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Maintain funding for NIST stations WWV & WWVH
August 20, 2018, 05:28 PM
JALLENMaintain funding for NIST stations WWV & WWVH
NIST station WWV and sister stations are among the oldest radio stations in the United States, having been in continuous operation since May 1920. The station has transmitted the official US Time for nearly 100 years, and is an instrumental part in the telecommunications field, ranging from broadcasting to scientific research and education. Additionally, these stations transmit marine storm warnings from the National Weather Service, GPS satellite health reports, and specific information concerning current solar activity, and radio propagation conditions. These broadcasts are an essential resource to the worldwide communications industry. This petition requests continued funding of these stations be maintained into the 21st century and beyond to ensure future operations.
Link Th amount for these operations is next to nothing. Please sign to support.
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When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
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shovelheadDone.
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August 20, 2018, 05:49 PM
flashguyOK. Me, too. Used to use WWVH as our time standard to set our launch clocks on Johnston Island.
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Texan by choice, not accident of birth August 20, 2018, 05:59 PM
sjtillDone.
I didn’t sign the one to put all the President’s assets in a blind trust though.
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August 20, 2018, 06:07 PM
JALLENquote:
Originally posted by sjtill:
Done.
I didn’t sign the one to put all the President’s assets in a blind trust though.
Good. How do you have a blind trust with the guy’s name on the building in 24’ high letters?
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown August 20, 2018, 06:33 PM
sigfreundThanks for bringing that to our attention.
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ensigmaticSigned.
There are a lot of "atomic" clocks and wrist watches that will mysteriously stop being "atomic" if those time signals cease.
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SigfestDone JA. Thanks
August 20, 2018, 10:23 PM
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August 21, 2018, 01:45 AM
bald1Concur about the need to maintain these stations. Petition signed. Thanks for bringing this to our attention Jim.
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August 22, 2018, 10:40 AM
ensigmaticI don't often *bump* threads, but this is pretty important for such a relatively low-cost Federal program.
If you don't think so: Just wait and see what happens if it goes away.
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"If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher August 22, 2018, 11:26 AM
sig sailorDone and thank you.
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August 22, 2018, 01:39 PM
229DAKDone.
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August 22, 2018, 02:07 PM
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August 22, 2018, 02:53 PM
f2done.
August 22, 2018, 03:56 PM
TrooperdanDone
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August 22, 2018, 04:11 PM
Johnny 3eaglesDone. Only 5477 signed
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August 22, 2018, 04:13 PM
bald1quote:
Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
Done. Only 5477 signed
I think because it isn't widely known.
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August 23, 2018, 01:36 PM
lakerayDone. Used to tune it in at the beginning of every shift to sync the clocks at work.
"Isn't it weird that in AMERICA, our flag & our culture offend so many people - but our benefits do not" August 27, 2018, 08:20 PM
RonJonDone!
I use mostly WWV synced clocks to get accurate time ALL THE TIME!!