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Buried on page 25 of the 2019 budget proposal for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), under the heading "Fundamental Measurement, Quantum Science, and Measurement Dissemination", there's a short entry that has caused plenty of debate and even a fair deal of anger among those in the amateur radio scene:
NIST will discontinue the dissemination of the U.S. time and frequency via the NIST radio stations in Hawaii and Ft. Collins, CO. These radio stations transmit signals that are used to synchronize consumer electronic products like wall clocks, clock radios, and wristwatches, and may be used in other applications like appliances, cameras, and irrigation controllers.
The NIST stations in Hawaii and Colorado are the home of WWV, WWVH, and WWVB. The oldest of these stations, WWV, has been broadcasting in some form or another since 1920; making it the longest continually operating radio station in the United States. Yet in order to save approximately $6.3 million, these time and frequency standard stations are potentially on the chopping block.
Source: https://hackaday.com/2018/08/20/what-will-you-do-if-wwvb-goes-silent/
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday August 27 2018, @10:09PM (2 children)
We have one. The main clock in the living room.
My wife doesn't realise that it's not actually receiving correctly, and I adjusted it to three minutes ahead, to reduce tardiness.
I'm less worried about the end of WWVB, than about her paying attention to the discrepancy with the time on her phone.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 28 2018, @02:19AM (1 child)
> My wife doesn't realise that it's not actually receiving correctly, and I adjusted it to three minutes ahead,
From experience, I don't think the deception of your wife is necessary to generate the desired result (less tardiness).
At college a wall clock I used frequently (in a common room area) had a sign under it "10 minutes fast" and it was set as described. But even knowing that it was advanced, looking at it (too lazy to make the mental subtraction?) and seeing that I was about to be late was enough to get me moving. And then the extra 10 minutes to walk across campus was handy...
My suggestion is to come clean and then go for a bigger offset, 5 or even 10 minutes.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday August 28 2018, @06:14AM
She sets the kitchen clock 11 minutes ahead, and her car clock 12 minutes ahead ... yet is still late.
*sobs*