[amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV

[Paul Stoetzer]

The most direct benefit to amateurs is that it's a known and very
accurate frequency reference. Many HF transceivers have a frequency
calibration procedure in their service manuals that has you tune to
the WWV signal at 10 MHz. This is also important to kit builders to
make sure their frequency is accurate

Additionally, they broadcast solar conditions 18 minutes after the top
of every hour.

As far as ARRL membership, I would encourage everyone to join (in
addition to AMSAT, of course). A strong ARRL is vitally important for
the future of the hobby. There is no other group who can effectively
represent the interests of the amateur community in Washington.

73,

Paul, N8HM
On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 8:05 AM Roy Dean <royldean at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've been licensed for about 2 years.   I'm not an ARRL member, nor do
> I have an ARRL handbook.   I'm not trying to stir up muck here, I just
> asked a simple question.   What benefit do we get from WWV?   I
> certainly have had no cause to use it (at least knowingly) over the
> course of the last couple of years.
>
> Seriously, what am I missing out on?
>
>
> -Roy
>
> K3RLD
>
>
>
> > The K call implies that you have been licensed for a while.
> > Your ARRL handbook has information on what services WWV provides.
> > These include standard time, standard frequency and propagation
> > information. Reread your handbook for more information. 73
> > Glenn
> > WB4UIV
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