[time-nuts] Radio based time stations

[Bob Camp]

Hi

I believe that we have << 1/4 the shortwave services we had 20 years ago. Not just for time, but the whole set of commercial / governmental transmitting setups.

Bob

On Oct 5, 2010, at 7:30 AM, Lee Reynolds wrote:

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> Chuck wrote - 
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> Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:16:29 -0400
> From: Chuck Harris <cfharris at erols.com>
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
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> And if you are worried about the station being in North America,
> there are time stations in virtually every corner of the world.
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> Sad to say, Chuck, those stations are fading fast. Many nations have dropped
> out of the business of providing time in that fashion in the last decade or
> so. Australia was one of the more notable recent losses. I don't believe
> that the African continent has a single station left. Even CHU was being
> eyed speculatively by the Canadian powers a while back. Overall, we probably
> now have a quarter to a third of the SW time stations compared to those that
> that existed 20 years ago.
> 
> I suspect that the increasing availability of cheap GPSDO gear to the
> average Joe had a lot to do with it.
> 
> Lee
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