Hi, Phil.

I believe that NBS transmits digital information on 60 kHz.  However,
the transmission is not of WWV but is strictly digital.  The clock
checks these transmissions at least once a day and corrects itself.

Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
Amateur Radio: K 7 U I J
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 7:52 AM
Subject: Question About WWV


> A comment and a question.  Living in Denver, you would think that we
have
> perfect access to WWV but during the day time hours, sometimes it is
> impossible to hear WWV on any frequency well enough to copy.
Fortunately, I
> can use the telephone to call their direct line when I can't hear
them.  I
> live about 50 miles from their transmitter so you can see how some of
the
> frequencies during the day time are too high, while others are too
low, for
> 50 miles.  Anyhow, here is my question.  Does WWV have a frequency
below 500
> KHZ or somewhere down there?  A ham friend of mine told me recently he
> purchased an atomic watch.  He asked me if I had heard of them.  I
said I
> had heard of the atomic clock for about 100 dollars and I just assumed
it
> received all the frequencies of WWV and that was how it kept its time
> listening to the low PL tone used to keep clocks on time.  He said he
read
> in the instructions for his watch that it worked by listening to a WWV
> frequency some place below 500 KHZ so he dialed it up on his rig to
see if
> we could hear it in Denver being just down the road, sort of speak,
from the
> station.  He could not hear it, of course, but frankly, unless you
have a
> better antenna, it is hard to hear below 500 KHZ.  I am sort of a Low
> Frequency LF buff and I keep a log of V O R signals I hear below 500
KHZ.
> Anyhow, my friend could not recall the WWV frequency below 500 KHZ so
has
> anybody ever heard of this?  If so, do you know the frequency?
>
> 73,
> Phil,
> k0nx
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