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Results of 2001 Customer Satisfaction Survey - Customer Comments
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| What present service do you feel needs improvement and what type of improvement (i.e. stability, coverage, added features…)? | |
| S2-1500 | none |
| S2-1501 | "Sometimes my software reports that connection to your time servers has timed out before the clock could be set. You service is very valuable and free. If its availability could nonetheless be even higher, that would be useful." |
| S2-1502 | reception in my area |
| S2-1503 | Coverage area for the U.S. |
| S2-1504 | weather could be expanded from 8 to 13 minutes after each hour. this would not make the announcer read the weather information or geo alert information so fast. Geo alert could be carried over to the 19th minute. |
| S2-1505 | "It ALWAYS needs to be more accurate, that's what its all about? I heard something about the new clock, mercury ion or some dammed thing, sounds great, not that I'll be able to tell the difference in the 10 to the negative howevermany seconds." |
| S2-1506 | time in spanish |
| S2-1507 | "I would like to hear more geomagnetic and solar activity reports, with greater detai""" |
| S2-1508 | "web page is too slow, a simple text interface would suffice!" |
| S2-1509 | Everytime I have tried to use this service it will not tell me the current time because it has net congestion. Please have this fixed. |
| S2-1510 | "additional WWVB transmitter antennae in the Midwest, & Easttern states" |
| S2-1511 | WWV works fine for me. |
| S2-1512 | "Very satisfied with current service, especially improvements to WWVB" |
| S2-1513 | "RECEPTION RELIABILITY AT TIME CHANGE, " |
| S2-1514 | The 10 MHz service suffers from a tremendous amount of SSB Radio-Telephone interference from South America between 03:00 and 06:00 UTC |
| S2-1515 | "NIST time -- the last ten times I have tried to access, """"net congestion"""" was cited as the reason I could not access. " |
| S2-1516 | "Reception, maybe broadcast on lower or upper SB, CW." |
| S2-1517 | Coverage |
| S2-1518 | Coverage |
| S2-1519 | improvements?? get rid of all the asshole republicans who want to vandalize all this stuff. there's your ten thousand percent improvement right there. |
| S2-1520 | Services work well. |
| S2-1521 | Public info....I didn't know you had a web site. |
| S2-1522 | "Every time I attempt to use your service, there is net conjestion." |
| S2-1523 | Great Web Page. .3 is good enough for me. |
| S2-1524 | propgation data |
| S2-1525 | Perhaps a stronger transmitter on 2.5 mhz would be beneficial. |
| S2-1526 | ACTS could provide better instructions to update. I'm an infrequent user and find it a little unfriendly. |
| S2-1527 | "STRONGER SIGNAL ON 10 MHZ TO SAN MATEO, CA." |
| S2-1528 | Feature for the exact time anywhere in the world needs to be added. |
| S2-1529 | Net congestion errors on your end. |
| S2-1530 | I would like to see the geo alert given 2 times per hour. |
| S2-1531 | I think if the modulation of the 100 hz time code on WWV would help set my Heathkit clocks more frequently. The WWVB signal does not penetrate into the building where I work. |
| S2-1532 | n/a |
| S2-1533 | Shortwave. The computer is too cumbersome to tote around and set clocks or refer to easily in each office. |
| S2-1534 | Higher power of transmitted signal or better antenna system to improve Alaskan recption. |
| S2-1535 | I don't know how you can get any more accurate than being off by around a fifth of a second. I am guessing that transmission time from the nearest web site through the internet prohibits setting the clock closer than this. |
| S2-1536 | Solar indices - more frequent announcements |
| S2-1537 | "We need to keep the WWV, WWVH shortwave service." |
| S2-1538 | Stronger signal to be heard during daytime hours. |
| S2-1539 | Web: Software to let my PC auto-synchronize its time with your time. |
| S2-1540 | Our new firewall prevents access. Is there any way around that? Nistime-32 seems to still work. |
| S2-1541 | none |
| S2-1542 | "Improved GUI for the Daytime Client software. Software should provide better feedback that server has been reached, and that settings have been saved." |
| S2-1543 | Your service would be used more upon slow internet connections. |
| S2-1544 | Speech quality of some announcements |
| S2-1545 | "KEEP AS IS, OR ADD SERVICE. DO NOT REDUCE SERVICE." |
| S2-1546 | The WWVB frequency reference will loose lock because of lack of signal especiallly in the summer. A 10dB improvement is signal would help a lot. |
| S2-1547 | Same as above |
| S2-1548 | "Ofte, corporate firewall do not allow Java animation, thus preventing users to see animated time. If would be good to implement a different way of displaying it." |
| S2-1549 | "I do not want to see a snapshot of the time, i want to see it progress...." |
| S2-1550 | None |
| S2-1551 | I would like to be able to indicate the time it is in my location (e.g. 1:00 pm) and ask you to tell me what time it is somewhere else (e.g. CST). |
| S2-1552 | I would like to see WWV around the 10 meter band |
| S2-1553 | I use the time.gov website and all my comments are based on using that only. I think it's fine the way it is and it's an easy and convenient way to find the current US time. |
| S2-1554 | WWV signal is inconsistent at my location as propogation changes. |
| S2-1555 | different sites sometimes give differing time-up to a couple of seconds! |
| S2-1556 | Audio quality in the Geo reporting |
| S2-1557 | "the modulation on the geo. is so poor that is an insult to NBS; THE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT MODS ARE NOT TO GOOD """"COMMERCIAL STANDARDS"""" (at one time i was A rep. to the connference of standards labs) THE TIME/tick/tone ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE EXCELLENT" |
| S2-1558 | "More power on 5, 10, 15Mhz as well as 60kHz would be helpful. We receive quite a bit of intererence from South America on 5 MHz" |
| S2-1559 | NIST approved PC Time-sync utility would be great |
| S2-1560 | #800 telephone number |
| S2-1561 | It appears that the animated web page does not work for me when I am behind the firewall at work. What would be extremely useful to me would be if a Windows program called Tardis could more easily access the NIST time. |
| S2-1562 | 60 Khz coverage of WWVB for East coast |
| S2-1563 | Your service is better and quicker to access than Internet Time Servers in the UK. |
| S2-1564 | I just use the web page and I think it's great. |
| S2-1565 | "Reliability of the time servers is the most important issue listed in this survey. Sometimes the servers are unavailable, although that is a fairly rare occurrence." |
| S2-1566 | WWVB is very weak on the East Coast. Was stronger but lately last 6 months signal level has been donw. |
| S2-1567 | "World Map(Daylight vs Night) needs to be bigger, easier to see" |
| S2-1568 | it is fine as is |
| S2-1569 | "for my current use, it is fine as is" |
| S2-1570 | none |
| S2-1571 | Reception reliability |
| S2-1572 | The page needs to be accessible all the time. |
| S2-1573 | none |
| S2-1574 | Reception reliability and coverage area needs more improvement. |
| S2-1575 | Coverage and reception reliability |
| S2-1576 | "Currently in Arizona, WWV and WWVB service is impossible during the day due to desert. At night, only 5 and 10mhz are recievable. I just got some WWVB-enabled clocks, and my result have been mixed so far. " |
| S2-1577 | None |
| S2-1578 | WWV should broadcast also near the 50 and maybe 144 MHz range. |
| S2-1579 | "Occasionally I the windows time client is unable to connect, but it is possible that it is a probem on my end." |
| S2-1580 | I'd like to see it update the computer clock auotmaticly. |
| S2-1581 | Web page Java time display could use some speeding up on display. |
| S2-1582 | "At some times of day and under some atmospheric conditions, I have been unable to receive a usable signal at any of the shortwave frequencies. Evening and night reception is usually better than daytime reception." |
| S2-1583 | Lose WWVB signal from time to time. |
| S2-1584 | Work on the Net Congestion problem! |
| S2-1585 | 2.5 Khz and 5 Khz are what I use most on the N. American Continent. 2.5 KHz needs more stable signal at the SW rx end. |
| S2-1586 | NONE & NONE |
| S2-1587 | content with current service |
| S2-1588 | Coverage and reception reliability |
| S2-1589 | none |
| S2-1590 | "Stability of the internet time infrastructure. The servers have been unresponsive on several occasions. Overall, though, an excellent job!" |
| S2-1591 | I'd like to see a larger quorum of public stratum 1 time servers. |
| S2-1592 | Radio coverage needs to be more widespread |
| S2-1593 | don't deactivate legacy hostnames (old software fails to resolv) |
| S2-1594 | I think your system is good. |
| S2-1595 | satisfactory. |
| S2-1596 | GPS and WWV should be easier to receive. It would be nice not to need amplifiers and outdoor antennae. Some people are using cell tower CDMA time signals instead. |
| S2-1597 | More coverage providing lower-latency NTP servers to synchronize against. |
| S2-1598 | Coverage/signal strength of WWVB needs to be improved. |
| S2-1599 | "Good response time on the Internet for those of us that occasionally use the service. Sometimes it can't connect, or a mirror site doesn't grant public access anymore." |
| S2-1600 | WWV reception |
| S2-1601 | Coverage. At present I'm not confident that radio-set devices will work wherever I might need to deploy them (even within reasonable limits). |
| S2-1602 | Affordable worldwide receptions of time standards that (GPS?) can be packaged in watches |
| S2-1603 | "None, it is good as it is." |
| S2-1604 | additional mirrors/available servers via internet access |
| S2-1605 | more public timeservers |
| S2-1606 | "WWVB is sometimes difficult to recieve in San Francisco Bay Area, particularly in buildings. Perhaps increased transmitter power or the addition of a station further west would help. " |
| S2-1607 | "The documentation for xntp3 is hard to understand. Example configuration files and commands would be good. Apart from that, it's great! Thanks!" |
| S2-1608 | "Need to continue to have good, stable time and frequency sources both terrestial (sp?) and satellite. Currently, only GPS is well supported on satellite. Others have just died." |
| S2-1609 | config and documentation for ntp. I've had a heck of a time setting it up and getting it to work (it still doesn't) |
| S2-1610 | "easier access to listings of reliable network servers for RFC 822, NTP, and SNTP" |
| S2-1611 | time.nist.gov needs to not go down so often |
| S2-1612 | None |
| S2-1613 | The ntp servers list in both stratum 1 and 2 should be updated more often (some servers aren't reachable) ... A DNS round robin for picking one of those servers at random would be useful (load on the servers lessens and fault tolerance increases) |
| S2-1614 | I'd like just a little bit more power in WWVB. |
| S2-1615 | WWVB reception should be made more reliable to the east coast. |
| S2-1616 | Current features are more than adequate for our uses |
| S2-1617 | I think everything's fine! |
| S2-1618 | "main time servers differ significantly, slow to respond. Can accuracy be increased over tcp? How about listing major holidays around world maybe with Perl's Date::Manip. Help!" |
| S2-1619 | lowercost gps systems |
| S2-1620 | "I use WWV20 to cfg. SW tuning. I'm in Canada, my radio, an antique 5band has tuning marks, showing SW freq's for WWV. I want a voice sig, and hope it never becomes depreciated. I'm sure that people try to DX from abroad, so footprint should be big""" |
| S2-1621 | "As a private user and ham operator, the existing services rock. The web-based services leave something to be desired, in terms of accuracy. (Those useless animated GIFs still there?)" |
| S2-1622 | ? |
| S2-1623 | Current services sufficiently meet my needs. |
| S2-1624 | ntpd works great already |
| S2-1625 | "WWVB is very weak indoors in some buildings in Cambridge, MA, weak enough that radio clocks that use WWVB don't function." |
| S2-1626 | "free,accurate,easy in that order" |
| S2-1627 | "For my needs, everything is great. Good job!" |
| S2-1628 | None. Current services meet my needs. |
| S2-1629 | I am happy with the service. |
| S2-1630 | I am pleased with the service |
| S2-1631 | ACTS: Toll free line |
| S2-1632 | None. |
| S2-1633 | better east coast reception - perhaps transmitters in NJ and North FL. |
| S2-1634 | wwv reception reliability and coverage area |
| S2-1635 | I mainly rely on time-nw.nist.gov and have had no problems and hope things continue that way. |
| S2-1636 | nothing for me- thanks for providing www.time.gov. The clock in my PCs (home and work) sure do suck! I need to reset them at least once a month! |
| S2-1637 | www.time.gov displays poorly on some browsers/OS sometimes locks up normally working browsers. |
| S2-1638 | "time code, IRIG requires long periods of good reception or complex adaptive code to recieve. Take a look at CHU time code, simple to decode/error detect even under high fade conditions. " |
| S2-1639 | Better ability to compensate for Internet transmission delay |
| S2-1640 | My needs are being met by currently available services. Thank you. |
| S2-1641 | "None, everything rules, in my opinion. " |
| S2-1642 | Geo data transmissions sometimes are skipped. It would be nice if this didn't happen/ |
| S2-1643 | I think all the internet based services are excellent and need no improvement. |
| S2-1644 | "More power on WWV More power on WWVB Put the old guy's voice back on WWV (Don Elliott Heald I think was his name). He was the best! Even if he's no longer living, please use his voice for the time checks. The new voice stinks!" |
| S2-1645 | "Stability would be nice--I would like a more wide-spread version of ntp deployed to various network backbones, personally." |
| S2-1646 | "I'm lucky, I live in Boulder. When I'm on the road, I think WWVB coverage improvements have been great -- can more be done to get Maine, Florida better signals ?" |
| S2-1647 | box too small for my coments see below |
| S2-1648 | time-nw.nist.gov fails to respond about 15% of the time |
| S2-1649 | The internet service uses java which is not supported on all platforms. |
| S2-1650 | I think there should be a Java version and non-Java version (sometimes browsers don't have Java installed) |
| S2-1651 | "I just switched to a new, wireless ISP who is having a shortage of IP addresses. NTP doesn't seem to work through their firewall. " |
| S2-1652 | "I wish WWV's signal had more power. Or I could buy a better radio, I suppose." |
| S2-1653 | "WWV needs better coverage, perhaps a stronger signal, or perhaps more than one station in US if possible. The clock on my dresser keeps time by WWV, but misses a proper signal many nights here on the East coast." |
| S2-1654 | www service should give easy way of updating Windows time |
| S2-1655 | "Web site says """"net congestion"""" and won't give time" |
| S2-1656 | Think you're doing a great job. Used to use radio and coverage is hard to get down south USA. |
| S2-1657 | "I can only have he time diplayed at night (CDT) otherwise I get :"""" Net congestion"""" error message. here is the address I'm using: http://nist.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Central/d/-6/java" |
| S2-1658 | Power increase in WWVB was most helpful |
| S2-1659 | none |
| S2-1660 | "Increase information regarding solar terretrial conditions, geomagnet activity & radio propagation " |
| S2-1661 | I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO RELIABLY RECIEVE WWV ON MY PORTABLE SW RECIEVER. |
| S2-1662 | Solar conditions could be given more then once an hour with some explanations. All information could be spoken slower to improve readability. Improved reception on the lower frequencies to help when the higher bands are down. |
| S2-1663 | more reliable internet time servers |
| S2-1664 | none |
| S2-1665 | Give Geo info at least 2 times an hour not just at 18 minutes past the hour. |
| S2-1666 | interference to the 10 Mhz WWV transmissions |
| S2-1667 | "Daytime signals in the Atlanta, GA area vary in strength very greatly. Much interference." |
| S2-1668 | Increase radio transmitter power for more reliable service during geo-propagation problems |
| S2-1669 | Need more transmitter power to improve reception |
| S2-1670 | Please increase power at 5 and 10 MHz. Reception is sometimes difficult. |
| S2-1671 | "WWVB is woefully weak on the east coast. With all the new clocks that synchronize to it, I would really hope it could be strengthened." |
| S2-1672 | "WWVB could use an error correcting code, or at least some type of crc/checksum to verify correctly decoded timecode. WWVB could also use better coverage, especially in the daytime." |
| S2-1673 | No comment |
| S2-1674 | 60 kHz signal covering more area |
| S2-1675 | WWV coverage and reliability at useful strengths |
| S2-1676 | Would like to see the power increased on all frequencies and 25MHz restored. |
| S2-1677 | WWVB and accessible time servers to sync NTP with. I often cannot connect with the bulk of the time servers on the net. |
| S2-1678 | I am satisfied with the current levels of service. NIST should continue to develop services for new technologies and media as they become important. |
| S2-1679 | "I would like to be able to recieve the signal better in the Houston, Tx area." |
| S2-1680 | "Able to pull through """"Net congestion""""" |
| S2-1681 | "Better coverage in Southeast US on 60 kHz for """"atomic clocks"""" would be nice." |
| S2-1682 | WWV - Reception reliability |
| S2-1683 | "reseption of signals and I have a hard time geting them in richmond,virginia-USA" |
| S2-1684 | UTC *must* continue to track UT1 |
| S2-1685 | WWV - better stability (fading sometimes severe) |
| S2-1686 | "More frequent transmission of the Geomagnetic Data ( """"on the 8's"""" )" |
| S2-1687 | Geo alerts more often than 18 minutes past the hour |
| S2-1688 | "increase frequency of propagation reports, increase signal strength/coverage" |
| S2-1689 | None |
| S2-1690 | Good service. Not needing a change |
| S2-1691 | "None, it's just fine as it is" |
| S2-1692 | "I notice people talking (illegal """"hams?"""") right on frequency. We need to find them and shut them down. This is outrageous." |
| S2-1693 | WWVB EAST COAST AREA COVERAGE |
| S2-1694 | 60 KHz coverage in Alaska is very poor |
| S2-1695 | More detailed propagation information |
| S2-1696 | none |
| S2-1697 | "Other than increased coverage by the radio signals, no other needed." |
| S2-1698 | WWV coverage |
| S2-1699 | Your services meet my present needs. |
| S2-1700 | "None, You do a great job!" |
| S2-1701 | enjoy the service as is- please do not remove the shortwave service |
| S2-1702 | Would be nice if you increased broadcast power a few dB. |
| S2-1703 | didn't know that this was avaiable and how do i access it ?? kf6jg@earthlink.net |
| S2-1704 | Just don't take anything away |
| S2-1705 | Coverage area and Reception reliability |
| S2-1706 | "Thank you for letting me set my computer's clock with your service, but can only access 1 out 10 times. Most accesses time out. Hope you fix this." |
| S2-1707 | coverage |
| S2-1708 | none |
| S2-1709 | Nothing within present parameters. |
| S2-1710 | None |
| S2-1711 | 2.5 MHz WWV is not needed |
| S2-1712 | More erp on the 5 and 10 mhz xmissions |
| S2-1713 | none for me at present |
| S2-1714 | WWVB Better coverage |
| S2-1715 | RF Signal Strength |
| S2-1716 | voice data off hf frequencies primarily 2.5mhz |
| S2-1717 | Would like to see the geo alerts and GPS status announced more frequently. |
| S2-1718 | Fills my need to update my computer clock. |
| S2-1719 | "sorry can not think of thing , keep up the good work" |
| S2-1720 | I am happy with the service as it is now. |
| S2-1721 | please add second solar report second half hour- I always seem to remember a few minutes after report. This information is quite valuable to hams |
| S2-1722 | I am satified with everything |
| S2-1723 | "Nothing; don't fix it if it """"ain't"""" broke." |
| S2-1724 | Higher levil rf and af. |
| S2-1725 | "I use time service only to set my household clocks, and it is perfect" |
| S2-1726 | Increase power of WWV so it it heard more reliably |
| S2-1727 | The existing accuracy and reliability are great. |
| S2-1728 | none |
| S2-1729 | "The frequency of 2.5Mhz seems to be of little use, due to output power of transmitter. It seems there is a need for increased rf output power on this frequency, the same goes for the 20Mhz frequency." |
| S2-1730 | stability and coverage |
| S2-1731 | "Reception is sometime difficult in New England. In those cases, I can use CHS. For your info, I use the radio signals for accurate timing of astronomical events. I use internet/web time for general setting of clocks." |
| S2-1732 | none |
| S2-1733 | None |
| S2-1734 | None! I am satisfied with the current services I use. |
| S2-1735 | More awareness of internet time service |
| S2-1736 | "Generally, NIST does a fine job." |
| S2-1737 | "NIST is a great service, and is completely sufficient for me." |
| S2-1738 | "Here on Guam we often get QRM from Japan's freq. service. If not for them, WWVH and even WWV would be OK to receive. With www.time.gov available, the main unique service we get from radio is a 10 MHz calibration signal for our frequency counters." |
| S2-1739 | Strengthen WWVB signals to the Northeast USA. |
| S2-1740 | Need greater signal strength in the Pacific NW USA |
| S2-1741 | WWV coverage on the East coast of the US is generally poor without extensive antenna array and then only in daylight. |
| S2-1742 | "More and better software that shows both local time and UT in one small window. Also, software to lock up other equipment to the standard. Must be simple and easy to use. This is a VERY important service, I can not say that enough!" |
| S2-1743 | adequate now |
| S2-1744 | I have difficulty recieving the 60HZ signal from my location on LOng Island. I would be very happy to see an improvement. |
| S2-1745 | "You service is too slow, loading. In addition to the graphics pages you now have, you should flash a quick text only page with the current time, in a list of all time zones, after 5 seconds, this page then loads your graphic page." |
| S2-1746 | "In SW Florida most atomic time clocks don't work as signal is not strong enough, even after your power upgrade. Even using my ham gear is frequently a problem." |
| S2-1747 | WWVB reception in the Pacific Northwest |
| S2-1748 | INCREASE POWER FOR AUTOMATIC CLOCK FREQUENCY SETTING... |
| S2-1749 | I find the present availability and functionality of the nist web site time service perfectly adequate for my needs. |
| S2-1750 | 10 mhz freq ref is sometimes hard to hear at my location. |
| S2-1751 | Not sure but maybe increase in the propgation info. |
| S2-1752 | None. Current services meet my needs quite well. |
| S2-1753 | "Advances in Internet networking technology are making it conceivable to provide online time services without t""" |
| S2-1754 | strength of signal |
| S2-1755 | coverage |
| S2-1756 | What you are doing now meets my organizational needs. |
| S2-1757 | ease of use with the ntp protocol as well as more public servers avalible to Canada and/or North America |
| S2-1758 | Have trouble getting good reception from the Midwest on ocassions |
| S2-1759 | 20Mc xmsn. When propagation permits the signal varies so bad it is hard to get good freq accuracy. 60 Kc sig needs to be stronger to overcome local noises. |
| S2-1760 | "In Australia we stand to loose VNG, so a stronger reception would be appreciated. My use is astronomical." |
| S2-1761 | none. For my purposes the current services are great. I use the RF propagation information a lot. |
| S2-1762 | Expanded coverage. |
| S2-1763 | coverage is for WWV and WWVB is marginal for hours at a time in upstate New York |
| S2-1764 | syncing clocks on electronic devices |
| S2-1765 | Geo alerts could be given twice as often. |
| S2-1766 | None...services are useful to me as they are. |
| S2-1767 | The graphical interface sometimes loads slowly; that's probably inevitable with graphics. |
| S2-1768 | "--Move WWV's transmitters further east, for better East Coast reception! --Expand the space weather/geo-alert message to 2 min., to include more data." |
| S2-1769 | covreage |
| S2-1770 | None |
| S2-1771 | More power for the low and high frequenct transmiters. |
| S2-1772 | keep WWV/WWVH on the air |
| S2-1773 | coverage (worldwide) |
| S2-1774 | None required for our application |
| S2-1775 | PRESENT SERVICE SEEMS GOOD |
| S2-1776 | None |
| S2-1777 | GPS |
| S2-1778 | 2.5MEG doesn't propagate to my area MN--20Meg rarely received. |
| S2-1779 | Coverage |
| S2-1780 | |
| S2-1781 | voice transmissions of time are difficult to copy at times. I would prefer to see the morse time returned. This can be copied when the voice signals are difficult to understand. |
| S2-1782 | Give Geo Alerts twice/hour |
| S2-1783 | "Service seems fine to me, given the accuracy available on HF." |
| S2-1784 | "I am satisfied with the service; I realize that propagation, etc., affects the signal; hence, I simply tune to a different frequency." |
| S2-1785 | broarder coverage |
| S2-1786 | more countries |
| S2-1787 | satisfied with present services |
| S2-1788 | none. It's great. |
| S2-1789 | ONLY PROBLEMS RECEPTION ARE PROPAGATIONAL.USUAALY VA FREQ CHANGE RESOLVES. |
| S2-1790 | N/A |
| S2-1791 | Satisfied with service. |
| S2-1792 | "It generally works very well, please don't change it." |
| S2-1793 | Coverage: Increase power of HF transmitters |
| S2-1794 | I find the current shortwave voice announcer on WWV harder to understand than the one you used >15 years ago. He seems to mumble. This is a problem when reception is weak. |
| S2-1795 | Actually this service does very well. Thank you for even surveying for this. |
| S2-1796 | WWV radio - improved reception. |
| S2-1797 | The time synchronization software (nistime32.exe) could be a little less buggy. It's not that easy to configure and doesn't always connect. |
| S2-1798 | simply a stronger signal (to Northern NY State) |
| S2-1799 | "I'm happy with things now. If reception is not good on 5 or 10 MHz, I can usually use the other." |
| S2-1800 | No complaints - thank you for the service! |
| S2-1801 | WWV needs more powerful transmitters. |
| S2-1802 | "Stability and/or increased broadcast wattage. Signal is ALWAYS weak, and I live only 400 miles from the transmitter. Also, too much foreign interference." |
| S2-1803 | "Marine Weather - slower, more intelligible speech. Spoken schedule giving minutes past hour when various items are braodcast." |
| S2-1804 | "Reception reliability for my area (Ann Arbor, Mich.) as I often need to search 3 statons to hear the signal." |
| S2-1805 | Please don't disregard the radio broadcasts. They are critical for timing astronomical events where I don't have access to a computer. |
| S2-1806 | "WWVB - slightly better Radiation pattern to reach a wider area. WWV on 2.5/5.0 MHz could be a bit better also, by perhaps having higher power output [more reliable]." |
| S2-1807 | Reliable indoor daylight reception would help. |
| S2-1808 | Excellent as is. |
| S2-1809 | The present level of service satisfys our need. |
| S2-1810 | Hams communications blocks frequently 10MHz |
| S2-1811 | STRONGER SIGNALS |
| S2-1812 | service availability Canada thru Central America |
| S2-1813 | WWVB reception is occasionally marginal in Minnesota. |
| S2-1814 | Better coverage |
| S2-1815 | "The marine weather is a life-or-death service to mariners without expensive WeFAX, etc. More information more often would be greatly appreciated." |
| S2-1816 | I think the present system works fine. |
| S2-1817 | the nist software should be updated to meet the more rigorous demands of windows 2000. |
| S2-1818 | WWVB coverage to Eastern Pennsylvania is marginal |
| S2-1819 | "WWV signal strength for 5, 10, 15" |
| S2-1820 | Don't want 24-hour format! |
| S2-1821 | "Reception of 20 MHz on East Coast of US not ideal, same with 2.5 MHz. I also use all frequencies for propagation information (I'm a ham), so having the lady in Hawaii really helps. When I hear her, things are good." |
| S2-1822 | (Clearing the frequencies of foreign radio broadcasts is probably a political problem.) |
| S2-1823 | reception reliability |
| S2-1824 | none |
| S2-1825 | "If possible, the strength of your shortwave broadcasts. One of your frequencies should be avialable at any given time in the U.S." |
| S2-1826 | "I have no complaints, satisfied with service" |
| S2-1827 | More power? |
| S2-1828 | WWV not very strong in Michigan - can't use indoors in daytime. |
| S2-1829 | "The WWV/WWVH service is adequate to my needs as long as it is available wherever I am and reasonably free of interference. Any improvement as far as reception is concerned would be welcome, but present service is quite acceptable." |
| S2-1830 | Present service is adequate. |
| S2-1831 | General public awareness of the services |
| S2-1832 | I would like to see some sort of offset for the built-in error of around a second on the internet time standard. |
| S2-1833 | "HF coverage and reception are generally pretty good, but can always be better :)." |
| S2-1834 | Beeps would be very helpful |
| S2-1835 | "Coverage area could be better . But as it is , it is a good indicator of hf propagation conditions ." |
| S2-1836 | everything is just right as is. |
| S2-1837 | 60 khz |
| S2-1838 | I receive WWVB on my watch between 2am and 3am here in the US Virgin Is. Some days it's not available. |
| S2-1839 | Coverage |
| S2-1840 | wwv needs wider clear channel at 5 and 10 Mhz to reduce (German ?) interferance reception in Ohio with small inexpensive radio ! |
| S2-1841 | "Mostly, I just need to get more serious about my antenna." |
| S2-1842 | WWV and WWVH would be useful if they can easily be listened in Japan |
| S2-1843 | "the WWVB service - my self-setting clock sometimes has problems receiving a good enough signal. If a stronger signal is possible, I'd like that for reliability." |
| S2-1844 | returning 25 mhz would be hlepful |
| S2-1845 | 2.5 - 10 Mhz signal |
| S2-1846 | improved HF signal strength on the east coast |
| S2-1847 | better radio coverage in northeast |
| S2-1848 | "10,15&20 MHz signal strength into South Eastern Australia " |
| S2-1849 | southern hemisphere more widly covered |
| S2-1850 | WWVB needs to provide more microvolts/meter (signal strength) on the east coast of the USA. |
| S2-1851 | "WWV reception in Northeast US sometimes problematic when using inexpensive consumer shortwave equipment (for example, for astronomical observing activities at field sites)." |
| S2-1852 | reception is not always good |
| S2-1853 | Announce solar conditions more than once an hour |
| S2-1854 | "stability, coverage area, reception quality, maritime and astronomical forecasts on hour or half hour in times of inclement weather or significant astronomical events" |
| S2-1855 | Radio coverage is very important to me. I would like to see this continue. |
| S2-1856 | "Good service on the east coast. I used the service in India with some success on the broadcast bands, but was intermittant and had quite a lot of interference" |
| S2-1857 | Power output. Reception in the east coast is poor |
| S2-1858 | coverage |
| S2-1859 | Good service for my needs. |
| S2-1860 | WWVB service should be made universal and totally uninterruptable |
| S2-1861 | I appreciate the present capabilities |
| S2-1862 | I'd like to see my time zone saved so that I don't have to select it each time i go to time.gov. |
| S2-1863 | "I think it works great now, however difficult to copy on the HF bands at some times during the day." |
| S2-1864 | 60 hz signal is weak in East Tennessee |
| S2-1865 | Power output from WWVH to verify propigation characteristics from pacific |
| S2-1866 | COVERAGE |
| S2-1867 | Coverage |
| S2-1868 | "I live in Boston, and have trouble receiving the signals, which I use for astronomical occultation observing." |
| S2-1869 | |
| S2-1870 | None |
| S2-1871 | "for me, WWV->better reception in the SF Bay Area" |
| S2-1872 | This web survey doesn't allow completion of text entries. |
| S2-1873 | "WWV Bolder, better coverage to the south." |
| S2-1874 | I would like better signals and coverage when I'm working in Europe Africa and the Middle East. |
| S2-1875 | Better low frequency coverage at 60 KHz |
| S2-1876 | 2.5 & 5.0 MHz - coverage |
| S2-1877 | Please maintain the radio system |
| S2-1878 | A 2 minute block of time for the GEO section would be nice. |
| S2-1879 | "Coverage, so that so-called """"atomic clocks"""" (clocks that check the time with Fort Collins) will be useful over a greater area. (I'm in Canada.)" |
| S2-1880 | Better coverage for bands covered by cheap radios. |
| S2-1881 | Broadcast service Higher power |
| S2-1882 | "I've tried several times to access the Java web time for the Pacific Time Zone - it never works. I always get the """"web congestion"""" message. It would be a super service if it worked, but I always end up calling 303-499-7111 instead." |
| S2-1883 | Very poor reception. Usable only at night |
| S2-1884 | Very poor reception. Usable only at night |
| S2-1885 | problems with wwv reception with my shortware radio. |
| S2-1886 | WWV |
| S2-1887 | "At certain times the time signals suffer from QSB, frequently just as the voice announcement are given." |
| S2-1888 | I think a buffer to protect the signals from adjacent channel interference. Or a wider protection on most of the bands 30M seems to have adequate adjacent channel separation but some of the others appear not to have. |
| S2-1889 | Voice Transmission for Propagation Forecast etc need improvement |
| S2-1890 | all services...signal strength |
| S2-1891 | coverage |
| S2-1892 | coverage |
| S2-1893 | HF Radio - better coverage. |
| S2-1894 | My main use of WWV is to time Astronomical observing and similtaneously record the time in the field. Clear voice & reception is therefore of paramount importance. |
| S2-1895 | Improve the coverage and reception of the 2.5 and 20 MHz services. |
| S2-1896 | "service is fine, just don't break it please." |
| S2-1897 | Sometimes it is very difficult to get various frequencies here in the Pacific Northwest. (Washington) |
| S2-1898 | WWV needs a stronger signal. The Canadian time signal on 7.335 mHz is more reliably received in Nashville (TN) than any WWV signal. |
| S2-1899 | "Power increases may be necessary to overcome interference from foreign stations, particularly on 10 mhz. Also the WWVB signal is occasionally too weak to update automated clocks. Perhaps the power level or antenna could be improved" |
| S2-1900 | The service is excellent and indispensible. |
| S2-1901 | Better reliability |
| S2-1902 | None |
| S2-1903 | Reception |
| S2-1904 | stability of signal and internet accessability |
| S2-1905 | "This is a great service, accurate enough for my needs, and one legitimate use of federal money" |
| S2-1906 | the availability & strengh of the WWV audio time signal (voice & second ticks) |
| S2-1907 | coverage! |
| S2-1908 | I just discovered this page today when I wanted to set a new clock. It is great |
| S2-1909 | More info on propagation would be nice |
| S2-1910 | "WWVB, I understand, becomes rather weak farther east of me." |
| S2-1911 | WWV signal coverage on 10 and 15 mHz |
| S2-1912 | "WWV, COLORADO increased reception quality and coverage for users outside the USA." |
| S2-1913 | Stronger SW signals to allow cheaper rcvrs |
| S2-1914 | More power at WWVB to punch through interference. |
| S2-1915 | WWV radio: coverage (strength of signal broadcast) |
| S2-1916 | WWV |
| S2-1917 | WWVB COVERAGE TO New England |
| S2-1918 | "Reliablity, ease of access" |
| S2-1919 | "For the future, I think the 60KHz service will be of increasing importance (I don't use it currently). " |
| S2-1920 | I'm pleased with the present level of service. |
| S2-1921 | It`s OK |
| S2-1922 | "Coverage, Reception, and Accuracy." |
| S2-1923 | It would be nice to be able to receive WWV more strongly here in Washington State on my hand-held shortwave. |
| S2-1924 | WWV time broadcast; needs improved signal reception in Eastern US |
| S2-1925 | "If more power to boost the signal reliability is not an option, perhaps a station closer to the East Coast can be installed to aid reception." |
| S2-1926 | "When I need to use it, I need to have good reception on at least one channel for an extended period of time. " |
| S2-1927 | Very pleased with current service. |
| S2-1928 | "In NH, 10 MHz often fades, so maybe a stronger signal." |
| S2-1929 | Restore the Morse Code signals!!!!!!!! Voice is too unreliable |
| S2-1930 | none |
| S2-1931 | WWVB coverage; perhaps additional transmitter sites for more robust coverage? |
| S2-1932 | No improvements needed. |
| S2-1933 | I feel currently provided services are completely adequate within the limitations of propagation. |
| S2-1934 | Better reception at various shortwave frequencies Solar activity and space weather alerts are helpful. |
| S2-1935 | Better coverage in southern California |
| S2-1936 | "I find my 60 kHz """"atomic"""" clocks very useful. Stronger signals or multiple transmitters would be very useful." |
| S2-1937 | Need more reliable servers. |
| S2-1938 | The internet services are great. But for occultation timing I use an old Radio Shack Time Cube. During the day the signal is weak. It would be nice to get a stronger daytime signal for solar activity timing. |
| S2-1939 | You do a great job for my small use!! |
| S2-1940 | "reception, stability" |
| S2-1941 | Force FCC to ebforce interference rules and laws. Stop hispanic country interference iiii |
| S2-1942 | "WWVB 60khz signal is usable, but marginal at my location (Central FL), post your upgrades. Still could use a boost, as it is intermittent apparently with weather, other reasons." |
| S2-1943 | Coverage |
| S2-1944 | Improve reception reliability if possible and police interference rigorously. |
| S2-1945 | service is very good for me... |
| S2-1946 | "stability, coverage, solar interference warnings " |
| S2-1947 | Coverage on 10mhz |
| S2-1948 | The service is excellent as is and only needs to be maintained. |
| S2-1949 | Better coverage at 10 MHz. This seems to be the frequency of choice. |
| S2-1950 | Quite satisfied with present data. |
| S2-1951 | 1. I would like the solar reports twice per hour. 2. Reception in Europe is very poor! |
| S2-1952 | "BETTER ANTENNAS, MORE POWER" |
| S2-1953 | Coverage |
| S2-1954 | none |
| S2-1955 | Live update application that automatically corrects time every week. |
| S2-1956 | Increase the propagation info to twice per hour |
| S2-1957 | internet time -- added features |
| S2-1958 | WWV needs better signal to NC |
| S2-1959 | Primary use for me is Time Marks and second ticks for timing astronomical events from remote locations where GPS time is not accurate enough and/or Internet access is not available. |
| S2-1960 | updated features |
| S2-1961 | "I am satisifed with the service, and do not want to lose it." |
| S2-1962 | "The reception will fade in and out, periodically. It is not a major problem, just a nusiance" |
| S2-1963 | no comment |
| S2-1964 | radio signal strength |
| S2-1965 | I USE what you have and think you do a great job. |
| S2-1966 | WWVB has more interruptions that one would expect with the new system. |
| S2-1967 | Just keep the correct time out there. |
| S2-1968 | reception |
| S2-1969 | Don't change it. It works great! |
| S2-1970 | Coverage |
| S2-1971 | "15,& 20 mhz reception usually poor,compared to 2.5-10 mhz." |
| S2-1972 | "I could live with the newer time provisions , but I do not know how I could operate without the availability of a standard frequency service. I use WWV at 10 mhz on a regular basis to set or check frequency standards." |
| S2-1973 | wwv needs more reliable reception |
| S2-1974 | Reception |
| S2-1975 | Actually it is very good currently |
| S2-1976 | i like service as it is now |
| S2-1977 | 99% of the time we use the radio frequencies |
| S2-1978 | The use of GPS is not traceable to your timeclocks. Is there any way this service could be verified through a internet link? |
| S2-1979 | "WWVB coverage is marginal in many areas at night on the west coast (although not at my present location south of San Franciso, appears to work well there)" |
| S2-1980 | Coverage area of WWVB |
| S2-1981 | "none, its working leave it alone!" |
| S2-1982 | "We need a 25 MHz frequency for peaks in the solar cycle. Some days only 20 MHz was useful, not unexpected given the propagation." |
| S2-1983 | "Better coverage, not only Ft. Collins." |
| S2-1984 | none |
| S2-1985 | coverage on wwvb. many of our wwwvb clocks won't pickup and sync with computers in the room. |
| S2-1986 | WWVB coverage could be enhanced. |
| S2-1987 | CONUS Coverage area which received interference from WWVH. |
| S2-1988 | Present service is quite satisfactory for my purposes. |
| S2-1989 | WWV DISCONNECTS TOO SOON AND MUST REDIAL SEVERAL TIMES TO SATISFY NEED. |
| S2-1990 | Website. Provide simple heterodyne circuit schematics to convert from the standard freq to AM for use on typical radios and data transfer to computer. |
| S2-1991 | Rece[topn reliability |
| S2-1992 | WWV and WWVH serve my time needs perfectly. You may add new features but please keep the old ones. |
| S2-1993 | I am satisfied with current services. Please continue SW broadcasts ! |
| S2-1994 | YOU'RE DOING A FINE JOB NOW... NO IMPROVEMENT NEEDED! |
| S2-1995 | |
| S2-1996 | I live in Memphis TN and reception is intermittent on the 10MHz frequency. We could use some help! |
| S2-1997 | "Clearer, more reliable WWV voice time and second ticks, although I can usually find one frequency that works in So. Calif. at any given time of day." |
| S2-1998 | Internet Time Service |
| S2-1999 | didn't know it was available Atom time should be free to all users |