For those not finding the correct object (some of them are pictures and some
are audio) try pressing Enter on the link entitled
  THE TICK - CLEAR CHANNEL'S NEW WWV

It's a simple MP3 file.  The ticks are at 1500 Hz, whereas the correct ticks
should be at 1000 Hz.  But it's funny, anyway.

As XM Radio is running through their "It" program of the history of popular
music, some of their breaks are meant to sound like WWV, including shortwave
hiss and limited bandwidth.  Rather cool.


Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of T Behler
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 8:36 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: WWV
> 
> Hi, everyone.
> 
> Check out this funny story and internet link  about WWV from this week's
> Handiham e-letter.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
> 
> Fake WWV audio is a hoot!
> Tick, tick, tick... 1, 2, 3, 4... Every second counts at WWV.
> 
> It's funny how I find stuff to put in the e-letter. This one came about
> because Jerry had mentioned to me that he heard a rumor about WWV
> discontinuing its HF transmissions, which, as far as I know, is a rumor
> without any substance. Anyway, as I was researching WWV, I started with a
> Google search.  Seeing a link to WWV on Wikipedia, another of my favorite
> web resources, I decided to see what the popular online encyclopedia had
> to
> say. There is, as I expected, a wonderful overview of station WWV on
> Wikipedia, and no truth to the closing down HF rumor.  But there was a
> bonus: a link to a satire page - a fictitious website presents what WWV
> would be like if it were purchased by a commercial radio broadcasting
> conglomerate and privatized. The format change would include prerecorded
> snappy patter amid the time clicks, and the station would be called "The
> Tick":
> http://www.lownoiserecords.com/wwv_the_tick.html
> 
> Well, I suppose people are used to hearing about things getting
> "privatized", so I guess rumors will be rumors!
> 
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