[time-nuts] WWV / WWVH / WWVB

[Scott McGrath]

That is due to the wonders of HF propagation.    WWV is in Ft Collins
WWVH is in Hawaii   so coverage is largely restricted to Asia/Pacific
region
somewhere on NIST's site there is a propagation prediction for all the stations.

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Brad Stockdale <brad at shinji.net> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
>    Thank you to everyone that has helped (and some that continue to
> help) me with my GPSDO equipment post... I've got a few leads out
> there and hopefully I'll be able to get ahold of some of these units
> soon... I really am looking forward to getting to work with some other GPSDO's.
>
>    Anyway, on to the reason for this post... I'd like to get some
> receivers so I can HEAR and USE the WWVB, WWV, and WWVH signals... I
> know that HEARING them may not be a 'normal' request, but I just
> would like to monitor the audio as well as being able to decode the signals...
>
>    I guess the first thing to take care of is receiving the signals.
> Can anyone recommend decent receivers for these stations? I guess the
> list of frequencies would be:
>
>        o WWVB = 60 KHz
>        o WWV  = 2.5 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz, or 20 MHz
>        o WWVH = 2.5 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, or 15 MHz
>
>    Hmm, I just noticed that WWV and WWVH overlap... How in the heck
> do you differentiate between the two stations if they broadcast on
> all the same channels?
>
>    Anyway, I wouldn't mind a kit type of project that would let me
> receive these signals... Maybe I'll check out Ramsey Electronics,
> Rainbow Kits, Velleman, et al. Surely one of them has kits for these
> broadcast ranges.
>
>    Can anyone suggest a kit, or project listed online with
> schematics and parts lists, or I guess even reasonably priced commercial units?
>
>    If I can't get radios that have built in decoders for these
> stations, I'd be happy just receiving their audio and then trying to
> build my own decoder using a PIC or something...
>
>    Thanks for any advice.
>
> Brad
>
>
>
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