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From: rmf@bpdsun1.uucp (Rob Finley)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Will WWV/WWVH always be here?
Message-ID: <1990Jan15.050405.21093@bpdsun1.uucp>
Date: 15 Jan 90 05:04:05 GMT
References: <7319@chaph.usc.edu> <445@ncr-fc.FtCollins.NCR.COM> <1456@umigw.MIAMI.EDU>
Reply-To: rmf@bpdsun1.UUCP (Rob Finley)
Organization: Harris Broadcast Div., Quincy, IL
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>Word from Ft. Collins, Colo - home of the above(s) is that they will
>>broadcast until forever..... NASA cannot fly without it.

I think that all of the power companies feed into the main grid via
the national time standard service.  I am sure that it is what they 
synchronize (I hope I spelled that one right) the frequency and phase
angle (with some fiddling inserted for transmission line effects $8-{).

Then again, I could be wrong.  But, that would be my first choice if
I was stuck with that task.  Some of our customers use a receiver/
computer interface to make sure that their transmitter power changes
when the sun sets (ain't AM neat?).  Saves major bucks on FCC fines.
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