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Lou Kline <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:08:51 -0400
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Hi.

Unfortunately, I still use WWV for both setting time pieces and calibrating 
equipment.  I guess it is better to spend the money fighting a useless war 
than to do something actually useful with our tax dollars.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 06:04 PM 10/23/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>well, they could take away the regular HF wwv service and your clock would
>still work....the wwv that is used for the atomic clocks or the WWV clocks
>is at 60kilihertz I believe.
>I am fairly sure that anyone who isn't near a computer that needs K index
>info, or weather info, is going to probably have that info availible via
>satelite these days anyway.
>So, the 5, 10 and 15MHZ wwv services could probably be done away with and
>there would be no significant consequence to it.
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "William Sallander" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 5:31 PM
>Subject: Re: wwv
>
>
> > Hello Walter, I did some checking on google but I didn't come up with
> > anything concreat.
> > I don't believe that they will take it off the air since alot of devices
> > still depend on the signal for time purposes and other uses.
> >
> > I hope they don't take it off the air because I just bought a clock that
> > sets it self via WWV.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Bill, N3ETC
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Walter Hampton" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 9:21 PM
> > Subject: wwv
> >
> >
> > > are they going to off wwv? i hope not. i heard it on the handiham net. =
> > > please let me know if it is true.=20
> > >
> > > walter wb6jtj
> >
> >
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Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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