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The US government is proposing to shut down the NIST standard time and frequency stations WWV, WWVH, and WWVB in Colorado and Hawaii.

See this October update in this QRZ thread. It's only funded by the US government until February. Millions of our atomic clocks that depend upon WWVH will no longer sync after then, and WWV at 5, 10, 15, and 20 Mhz will disappear.

If that actually happens, are there any free or inexpensive alternative frequency standards available so that we can accurately calibrate our transceivers, frequency counters, etc. with at least 1 Hz accuracy?

• https://www.google.com/search?q=wwv+discontinued
• https://www.eham.net/articles/41765
• http://www.arrl.org/news/concern-rising-within-amateur-radio-community-over-wwv-wwvh-shut-down-proposal
• https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/wwv-discontinuing-operations.624002/

WWVB is a time station only; without its radio transmissions, millions of consumer "atomic" radio clocks would have nothing to keep them accurate.

The US government is proposing to shut down the NIST standard time and frequency stations WWV, WWVH, and WWVB in Colorado and Hawaii.

If that actually happens, are there any free or inexpensive alternative frequency standards available so that we can accurately calibrate our transceivers, frequency counters, etc. with at least 1 Hz accuracy?

• https://www.google.com/search?q=wwv+discontinued
• https://www.eham.net/articles/41765
• http://www.arrl.org/news/concern-rising-within-amateur-radio-community-over-wwv-wwvh-shut-down-proposal
• https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/wwv-discontinuing-operations.624002/

WWVB is a time station only; without its radio transmissions, millions of consumer "atomic" radio clocks would have nothing to keep them accurate.

The US government is proposing to shut down the NIST standard time and frequency stations WWV, WWVH, and WWVB in Colorado and Hawaii.

See this October update in this QRZ thread. It's only funded by the US government until February. All our atomic clocks depending on WWVH will no longer sync after then.

If that actually happens, are there any free or inexpensive alternative frequency standards available so that we can accurately calibrate our transceivers, frequency counters, etc. with at least 1 Hz accuracy?

• https://www.google.com/search?q=wwv+discontinued
• https://www.eham.net/articles/41765
• http://www.arrl.org/news/concern-rising-within-amateur-radio-community-over-wwv-wwvh-shut-down-proposal
• https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/wwv-discontinuing-operations.624002/

WWVB is a time station only; without its radio transmissions, millions of consumer "atomic" radio clocks would have nothing to keep them accurate.

The US government is proposing to shut down the NIST standard time and frequency stations WWV, WWVH, and WWVB in Colorado and Hawaii.

See this October update in this QRZ thread. It's only funded by the US government until February. Millions of our atomic clocks that depend upon WWVH will no longer sync after then, and WWV at 5, 10, 15, and 20 Mhz will disappear.

If that actually happens, are there any free or inexpensive alternative frequency standards available so that we can accurately calibrate our transceivers, frequency counters, etc. with at least 1 Hz accuracy?

• https://www.google.com/search?q=wwv+discontinued
• https://www.eham.net/articles/41765
• http://www.arrl.org/news/concern-rising-within-amateur-radio-community-over-wwv-wwvh-shut-down-proposal
• https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/wwv-discontinuing-operations.624002/

WWVB is a time station only; without its radio transmissions, millions of consumer "atomic" radio clocks would have nothing to keep them accurate.

The US government is proposing to shut down the NIST standard time and frequency stations WWV, WWVH, and WWVB in Colorado and Hawaii.

If that actually happens, are there any free or inexpensive alternative frequency standards available so that we can accurately calibrate our transceivers, frequency counters, etc. with at least 1 Hz accuracy?

• https://www.google.com/search?q=wwv+discontinued
• https://www.eham.net/articles/41765
• http://www.arrl.org/news/concern-rising-within-amateur-radio-community-over-wwv-wwvh-shut-down-proposal
• https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/wwv-discontinuing-operations.624002/

WWVB is a time station only; without its radio transmissions, millions of consumer "atomic" radio clocks would have nothing to keep them accurate.

The US government is proposing to shut down the NIST standard time and frequency stations WWV, WWVH, and WWVB in Colorado and Hawaii.

See this October update in this QRZ thread. It's only funded by the US government until February. All our atomic clocks depending on WWVH will no longer sync after then.

If that actually happens, are there any free or inexpensive alternative frequency standards available so that we can accurately calibrate our transceivers, frequency counters, etc. with at least 1 Hz accuracy?

• https://www.google.com/search?q=wwv+discontinued
• https://www.eham.net/articles/41765
• http://www.arrl.org/news/concern-rising-within-amateur-radio-community-over-wwv-wwvh-shut-down-proposal
• https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/wwv-discontinuing-operations.624002/

WWVB is a time station only; without its radio transmissions, millions of consumer "atomic" radio clocks would have nothing to keep them accurate.