WWVB: A Half Century of Delivering Accurate Frequency and Time by Radio

In commemoration of its 50th anniversary of broadcasting from Fort Collins, Colorado, this paper provides a history of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) radio station WWVB. The narrative describes the evolution of the station, from its origins as a source of standard frequenc...

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Autores principales: Lombardi, Michael A, Nelson, Glenn K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: [Gaithersburg, MD] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4487279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26601026
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.119.004
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spelling pubmed-44872792015-11-23 WWVB: A Half Century of Delivering Accurate Frequency and Time by Radio Lombardi, Michael A Nelson, Glenn K J Res Natl Inst Stand Technol Articles In commemoration of its 50th anniversary of broadcasting from Fort Collins, Colorado, this paper provides a history of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) radio station WWVB. The narrative describes the evolution of the station, from its origins as a source of standard frequency, to its current role as the source of time-of-day synchronization for many millions of radio controlled clocks. [Gaithersburg, MD] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology 2014-03-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4487279/ /pubmed/26601026 http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.119.004 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ The Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology is a publication of the U.S. Government. The papers are in the public domain and are not subject to copyright in the United States. Articles from J Res may contain photographs or illustrations copyrighted by other commercial organizations or individuals that may not be used without obtaining prior approval from the holder of the copyright.
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