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

[Scott Medbury]

For over 60 years, I have considered the function of WWV and WWVH to be vital and quite necessary. As  youngster and before I owned a watch that did not set itself, I listened to WWV to know the exact time. I also listened to know of tropical happenings.

As a shortwave listener, I knew when certain bands below 30kc (kHz) would allow communications.

These are things that ALL licensed hams should know.

73 ... Scott KD5FBA

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On Sep 5, 2018 7:05 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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