >> more >> important for this purpose. Yes, we know that GPS out-performs WWVB for >> frequency; but within a stated uncertainty (that's adequate for many >> purposes), WWVB still supplies the alternate source of traceable >> frequency >> comparison. >> >> Do any of the resident gurus of this list have opinions as to whether or >> not >> NIST's proposals might exclude WWVB as a source of traceable frequency >> comparisons? >> >> At least, I think it prudent that some of us let NIST know that we're >> still >> relying on WWVB for traceable frequency comparison systems. >> >> Greg >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "beale" <be...@bealecorner.com> >> To: <time-nuts@febo.com> >> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 3:02 PM >> Subject: [time-nuts] improved WWVB signal being planned? >> >> >> I thought this was interesting... I don't know if this had been already >> mentioned here- probably some list members are already part of the >> process! >> I wonder if this would be a spread-spectrum code like the GPS signal? >> >> "[...] Another idea being actively investigated is to add phase >> modulation >> to the existing WWVB signal while leaving the AM BCD code intact. This >> would >> allow all existing devices to continue to work, but allow a new >> generation >> of radio-controlled clocks to be developed. These new devices would >> have >> greater processing gain and therefore be capable of reading the time >> code >> with a lower signal-to-noise ratio." >> >> from "We Help Move Time Through the Air >> Managers of WWVB Explore Options to Improve the Service Further" >> by John Lowe, manager of NIST radio stations WWV/WWVH/WWVB. >> http://tf.boulder.nist.gov/general/pdf/2504.pdf >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > _______________________________________________ > 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.