• WWVB is a longwave time signal radio station near Fort Collins, Colorado and is operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)....
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    shares this site with longwave (also known as "low frequency" or LF) station WWVB, which transmits carrier and time code (no voice) at 60 kHz. NIST also operates...
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  • a WWVB Receiver-Comparator, an instrument used to calibrate oscillators with traceability to national standards. Other early products included WWVB frequency...
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    format is very similar to that of WWVB in the United States but technically is a variant of IRIG. Similarly to WWVB or MSF the signal of JJY is used to...
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    power supplies. NIST uses litz wire in the time code broadcasting station WWVB. The station transmits on 60 kHz. Litz wire is used for the helix and variometer...
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    ← RJH90 RJH86 RAB99 JJY (Mt Otakadoya) RTZRT JJY (Mt Hagane) MSF ↓ WWV, WWVB ↖︎RBU, RWM BPC↗︎ ↑  HBGHBG | | | | DCF49, DCF77DCF49, DCF7 BSF BPL, BPM |...
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    PPS Generic pulse-per-second IRIG Inter-Range Instrumentation Group WWVB LF Radio WWVB Fort Collins, Colorado 60 kHz DCF LF Radio DCF77 Mainflingen, DE 77...
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    different transmitters are not compatible with each other; a watch designed for WWVB only cannot receive MSF. Japan Watches can receive signals from two JJY transmitters:...
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    low frequency WWVB in Fort Collins, Colorado, is on the west coast of Kauaʻi, about 3 mi (5 km) south of Barking Sands. WWVH, WWV and WWVB are operated...
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  • defines the second—NIST broadcasts time signals via longwave radio station WWVB near Fort Collins, Colorado, and shortwave radio stations WWV and WWVH, located...
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