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WWV Shortwave Time Broadcasts May Be Slashed In 2019 (qrz.com)
New submitter SteveSgt writes: A forum thread on QRZ.com indicates that the shortwave time broadcasts by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) from stations WWV (Colorado) and WWVH (Hawaii) may be slashed in budget year 2019. [One of the proposed reductions includes "$6.3 million supporting fundamental measurement dissemination, including the shutdown of NIST radio stations in Colorado and Hawaii."] While the WWV broadcasts may seem like an anachronism to some Slashdotters, they remain a crucial component in many unexpected services, from over-the-air broadcasters and traffic signals, to medical devices, wall clocks, and wrist watches. The signals serve as standard beacons for radio propagation, and as a frequency reference for alignment of a broad range of communications equipment. It's easy to imagine that not even the NIST knows every service and device that could be impacted by this decision.
If it's so useful, it should be able to be self funding. Get it out of the government hands all together, who knows maybe there are other uses for the tech, or maybe because it's free now, people aren't bothering to upgrade to things like internet time distribution or GPS.
Of you mean the deficit that your lord Obama DOUBLED in the time he was in office. 8 YEARS to double the debt that has been building since the country began going into debt. WRAP YOUR LEFT LEANING HEAD AROUND THAT FACTOID.