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Ham Talk Live! Episode 78 - The Latest Changes at WWV

Discussion in 'Amateur Radio News' started by WB9VPG, Aug 23, 2017.

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  1. WB9VPG

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    This week on Ham Talk Live!, WWV Chief Engineer Matt Deutch, N0RGT joins us to tell us about some of the latest changes happening at WWV! So if you have the time, listen in about the station that's all time... all the time! That's at 9 pm Eastern time on Thursday night at hamtalklive.com.

    Tune into Ham Talk Live! Thursday night at 9 pm Eastern time by going to hamtalklive.com. When the audio player indicates LIVE, just hit the play button! If you miss the show live, you can listen on demand 24/7/365.25 also at hamtalklive.com; or a podcast version is on nearly all podcast sites a few minutes after the live show is over. Some sites include Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, SoundCloud, and iHeart Podcasts; and it's also available on YouTube.

    Be sure to CALL in with your questions and comments by calling 812-NET-HAM-1 live during the show, or by Skype. Our username is hamtalklive. You can also tweet your questions before or during the show to @HamTalkLive.

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  2. KW0U

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    Should be interesting. After weeks of trying on my dipole I finally heard their restored 25 MHz signal. They nicely QSLed it too (WWVH and CHU also send reception confirmations).
     
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  3. WB9VPG

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    It was a very interesting show, especially the 25 MHz story. Very cool!
     
  4. K7LZR

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    Very good. I visited WWV/WWVB in May 2012 on my way West through Colorado. Drove 120 mi. out of my way just to do it :). I didn't get to go inside because the stations no longer offer tours but I did get permission to snap a few outside pictures for my own collection. All in all a neat experience :).
     
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  5. KZ5R

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    Proud to say we supplied the balun for the new 25MHz antenna.
     
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  6. K6CLS

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    Hi, is text available ? I can read in a minute what takes an hour of blah blah blah. Thanks
     
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  7. KA0KA

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    Being here in Fort Collins, CO 80524 I use WWV mainly to align my oscillators on 25MHz as they are in very close and it works great. I hope to visit the site this year, I have collected a lot of vintage black and white photos of the setup around 1960! I have them in the shack!
     
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  8. AC3DB

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    Is WWV Colorado in the united states? Their web page uses meters and kilometers.
     
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  9. N8FM

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    Why no, it's spending the summer in Canada. ;)
     
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  10. NE5EN

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    Yes, WWV and WWVB are in Colorado, just a little north of Fort Collins. The measurement and dissemination of standard time/frequency is a universally scientific endeavor, thus the use of the metric system, exclusively.
     
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  11. WP2ASS

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    Yes it is.

    And it uses the worldwide standard, the metric system, since the USA is about the last bastion of the imperial measurement system.

    Which is utterly sad. Took about a week to learn the metric system and its loads easier for... Well anything. Unless you have to covert from imperial to metric first.

    But, if I'm doing a panel or chassis layout on a new project, it's metric from day one.

    --Shane
     
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  12. K0OKS

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    Exclusively? Are they measuring time in deca-days, centi-days, mili-days, nano-days, micro-days, nano-days, or femto-days? Or are they using non-metric hours, minutes, seconds? :eek:

    Don't get me wrong, I wish we used all metric.
     
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  13. KV6O

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    Nevermind this metric nonsense, I am going to get on 65.6168 feet and see what DX I can dig up.
     
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  14. WB9VPG

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    No. It's a talk radio show. I'm sure there are other outlets for the information in text besides mine.
     
    Last edited: Aug 28, 2017
  15. WB9VPG

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    Yes. All government entities must use metric measurements, since the USA adopted it officially in 1866. Now as for common practice.... that's a different story.
     

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