{"id":2905,"date":"2012-03-07T18:41:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T22:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=2905"},"modified":"2012-03-07T18:44:48","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T22:44:48","slug":"wwvb-conducting-test-on-air-now-through-march-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/wwvb-conducting-test-on-air-now-through-march-10\/","title":{"rendered":"WWVB conducting tests on air now through March 10"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WWV building in Fort Collins, Colorado (photo courtesy: NIST)<\/p><\/div>\n

(Source: NIST<\/a>)<\/p>\n

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR WWVB RADIO STATION USERS<\/em>
\n Radio Station WWVB will be conducting a test of a new broadcast format\u00a0<\/em><\/em>from Monday, March 5th, 2012 at 5 p.m. MST through Saturday, March 10th at noon MST.<\/em><\/p>\n

During the test, Station WWVB will be broadcasting amplitude modulation and phase modulation simultaneously.<\/em><\/p>\n

This test may affect WWVB timing equipment, but consumer radio-controlled clocks should work fine during this test.<\/em><\/p>\n

You are encouraged to direct your questions to the Broadcast Manager John Lowe: 303-497-5453 or lowe@nist.gov<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

NIST radio station, WWVB, is located on the same site as WWV near Fort Collins, Colorado. WWVB broadcasts are used by consumer electronic products like wall clocks, clock radios, and wristwatches which sync to its unique time code broadcast stream. WWVB is also used for high level applications such as network time synchronization and frequency calibrations.<\/p>\n

Though the tests are being conducted over 5 days, timing may be less than desirable considering the pending solar flare<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: NIST) IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR WWVB RADIO STATION USERS Radio Station WWVB will be conducting a test of a new broadcast format\u00a0from Monday, March 5th, 2012 at 5 p.m. MST through Saturday, March 10th at noon MST. During the test, Station WWVB will be broadcasting amplitude modulation and phase modulation simultaneously. This test may affect […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3,651,43],"tags":[949,69,4082,68,948,950],"class_list":["post-2905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-schedules-and-frequencies","category-shortwave-radio","tag-national-institute-of-standards-and-technology","tag-nist","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-wwv","tag-wwvb","tag-wwvb-broadcasts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-KR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36125,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/fy-2019-nist-budget-looks-good-for-time-stations\/","url_meta":{"origin":2905,"position":0},"title":"FY 2019 NIST budget looks good for time stations","author":"Thomas","date":"February 15, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to the number of SWLing Post readers who have forwarded this article from the ARRL News\u00a0that notes the WWV Special Event Station, planned for later this year, is a go. 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