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Subj: Petition to save WWV/WWVH
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Petition to save WWV/WWVH
>From the CQ Newsroom:
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has
eliminated funding for the continued operation of time/frequency
standard stations WWV and WWVH in its Fiscal Year 2019 budget.
Tens of thousands of radio amateurs and other users of the shortwave
spectrum rely on these stations as sources of accurate time and
precise frequency measurement, as well as a wealth of propagation data
(WWVB, on 60 kHz, which provides time data for so-called "atomic
clocks," would continue to be funded.)
Two petitions have been started on the White House's "We the People"
petition site calling for restoration of funding for these two
essential radio stations. Each needs at least 100,000 electronic
signatures by mid-September to generate a response from the White
House.
The petitions can be found at:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/maintain-funding-nist-stations-wwv-wwvh
(As of now, it needs just over 90,000 more signatures by September 15)
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/proposed-shutdown-nists-wwv-and-wwvh-radio-stations
(As of now, it needs over 98,000 more signatures by September 17)
CQ urges its readers and friends – and anyone else who finds value in
the continued operation of WWV and WWVH – to sign one or both
petitions and to contact your representatives in Congress to explain
the need for these stations to continue to operate. Congress has the
last word on the federal budget and can modify department proposals as
it sees fit.
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