[time-nuts] New WWVB Format...

Burt I. Weiner biwa at att.net
Wed Sep 26 17:17:08 UTC 2012


Tom,

Thanks you for that file.  Somehow I missed it.  I think the real 
answer to my question is for the FCC to add GPS to their accepted 
standards for Frequency Measurements in the broadcast related rules.

Thanks,

Burt


>From: "Tom Miller" <tmiller at skylinenet.net>
>
>Subject: Re: [time-nuts] New WWVB format...
>
>
>See:
>
>http://www.nist.gov/calibrations/upload/1424.pdf
>
>Re. GPS traceable to NIST.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Burt I. Weiner" <biwa at att.net>
>To: <time-nuts at febo.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 11:49 AM
>Subject: [time-nuts] New WWVB format...
>
>
>I'm sure most of this group has seen the information put out by NIST
>regarding the changes to the WWVB format.  But, for those who may not
>yet have seen this, here's a link to it:
>
>http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/cBhjUH41xVccWM9P8EU4JqzmFNevFgDUFkRcgfLyry1Rn3HqMV5iDqYDgsd2pM1-Vq3nhF9WERTjVF_WmRjAezjU9CCrAda_8RqV/NIST-Enhanced-WWVB-Broadcast-Format.pdf
>
>The results of this change will apparently no longer allow WWVB to be
>used as a high accuracy frequency standard signal.  This does not
>seem to be much of an issue considering the availability of the GPS
>signals all over the world.

Burt I. Weiner Associates
Broadcast Technical Services
Glendale, California  U.S.A.
biwa at att.net
www.biwa.cc
K6OQK 




More information about the time-nuts mailing list