https://www.nist.gov/director/fy-201...um-science-and
I didn't notice this when it was posted in an obscure place on the web six months ago. And, there is no link to any comment section or email address to which one can post an objection.
So, in four months the solar powered atomic watch I've worn for the last six years will no longer be able to keep correct time. Neither will the atomic clock on the wall of our kitchen nor the atomic clock on the bathroom counter.
I wonder how many businesses use signals from WWV and WWVB to coordinate their clocks and business functions. I suggest that the folks who thought up that not so brilliant idea of shutting down WWV and WWVB didn't think it through.
I thought that the NIST also broadcast an Internet timing signal, but this appears not to be true:
So, goodbye Atomic Clocks. It has been nice. Sorry it won't last. 
However, the Network Time Protocol has 231 Stratum 1 servers around the world supplying Internet time. 74 of those servers use WWV or WWVB. The rest use GPS, a Cesium clock or satellites.
https://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/da...rs/survey5.pdf
Illustrative program reductions in FY 2019
- -$6.3 million supporting fundamental measurement dissemination, including the shutdown of NIST radio stations in Colorado and Hawaii
So, in four months the solar powered atomic watch I've worn for the last six years will no longer be able to keep correct time. Neither will the atomic clock on the wall of our kitchen nor the atomic clock on the bathroom counter.
I wonder how many businesses use signals from WWV and WWVB to coordinate their clocks and business functions. I suggest that the folks who thought up that not so brilliant idea of shutting down WWV and WWVB didn't think it through.
I thought that the NIST also broadcast an Internet timing signal, but this appears not to be true:
Why can't I hear WWV/WWVH on the Internet?
NIST has considered streaming the audio from WWV/WWVH via the Internet, but because of audio buffering, the time announcement could be several seconds off and would vary for different users. However, the idea is still under consideration.
NIST has considered streaming the audio from WWV/WWVH via the Internet, but because of audio buffering, the time announcement could be several seconds off and would vary for different users. However, the idea is still under consideration.
However, the Network Time Protocol has 231 Stratum 1 servers around the world supplying Internet time. 74 of those servers use WWV or WWVB. The rest use GPS, a Cesium clock or satellites.
https://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/da...rs/survey5.pdf
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