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

[Ted Krempa]

Hi Roy,

This link is a great presentation of the history of WWV:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4487279/

Now as to the relevance of this facility in 2018, that's above my pay grade.
I find it humorous to see all the histrionics posted here. It reminds me of
the huge 'dust up' over the No-Code License. As a new ham, you may not be
familiar with one of the basic core values of ham radio: Always Make a
Mountain Out of a Mole Hill.

You should, however, join the ARRL for sure.

GL in the Contest !

73, Ted
K7TRK 

-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Roy Dean
Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 5:05 AM
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: White House wants to eliminate WWV

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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