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KF5JRV > TECH 14.09.16 13:33l 27 Lines 2443 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 1964_KF5JRV
Read: GUEST
Subj: WWV
Path: IW8PGT<CX2SA<N0KFQ<KF5JRV
Sent: 160914/1121Z 1964@KF5JRV.#NWAR.AR.USA.NA BPQ1.4.65
NIST radio station WWV broadcasts time and frequency information 24 hours per day, 7 days per week to millions of listeners worldwide. WWV is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, about 100 kilometers north of Denver. The broadcast information includes time announcements, standard time intervals, standard frequencies, UT1 time corrections, a BCD time code, geophysical alerts and marine storm warnings.
Broadcast Frequencies
WWV operates in the high frequency (HF) portion of the radio spectrum. The station radiates 10,000 W on 5, 10, and 15 MHz; and 2500 W on 2.5 and 20 MHz. Each frequency is broadcast from a separate transmitter. Although each frequency carries the same information, multiple frequencies are used because the quality of HF reception depends on many factors such as location, time of year, time of day, the frequency being used, and atmospheric and ionospheric propagation conditions. The variety of frequencies makes it likely that at least one frequency will be usable at all times.
Antennas
The WWV antennas are half-wave vertical antennas that radiate omnidirectional patterns.
There are actually five antennas at the station site, one for each frequency. Each antenna is connected to a single transmitter using a rigid coaxial line, and the site is designed so that no two coaxial lines cross. Each antenna is mounted on a tower that is pproximately one half-wavelength tall. The tallest tower, for 2.5 MHz, is about 60 m tall. The shortest tower, for 20 MHz, is about 7.5 m tall. The top half of each antenna is a quarter-wavelength radiating element. The bottom half of each antenna consists of nine quarter-wavelength wires that connect to the center of the tower and slope downwards to the ground at a 45 degree angle. This sloping skirt functions as the lower half of the radiating system and also guys the antenna.
WWV Antenna Coordinates
Frequency (MHz) Latitude Longitude
2.5 40ø 40' 55.2" N 105ø 02' 31.3" W
5 40ø 40' 42.1" N 105ø 02' 24.9" W
10 40ø 40' 47.8" N 105ø 02' 25.1" W
15 40ø 40' 45.0" N 105ø 02' 24.5" W
20 40ø 40' 53.1" N 105ø 02' 28.5" W
Modulation
The signals broadcast by WWV use double sideband amplitude modu-lation. The modulation level is 50 percent for the steady tones, 50 percent for the BCD time code, 100 percent for the second pulses and the minute and hour markers, and 75 percent for the voice announcements.
73, Scott kf5jrv
KF5JRV @ KF5JRV.#NWAR.AR.USA.NA
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