"NIST will discontinue the dissemination of the U.S. time and frequency via the NIST radio stations in Hawaii and Ft. Collins, CO. These radio stations transmit signals that are used to synchronize consumer electronic products like wall clocks, clock radios, and wristwatches, and may be used in other applications like appliances, cameras, and irrigation controllers."
These devices don't stop working just because they don't synchronize with the WWVB time signal. The internal quartz oscillators still function like any other quartz-based time-piece. The only impact is that they will not synchronize, typically in the middle of the night. Synchronization must then occur manually, like any other clock or wristwatch. Some enterprising individual with enough time on his/her hands could design a transverter that produces the identical 60 kHz time code from a GPSDO. My Trimble Thuderbolt provides date and time information that could be used in the translation to a 60 kHz time signal. The 60 kHz signal only needs to produce enough signal strength to synchronize the devices within a home or office. OTOH, to obtain adequate coverage would likely invoke an FCC limitation in the U.S.. But a subsequent PRM filed by a private party or by the FCC on its own motion could lift the power restriction if WWVB terminates operation. Paul, W9AC _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband