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Results of 2001 Customer Satisfaction Survey - Customer Comments
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| S5-2500 | "I've used WWV since I first became interested in radio (1976), and have become to rely on this service for many years now. Keep up the good work !!" |
| S5-2501 | I use your services for work and Amateur Radio. I certainly hope you do not suspend operations on VLF/MF or HF. I still miss 25 Mc. WWV broadcasts. I wish the questionaire would have let us check off all the areas in which we use your services. Please...keep up the good work! |
| S5-2502 | "As an Amateur Radio operator I really appreciate your service for timekeeping, frequency calibration, and helping with shortwave propagation and conditions. Your shortwave signals provide us with much more than what time it is. You help us keep our equipment in in working order and help us derive the best frequency ranges to be able to work other Amateur Radio operators if in the need of an emergency or disaster. Thank you." |
| S5-2503 | Great resource. Keep up the great work! |
| S5-2504 | Nist has provided some information about propagation bulletins and SF measurements that were really helpful in understanding how the propagation info was determined. I am a physicist by training and this was important to me. |
| S5-2505 | "It would be nice if the web page provided a function (script, java or html?)to set ones computer's clock to the displayed time." |
| S5-2506 | Frequency calibration is very useful both for receivers & setting external oscillators by beating with your signal using a receiver. |
| S5-2507 | Thank you for providing this service. I use the Internet time servers to set my computer clock and WWV on my shortwave radio to set my wristwatch. I cross check between the two. |
| S5-2508 | The NIST Time Service is very valuable. Thank you for your efforts! |
| S5-2509 | "Please don't eliminate WWV or WWVB. They are useful services. Too many HF services are going away, but I hope WWV and WWVB will around forever." |
| S5-2510 | none |
| S5-2511 | "I have used WWV as a time, fequency and info source since I was 14 yeasr old. (1959) I use the frequency as a standard and aslo as a propogation indicator. I hear WWVH in the background but do not use it a great deal. Ima an avid short wave listener and also an amateur radio operator. I am also an assistant director for Radio Amateurs of Canada." |
| S5-2512 | You folks do a good job. |
| S5-2513 | "If the clock would keep time, move, it would be helpful instead of updating it every minute." |
| S5-2514 | Keep up the good service - I value the accuracy of your clocks to set my clocks by. Thank you. |
| S5-2515 | None |
| S5-2516 | "I like this site, it's great to be able to know the time accurately." |
| S5-2517 | Bring the old guy's voice back! I miss him. |
| S5-2518 | WWV and WWVH are essential tools for use at our Radio Station. We wish that these services continue on as usual. Thank you. |
| S5-2519 | """""Amateur radio applications"""" for me are Time-of-day (WWV) and frequency calibration (WWVB)" |
| S5-2520 | My brother just introduced me to this site. It's very helpful and I will probably use it more often; as I learn it. |
| S5-2521 | Please do not discontinue WWV service - I have used the 10 and 15 MHz since the early 1970's for radio work at home and it is like a old reliable friend! |
| S5-2522 | "Please do not shut down the service as provided by WWV/WWVH/WWVB we may not use all the services as provided by NIST. But, it does help when you can call these systems up, when required. " |
| S5-2523 | "U.S. Traffic manufacture a five channel WWV receiver. There are thousands of these units in operation, operating with traffic signals, transportation centers, and security operations. " |
| S5-2524 | I am a visitor from www.time.gov. Very easy to use. Direct. Might be nice to optionally save a cookie and automatically display the time zone from previous visit. Thanks! |
| S5-2525 | "Use for setting computer clock daily. Will also use to manually set clocks at start / end of daylight savings time, and as needed following power failures, etc." |
| S5-2526 | "I appreciate the 'time exibits' section, as well. Thank you for a wonderful site, small and purposeful." |
| S5-2527 | "I log on and get the time. BTW, cool earth graphic" |
| S5-2528 | None |
| S5-2529 | increase hf erp so reception is better under marginal propagation conditions |
| S5-2530 | Thank you for this wonderful service! |
| S5-2531 | "Nice service, I have no problems with it. Thanks for making it available." |
| S5-2532 | PLEASE BRING BACK THE MORSE CODE TIME SIGNALS. THE AMERICAN FEMALE VOICE IS NOT EASY TO UNDERSTAND UNDER DIFFICULT CONDITIONS! |
| S5-2533 | "From States PA, NC, & CT" |
| S5-2534 | "WWV is great... its so helpful for amateur radio operators, and all my friends love WWV for setting there clocks, we are never off on the time, its always everyone else :) GO WWV!" |
| S5-2535 | please keep the WWV and WWVB carriers on the air. |
| S5-2536 | EXCELLENT service. I am a retired airline pilot. I feel a need to be on time. Having the correct time assures me of doing that. |
| S5-2537 | This web-based survey is a good idea and easy to use. K1DM |
| S5-2538 | "Currently use a Kenwood R300 receiver with a trapped horizontal dipole antenna suspended about 25 ft off the ground in Pasadena, CA. Usually reception is adequate on one of the available frequencies. Whether WWVH or WWV is the predominant signal on the selected frequency depends upon reception conditions; often both IDs can be heard. Accuracy +/- one second is accurate for my purposes." |
| S5-2539 | "As a radio amateur, I am dependent upon WWV for my tranceivers and radio-related computer. As a homeowner, I use WWV exclusively for setting all my clocks, especially for VCR and TV sets used for recording." |
| S5-2540 | "Ididnt know you were on the net,will check out" |
| S5-2541 | "While I just use it to set my clocks, especially those in my VCRs, the service is really quite invaluable to me. I also have a clock that sets itself via radio. I just wanted you to know I really appreciate the service. " |
| S5-2542 | I have been a user of WWV and WWVH since 1980. I purchased a digital wall clock for WWVB in 1995 and have always been facinated by the accuracy of the atomic clock. It is amazing that so many people do not know of the atomic clock. I am proud to have such a service available. You did not mention Canada's CHU station on 7.335mhz which sounds almost like WWV. Please do not change a thing. Am very satisfied with the service. Thank you |
| S5-2543 | This service is very useful to radio amateurs |
| S5-2544 | Thank you for being there! |
| S5-2545 | Thanks for providing the service you do. |
| S5-2546 | I've been a satisfied user of WWV for nearly 30 years. Keep up the good work!! |
| S5-2547 | Have been using services since becoming a Radio Officer in the Merchant Marine in 1969. |
| S5-2548 | I use the service for Amateur Radio and Boating but I often use WWV & WWVH for timing astronomical events. The radio service is invaluable to me and many others involved in astronomy where a radio tuned to the time frquencies is the most available source of accurate time. |
| S5-2549 | Thanks for doing this service! |
| S5-2550 | Thanks for being such a valuable service to us for all of these years!!! It shows that there are some things that good government can provide |
| S5-2551 | Thanks for all of your work. |
| S5-2552 | none |
| S5-2553 | "A GREAT SERVCE, HOPEFULLY IT WIL REAMAIN" |
| S5-2554 | Simply the best. |
| S5-2555 | "I use this WWV/WWVH info all the time, every day. Please DON'T change or discontinue it. " |
| S5-2556 | Thank you for allowing us to participate |
| S5-2557 | I use WWV to set UTC and local time clocks as well as calibrate frequency counters and signal generators. This is for hobby and industrial communications use. |
| S5-2558 | I check multiple applications which are about equal to me.I think this question should allow weighted answers with perhaps a number system of 1 to 5 or 10. |
| S5-2559 | I find the service as it is most useful. I have used the service of both WWV and WWVH in particular in my work and in use with amateur radio and Civil Air Patrol communications. |
| S5-2560 | WWV works. Need no other source of time and freq. |
| S5-2561 | KEEP WWV Add a mid-continent and Pacific transmitter too |
| S5-2562 | "Also use WWV for Amatueur Radio, Propagation info, Astronomy and Frequenct Calibration" |
| S5-2563 | WWV radio time signals provide an important resource to astronomers for timing critical events such as occultations. This data provides important scientific information. I hope this service will be continued. |
| S5-2564 | A great service! Thank you |
| S5-2565 | Please don't discontinue shortwave or internet time signal broadcasts! |
| S5-2566 | Great service! Please keep it going! |
| S5-2567 | "I use the services most for setting clocks. However, I do use the short wave for occultation timing as well as variable stars work." |
| S5-2568 | Frequent use of 440 Hz smodulation to calabrate musical instrumrnt tuners. Use of time signals for astronomy purposes. |
| S5-2569 | Radio time signals are vital for my astronomy work as I'm often set up in the field with radio the only source of time signals needed to time my observations with the needed accuracy. |
| S5-2570 | "I use WWV to obtain accurate time for asteroid images, to determine positions. ---> (Keep WWV)" |
| S5-2571 | We appreciate the service - Blessings and thanks! |
| S5-2572 | "I do not know the frequency coverage of our system, we mainly use a Radio Shack clock for quick time lookup, plus a computer service to synchronize our computers at log on. We use the service mostly for timing mid-points of asteroid imaging via CCD camera for purposes of astrometry" |
| S5-2573 | Keep up the good work.. USA! |
| S5-2574 | "WWV service is adequate as-is, except for my lousy reception. From low-to-high-end radios, reception is generally poor." |
| S5-2575 | "This survey is badly biased, as it will be found by your online users, but not the radio users!" |
| S5-2576 | "Please do not curtail this service in any way. If any changes are neede, they should be for improvement." |
| S5-2577 | I am both an amateur [as are others in our RASC group] as well as amateur astronomers - we use WWV to calibrate our clocks for special events we record. Keep up the great service! |
| S5-2578 | I appreciate very much being able to access the exact time. This is a very good service. |
| S5-2579 | "WWV/WWVB/WWVH are an extremely important resource for professional researchers, amateur scientists, and teachers. Please consider continuing this valulable service!" |
| S5-2580 | Thank you for these services! |
| S5-2581 | Good service. Please keep it funded. |
| S5-2582 | please continue the WWV broadcasts in current format. The audio is very useful for timing astronomical events. |
| S5-2583 | "I find your service invaluable. Your time helps determine the orbits of asteroids and thus pre-warn us of a killer asteroid, allowing us to nuke it before it hits us..." |
| S5-2584 | Please don't pull WWV off the air!! |
| S5-2585 | "Although I utilize WWV for, mainly, timekeeping, frequency calibration is also very important for my test equipment." |
| S5-2586 | "My watch creeps ahead, I use your web site to correct it, roughly once every week or two." |
| S5-2587 | I hope I answered all the questions. The page did not display properly even after numerous refreshes |
| S5-2588 | Please continue to provide access via NTP. Thank you Jim Cole |
| S5-2589 | web access to Cern |
| S5-2590 | "Please keep WWV as it is, because it really serves my needs for amateur radio and astronomy" |
| S5-2591 | This service is extremely useful to the amateur and professional astronomy community. |
| S5-2592 | "Could not access most block on the survey, therefore this is incomplete. (MS Internet Explorer, V5.5)" |
| S5-2593 | An excellent service -- thank you for the work! |
| S5-2594 | Please don't get rid of WWV/WWVH - it's the only reliable service available in western North America that you don't need a computer to access! |
| S5-2595 | WWV/WWVH is a lifesaver at our Embassies overseas |
| S5-2596 | Please continue with the marine weather and amateur radio propagation. These are fine services worthy of taxpayer expense. |
| S5-2597 | Thank you for the EXCELLENT service over the years |
| S5-2598 | Use this service to make astronomical timings out in the field and short wave radio is a most effective way of obtaining an accurate time base. |
| S5-2599 | Radio time signals critical to accurate occult- ation timing. |
| S5-2600 | Also have a WWV monitoring clock that keeps set automatically |
| S5-2601 | "I use all frequencies for propagation information (I'm a ham), so having the lady in Hawaii and the guy in Colorado really helps. When I hear the lady, I know things are pretty good. Depending on what freq I hear her on, I get a good idea of which bands are open. Thanks for this service, I've been listening to WWV/WWVH for 35+ years. The accuracy of your ticks, floating as they do through the airwaves into my headset, somehow brings on thoughts of infinity, vastness of the universe, our fleeting lives t" |
| S5-2602 | I also use WWV/WWVH for propagation indications receiving those two transmitting stations..... Keep those stations and the information they provide operating...... The internet can't replace HF RF stations like WWV/WWVH from getting through to those that have receicers to receive them...... |
| S5-2603 | WE HOPE THIS SERVICE DON T DISSAPEAR TKHS |
| S5-2604 | i use to calibrate the telescope through short wave but have found web calibration very accurate - thank you. |
| S5-2605 | These services are essential to high technology small telescopes |
| S5-2606 | We need the radio time broadcasts to operate our Observatory |
| S5-2607 | Thank you very much and keep up the good work!! |
| S5-2608 | Also use WWV for astronomical timings. |
| S5-2609 | "I've used your shortwave broadcasts for almost 30 years to obtain accurate time for setting the time on clocks, telephone and voice mail systems, PCs, and servers. I bought my girlfriend a clock that picks up WWVB, and plan on getting one for myself. I use your service daily, and find it invaluable. Also very important to me is the mobility of your shortwave broadcasts. I don't know where else I'd go to get the accurate time that I need." |
| S5-2610 | Great service. |
| S5-2611 | "WWV and WWVH provide HF propagation indicators for my amateur radio operating (I have been on amateur radio long enough to remember when WWV was at Beltsville, MD, and I miss the 25 MHz transmitter)." |
| S5-2612 | "WWV and WWVH are virtually an essential timing resource to amateur astronomers who time events, as I do, using a tape recorder and radio time signal. I can't think of anything that would work as well in its place." |
| S5-2613 | I think they should stay at their service. |
| S5-2614 | "Answering survey because I heard this service might be discontinued. That would cause me great problems in my Astronomy usage, as I rely heavily on accurate timings for celestial events. I have specifically purchased an expensive clock radio receiver for this purpose, and that clock would be useless to me, if your services are discontinued." |
| S5-2615 | Please ensure that the shortwave broadcasts continue. The time signals are an invaluable service wherever I go. |
| S5-2616 | "wwv is the only really accurate frequency standard I have available to me. Modern radio equipment is very stable, but still needs checking occasionally, particularly after repair or adjustment." |
| S5-2617 | I hope you folks realize this is the only service like it anywhere in the world. |
| S5-2618 | "Cpomputer time is fine at home, but I need WWV when I'm on the road making observations for IOTA or other astronomical research. Those time signals are the best!" |
| S5-2619 | It's important to be able to hear and record an audible tone. Otherwise we could just use GPS. |
| S5-2620 | This service is extremely valuable for observing meteors. |
| S5-2621 | CHU |
| S5-2622 | Use your radio service frequently!!! Thanks for an excellent job! |
| S5-2623 | please don't shut it down. it is such a useful service...far more valuable than any amount of money needed to keep it going. |
| S5-2624 | "Now that we have a clock that receives WWVB, we use WWV and CHU only occasionally to check its operation -- for convenience we keep it near other electronic devices, and we generally find that it has updated itself within the previous few days. " |
| S5-2625 | Love the service would hate to see it gone. |
| S5-2626 | Thank you for providing a valuable service. |
| S5-2627 | "Astronomers depend very heavily on being able to receive accurate time signals via the shortwave frequencies (2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz). We often tape record events (occultations and the like) and depend on the time signals on the tape to determine the time of the event." |
| S5-2628 | For remote applications away from web access this is the only means to gather proper time stamped astronomical observations. |
| S5-2629 | Myinterest is obtaining time/positional fixes for artificial satellites and lunar occultations |
| S5-2630 | "I'm not the only person who listens to WWV because I like it. Several other people I've run into listen to it for pleasure as well as utility. As a geologist, the concept of endless time is always on my mind; and listening to WWV is a meaningful and sometimes powerful experience. --Clinton Crowley, Arlington, Texas" |
| S5-2631 | WWV Has always been a useful service I have been a Short Wave listener and User since the 1950's some changes are necessary to accomidate Computer time users etc. |
| S5-2632 | "Japanese shortwave time signals JJY were shut down on March 31, 2001, and radio-controlled clocks or watches based on the longwave time signals JJY are in use, but such clocks or watches are not accurate (typically they have errors of about 0.2 seconds), so many Japanese astronomers (both amateurs and professionals) are using WWV and WWVH to get precise timings of astronomical events." |
| S5-2633 | "while used infrequently (propogation makes radio access here in NZ a challenge), wwv is a treasured service, a friend and marker on the radio dial. (and p.s. survey was well done)" |
| S5-2634 | Fantastic service. |
| S5-2635 | Your service is vital for astronomical observations and I hope WWV stays on the air. |
| S5-2636 | "Our astronomy clubs meet with hundreds of school, church and scout groups during a years time. The correct timing of observed events is a very important step in teaching astronomy. The ability to hear and record correct time ticks from remote locations is and will remaine a very usful teaching tool. The future of our country lies in the quality of education we provide for our chiuldren. The education field need all the help it can get from everyone." |
| S5-2637 | Keep the services you provide presently. |
| S5-2638 | "so far, not to bad; don't stop now!!! Keep up the good work!!!" |
| S5-2639 | Keep up the good work. |
| S5-2640 | "WWV Is FANTASTIC!! Plus, my watch receives WWVB every night and resets itself to the CORRECT time." |
| S5-2641 | WWV is the only time service available to an astronomer in the field. It is very important to me. |
| S5-2642 | "Not to be picky, but you need a better survey design. For example, you could have had a drop-down box for states & countries AND you should have used radio buttons instead of check boxes for """"Primary Use Only"""" items. Thanks for inquiring about my opinions. |
| S5-2643 | "NOVAE (Northern Ohio Valley Astronomy Educators)depend on these services for almost every aspect of astronomical surveys, data collection, and general observing. Everyone in this organization would like to see these sevices continue and expand." |
| S5-2644 | WWV is a very useful service for accurate timing of occultations. Please do not discontinue it. |
| S5-2645 | WWV and WWVH is a very important service. We rely on it for time stamping observations and correlation with other observatories. It must be maintained! Thank you. |
| S5-2646 | Thank you very much for this great service! |
| S5-2647 | WWV shortwave time signals are the ONLY PRACTICAL WAY to monitor time during occultions that require travel in the field. It is a must!!! |
| S5-2648 | I wouldn't be able to time astronomy events without the NIST shortwave broadcasts. Travel to a remote area requires the use of a portable radio. |
| S5-2649 | This is a useful service. Please continue providing this service. Thank you. |
| S5-2650 | Keep the service!! |
| S5-2651 | The ability to receive accurate broadcast time while in the field away from computers is invaluable. |
| S5-2652 | The ability to receive accurate broadcast time while in the field away from computers is invaluable. |
| S5-2653 | Maintaining of the Broadcast time signals is an absolute necessity for conducting timing of moon and asteroid occultations by amateur astronomers! |
| S5-2654 | "Please keep WWV Colorado at 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20 Megaherz opperating or my research with students and high school and middle school teachers will not be possible. Please keep WWVH opperating for colleague besides I might move, although this is unlikely at the moment." |
| S5-2655 | WWV is now and has been a valuable service to me |
| S5-2656 | Please keep WWV on the air! It provides a VERY valuable service! |
| S5-2657 | "Even though this survey may count only once, many other members of my extended family (i.e. those whom do not live with me) rely on my clock to set thiers accuratly. I have 4 in my immediate family that rely on this service. " |
| S5-2658 | The shortwave service is extremely important for timing asteroidal and lunar occultations (timing when and for how long an asteroid or the moon blocks a background star) |
| S5-2659 | We need this service! I use it for Radio/Radio Astronomy applications. Also for calibrations of equipment on my job (University). Thank you for providing this valuable service. |
| S5-2660 | "I completed a survey several days ago. But I may not have emphasized strongly enough how important the WWV time broascast is to astronomical observations. Recording the WWV signal with video of the astronomical event is currently the best way to document the time of an event for later analysis. WWV is an important part of my life! Jeff Madura, Naperville, IL Chicago Astronomical Society, Naperville Astronomical Associaiton" |
| S5-2661 | I scan WWV and CHU frequencies for best signal at the time of observation. |
| S5-2662 | But CHU does not provide propagation or geomagentic activity levels. |
| S5-2663 | I have written before how much I appreciate the service. Please do not eliminate it. I suspect other methods of cost cutting could be implemented...for instance new and less expensive equipment and more automation. |
| S5-2664 | WWV and services provided by NIST are of vital importance to all. Keep up the good work. |
| S5-2665 | Much of my need for this information occurs when I am in a situation where I DO NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS. Loss of the WWV signals would be a tremendous handicap. |
| S5-2666 | I also work in the Electronics field and use the WWVB to calibrate frequency counters. With TBC the television frequencies are useless! |
| S5-2667 | All of NIST time services are very valualable and should be continued. They are a vital part of the US technology infrastructure |
| S5-2668 | This is not a good place for budget cuts!!!! Radio! Keep up the excellent work at Ft. Collins!!! |
| S5-2669 | My uses are very simplistic. I can see the need for this service goes well beyond my own. |
| S5-2670 | "Radio-based delivery important for mobile and portable radio operations, and only requires low cost equipment and service to receive." |
| S5-2671 | "EXCELLENT SERVICE, WE ARE A LONG WAY FROM NOT NEEDING WWV , WWVB AND WWVH" |
| S5-2672 | "Hi, I am greatly disappointed - but maybe you can easily solve the problem - your website www.time.gov used to utilize JAVA animation, but now whenever I go to it, I only get a 'time snapshot.' I liked the Java very much, e.g. for setting clocks & watches. If I can somehow change my 'user settings' at your site, it would be nice if this were especially clearly indicated, because if I am having this problem, probably a lot of people are having this problem. Thank you!!!" |
| S5-2673 | Please keep the WWV and the Website Time! |
| S5-2674 | I am a station operator of a west coast Sandia Bolide Detection All-sky camera and the time signals are used to check the accuracy of a time dat stamp generator and to re-set it when not correct. Also use it for other astronomical observations at my observatory. WWV is the only time signal that I can receive more or less reliably during the night on Vancouver Island. The signal is not readable during daylight hours. |
| S5-2675 | By comparing my electric wall clock with WWV time I am able to watch time errors of the electrical grid. During the California power troubles this was interesting and alarming. |
| S5-2676 | WWV is very important in astronomy event observations. We use it to coordinate detailed observations from many people separated by large distances. |
| S5-2677 | could not complete the survey due to the choice blocks being misaligned in screen (pathetically poor html.. get a better webmaster.. I really wanted to do the survey) such that I could not tell which question they went with (I'm using Microsoft IE V5.5). I use WWVB continuously for frequency locking. I use WWV and WWVB as propagation indicators. Also use the 18 minutes past the hour solar terestrial indices frequenctly. |
| S5-2678 | I need a way to record astronomical timings using radio audio and human voice merged onto a tape recorder to get astronomical timings. |
| S5-2679 | Keep WWV(B) (H) on!! |
| S5-2680 | increase transmission power |
| S5-2681 | I'm not sure what frequency we have the radio set to at our observatory for WWV. |
| S5-2682 | Use WWV for amateur radio frequency standard. Use nist computer services for timing of computer data at Radio Astronomy at the University of Indianapolis. |
| S5-2683 | " I checked only one item according to instructions, but I do use the services for several purposes! THANK YOU for these services!" |
| S5-2684 | We would spend many hours per year simply setting and resetting time clocks due to Daylight savings time as well as power outages. |
| S5-2685 | It would be a heavy loss indeed if the scope of the frequencies used by WWV/WWVH were reduced or lost. |
| S5-2686 | WWV provides a vital service that allows the US military to test HF receiving equipment worldwide. |
| S5-2687 | "The rural areas where serious astronomical research is often conducted by advanced amatures rarely offer alternatives to WWV in coordinating observations with others around the country/world. Many times, even cell phones are out of service areas." |
| S5-2688 | please keep this service going. |
| S5-2689 | I am 46 and have been using WWV/WWVH all my life. This is a national asset that should be around forever... |
| S5-2690 | In many locations where meteor observations take place These services privide the only highly accurate time. This is necessary for accurate scientific data. |
| S5-2691 | "Many of the astronomical event timings that I use WWV for are done at remote locations, therefore access to timing services such as Internet or Telephone are not available. " |
| S5-2692 | CHU Canada |
| S5-2693 | Thank you for the survey. Please continue WWV. |
| S5-2694 | "The broadcast service is extremely important in the event of infastructure failure in telecom or internet provider. I use Internet for time most frequently. But Again, I like having the broadcast backup." |
| S5-2695 | IT is necessary to continue this service so that we may provide useful data to the Professional Astronomy community. |
| S5-2696 | I consider NIST time services one of the more important government services that I use. |
| S5-2697 | WWV and WWVH are vital services for my overseas observing sites for timing events where local time services are unreliable or nonexistent |
| S5-2698 | I am satisfied except for wwv reception and a webpage that will set the pc clock as noted above |
| S5-2699 | I like it the way it is. Don't mess it up! |
| S5-2700 | I use the service in Arizonz |
| S5-2701 | WE WOULD BE HARD PRESSED FOR ACCURACY IN TIMINGS WITHOUT THIS SERVICE |
| S5-2702 | Keep up the great service! |
| S5-2703 | Please don't discontinue your valuable services. There is nothing out there to replace them. |
| S5-2704 | It's a great service --keep 'em flying!!! |
| S5-2705 | I like the availability of the time in the general geographic area. I missed it in Australia and Africa. |
| S5-2706 | "I do astronomical occultation timing in the field, and the radio signals are my only source of accurate time for my observations. This is crucial to this kind of scientific data." |
| S5-2707 | I very much appreciate the Internet resources that you provide. They are INVALUABLE. |
| S5-2708 | Don't stop the time signals!!! |
| S5-2709 | I would be lost without it! |
| S5-2710 | "1. Somewhere here you should explain """"WWBV"""", """"WWV"""", and """"WWVH"""". 2. I was driving through the Chicago area a couple months ago and heard an automated time hack on a low frequency FM station. I thought it was a great idea, and it would be great if that service were available across the country." |
| S5-2711 | I've relied on WWV radio signals for decades. Keep up the good work! |
| S5-2712 | Please keep up the good work. Thanks! |
| S5-2713 | How about tours to qualified people like myself who are radio engineers/audio and broadcast. Also for programs to related organizations like the SBE the Society of Broadcast Engineers. |
| S5-2714 | I use NIST TIME AND FREQUENCY WEB PAGE twice each day to keep my computer time accurate to set my watch for astronomical purposes. I also use WWV while in the field. |
| S5-2715 | WWV is very important to me during astronomical observations and with amateur radio. I also use the propagation forcasts. |
| S5-2716 | Please continue this service - I use it and have no other source for getting it. Thanks!! |
| S5-2717 | WWV Time signals are very important for my astronomy research and is a great service. |
| S5-2718 | "PLease make WWV as widely available, and easily accessible using the strongest signal possible, for in many cases it is the only reliable source of accurate time information. - Thank You" |
| S5-2719 | We use WWV for occultation timings. |
| S5-2720 | "I would be lost without the time and relliability of WWV. I have used it for years, and it's a good feeling to know when I need it, it's there." |
| S5-2721 | I would miss this service very much |
| S5-2722 | Keep up the good work. Increase coverage area. |
| S5-2723 | Your shortwave service is invaluable! |
| S5-2724 | Don't mess with success! |
| S5-2725 | Thanks for surveying us! |
| S5-2726 | Direct Broadcast Satellite for Time |
| S5-2727 | Keep up the great work! |
| S5-2728 | Do NOT discontinue shortwave or 60kHz service |
| S5-2729 | I sincerely hope that this level of service will be maintained in these difficult times - Thanks! |
| S5-2730 | This is to say Hello and thanks for this opportunity...Yimber |
| S5-2731 | Keep up the good work. This is an invaluable service. Thank you. |
| S5-2732 | I've been listening to the Boulder clock on shortwave since I was a little kid on my Dad's radio. I hope you don't consider shutting it down. |
| S5-2733 | I use the services to set clocks of Aviation Weather Observing Stations (AWOS) during servicing. My area of responsibility (with the Meteorological Service of Canada) extends to stations in the High Arctic (82 degrees N latitude). |
| S5-2734 | Astronomy UTC |
| S5-2735 | "I've been using time servers to keep my computer clock accurate for about four years. Since discoving the NIST server and matching software, I've needed nothing else -- with a single update daily, my computer clock is now more accurate than any other clock in my home." |
| S5-2736 | Great service! Thank you! |
| S5-2737 | I used to set my watch with my radio and that was fun - I miss it. Now I like setting it with the computer. I think it's great. Thanks. Sorry I couldn't be of more help as/ survey... Have a nice day |
| S5-2738 | "Thanks for maintaining the radio time. Some guys in the astronomy club rely on it for timing occultations, apparently. We have a satellite clock, but it blows out every now and then. ?" |
| S5-2739 | "I use the various time of day sources primarily for astronomy observations and to reset my quartz watch to within a second of corect time. For the former, I use shortwave radio when away from home. For the latter, I use the Internet. " |
| S5-2740 | Primary use of NIST time services is via radio. Used to manually set time of local clocks/watches as well as clocks for use with shortwave/amateur radio. Time services via radio are still more convenient than Internet based time services. This survey neglected to ask about the use of the propagation forecasts heard at :18 via WWV/WWVH. I listen to this forecast frequently and I consider it important (2). |
| S5-2741 | Please continue WWV services. |
| S5-2742 | I think the time of day service is great. It is easy to access and I enjoy seeing the world map depicting the daylight/nighttime division. |
| S5-2743 | "Appreciate the service, thank you." |
| S5-2744 | Thanks for asking! |
| S5-2745 | "I hope you can continue providing this service. I'm a former USCG Radioman who remembers how important it was to keep the """"time tick"""" accurate on the radio watches for communications concerning search and rescue at sea." |
| S5-2746 | "You may already do it, but computer, telephone and GPS services need to be publicized by radio voice announcements, perhaps similar to marine weather announcements or they may go unnoticed. " |
| S5-2747 | "The WWV/WWVB HF frequency standard is accurate, Simple to use and very portable. Please keep this service on the air " |
| S5-2748 | "WWV adn WWVH are a national institution. They were my first introduction to short wave and then amateur radio. In my youth, when I could not pick up any other broadcasts I could always get WWV and WWVH." |
| S5-2749 | "Without WWV, how will astronomers in the field time important transient and occultation events?" |
| S5-2750 | We use WWV worldwide on a continuous basis for remote expeditions. Loss of this time standard would be devastating. |
| S5-2751 | "I have been using the services of wwv for over 23 years. No complaints, keep up the good work." |
| S5-2752 | Thank you for providing a critical service that aids in our observing programs. |
| S5-2753 | A very important service for so many reasons |
| S5-2754 | It's a great web site. Thank you. |
| S5-2755 | "Your time- + frequ.-service is an addition to our German DCF77(77,5Kc) of the PTB Braunschweig+Frankfurt/Germany. J. Wittmann Communication, Germany |
| S5-2756 | This is the best site I've found for getting the accurate time. |
| S5-2757 | Your organization does an excellent job and provides a great service. Thank You! |
| S5-2758 | Great source for many years. |
| S5-2759 | Thanks for a great service! |
| S5-2760 | I would like to have a clock that updated the time automatically but am concerned that the signal can't reach it. I normally use a shortwave receiver to listen for the time signal. |
| S5-2761 | Thanks for your servicve availability |
| S5-2762 | "Please keep the service running! My new asteroid observation program relies on good, accurate time and WWV is the best/easiest source I know of." |
| S5-2763 | "The portability of the WWV HF and the WWVB VLF signals is vital to field data collection by amateur astronomers. Internet useful, but not sufficient, no IP connectivity to dark sky sites (very rural), need reliable HF time signal. Don't shut down WWV/WWVB! Too dependent on Internet already." |
| S5-2764 | Thank you for your service. |
| S5-2765 | I have been a frequent user of WWV for 15 years; it is an essential service in both radio and astronomy |
| S5-2766 | There are few reliable constants left - no purpose would be served to drop WWV-WWVH-WWVB!! |
| S5-2767 | Please keep the services up and running. |
| S5-2768 | "I hope that government cutbacks do not curtail the services of NIST/WWV. The broadcast industry would be at a great loss if services were cutback. I know that WWV is used extensively in Mexico and Latin America. You might consider adding some time and weather anouncements is Spanish form time to time. Again, I hope you can save this service. Best regards, Bruce Miller Earle" |
| S5-2769 | "Very satisfied with the service, just don't stop doing it." |
| S5-2770 | keep up the good work... |
| S5-2771 | I used WWV in the repair and alignment of radio communications equipment as well as the setting of watches and clocks. I find it a necesity in what it do. |
| S5-2772 | Please retain the HF broadcast of time signals. |
| S5-2773 | "I believe current users that understand the delivery method are well satisfied with the service. WWVB is an excellent backup to local cesium and other standards and, though lower delivered accuracy, it does provide clearly identifiable traceability. Please keep it going..." |
| S5-2774 | Please don't discontinue the radio service!!! |
| S5-2775 | Have been using WWV since it was in Greenbelt. Have first day QSL from Ft Collins. |
| S5-2776 | "I live in Florida, but use the time and weather in all areas of the Atlantic and Pacific where it can be heard. Vital marine safety information is available relating to severe weather. I would not want to loose that, since it is not as dependablely available from other means while on the high seas. The time information is vital for celestial navigation of small vessels. Thank you for all your services. " |
| S5-2777 | Germny Frankfurt |
| S5-2778 | WWV radio time signals are essentail to astronomical and other physical science research!! |
| S5-2779 | I believe the services presently provided are excellent. |
| S5-2780 | "I have completed a 30yr Military career as a Submarine Radioman, now as an amateur radio operator and clock repairman, I have grown up with WWV. Let's keep it on the air..." |
| S5-2781 | CHU |
| S5-2782 | Much of this page concerning the use of HF frequencies was presented un alterable and we could not respond to the questions |
| S5-2783 | "Could not enter frequency data, page would not accept data" |
| S5-2784 | Thanks for the excellent services which you provide. They are helpful and in fact essential for my use. Much appreciated. |
| S5-2785 | "CHU, many NTP sources" |
| S5-2786 | This service is important for HF/SSB Stations to check Porpogation and time hacks and would be soley missed. |
| S5-2787 | Excellent service. Provides valuable information in an efficient manner |
| S5-2788 | Very useful service. Will look into ACTS. |
| S5-2789 | My friends now have radio clocks that now auto set time. Believe this is 60 khz service which should be expanded for more coverage area. |
| S5-2790 | I use wwv to certify stop-watches used with Vascars (speed timing)for local police depts. |
| S5-2791 | "WE have to use wwv - we need to get it better, but get by with what we have. We use it for both time and freq standards in our work (Electronics) for the NC Highway Patrol" |
| S5-2792 | Love being able to set my computer clock automatically. |
| S5-2793 | "The wwv & wwvh time transmissions are essential for international communications, propogation prediction and appropriate establishment of point to point communications on a world-wide basis. The FRC is a technically competant if not elite group of amateur radio operators who depend on WWV & WWVH transmissions for: time coordination and propogation conditions world-wide." |
| S5-2794 | ANY CHANGES WILL HAVE A FAR REACHING EFFECT AS I SEE IT . SEMPER PHI |
| S5-2795 | NIST is doing a superb job. This service has high public value. |
| S5-2796 | "I use this service both at home for amateur radio and at work (FM broadcasting station) to keep our clocks on time. The standard frequencies are also very helpful in performing rough calibration checks of frequency counters, etc." |
| S5-2797 | Please do not take this service away. |
| S5-2798 | WWV/WWVH is extremely important to both hobbyists and professionals! How many lives have been saved by your maritime weather bulletins? |
| S5-2799 | "The best use I've seen of your service is the Tri-Met transit service in Portland, Oregon. Their web site has a link to yours to """"synchronize watches"""" with their ridership. Saves a lot of frustration when everyone is on the same page!" |
| S5-2800 | "I have a clock which receives the WWVB, which would effectively cease being accurate if the signals were discontinued." |
| S5-2801 | "I have been traveling for over 30 years doing things for the government and because of the job without the use of WWV/WWVH I could not have done it as accurately as I have. It is a GREAT service. Edward L. Campbell, MSGT, USAF " |
| S5-2802 | "NIS time and frequency standards are very useful to me both as an active radio amateur and as an amateur astonomer. I can't conceive of doing without them. Alvin Berglund, W6WJ" |
| S5-2803 | KEEP THE SERVICES GOING! |
| S5-2804 | Just keep the correct time available!! Thanks! |
| S5-2805 | "Your services are great for my Search and Rescue Activities. I depend on the time in order to integrate """"real time"""" data from our amateur radio volunteers with the search and rescue efforts. Having accurate time is crucial for our operational logistics. Thank you" |
| S5-2806 | "Both WWV and WWVH have been very useful for me and many, many of the hundreds of members of the Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS) for many reasons, including providing correct time and up-to-date weather information, and in helping us make sure that our radios are transmitting/receiving on the correct frequencies. Thanks . . . Ron Pitney " |
| S5-2807 | I have been using NIST for 30 years....great service! |
| S5-2808 | "I use signals from WWV and WWVH to quickly check band conditions. If I can hear WWV and WWVH on 15 mhz late at night, I know that its a good night for radio. I also have a radio recieve clock that I use to re-set all the other clocks if the power shuts off. I listen to propagation reports and marine weather reports. " |
| S5-2809 | Please do NOT discontinue service. It is most valuable |
| S5-2810 | Use dedicated 24/7 WWVB Receiver and Distribution Amps for in house Frequency standard throughout our building. |
| S5-2811 | "I've used WWV and WWVH my whole life and hope they aren't going away! They are just generally useful for a whole range of activities. If you've got a shortwave radio, you can get the time!" |
| S5-2812 | The standarf frequency service is very important to me both as in my hobbies of astronomy and Ham radio as well as in my Rf consulting work. |
| S5-2813 | Please keep WWV on the air. |
| S5-2814 | wwv provides the only freq standard available to the general public |
| S5-2815 | WWV is very useful please keep the current service |
| S5-2816 | Accurate time standard to the second is essential for our astronomical research programs. |
| S5-2817 | Note: many of my uses are indoor where GPS would be inconvenient. |
| S5-2818 | Would be lost without NIST services. |
| S5-2819 | Please don't go away. |
| S5-2820 | Don't down grade the system |
| S5-2821 | "I also use WWV/WWVH when traveling to keep the watch set properly. I don't always have internet access, but I always have a portable radio with me. These are vital services you provide. Please maintain them. You might recall that Armed Forces Radio and Television Service left shortwave in 1988 for """"more promising technologies."""" AFRTS is once again using shortwave to deliver programming, 13 years later, while still developing those promising technologies. Gerry Bishop Niceville, FL" |
| S5-2822 | "wwv/b is needed for safe navigation as well as checking radio operation and propigation,gps statis on ocean going sail boats that relay on celestial navigation." |
| S5-2823 | Please continue the service |
| S5-2824 | Keep WWV and WWVH on the air! |
| S5-2825 | Software to automatically adjust the computer clock that I am checking/adjusting. |
| S5-2826 | "great web page set up...simple, yet effective" |
| S5-2827 | Y'all are doing a great job. Please leave things alone. |
| S5-2828 | "The application check-off above is too limiting. I use NIST services for all these things: Setting watches and clocks manually and under computer control. Radio recieve clocks. Amateur Radio Application, standard frequencies and propatation forecasts. " |
| S5-2829 | May this service always continue. |
| S5-2830 | "In timing lunar and asteroidal occultations, accurate time is an absolute requirement. Without an accurate time source, the data is useless. I generally use WWV/WWVH in remote rural areas in which no other time service existe. However, a stronger signal is needed." |
| S5-2831 | thanks |
| S5-2832 | By all means continue services! |
| S5-2833 | "WWV IS INFURIATING. TIME MUST BE CHECKED, SET, & RECHECKED. I AM FREQUENTLY DISCONNECTED & MUST CALL BACK. DISCONNECT AFTER 3 MINUTE BEEPS IS OK." |
| S5-2834 | Great Service... I always check reception when I travel. Best time service of all the different ones I have received on radio in my travels. |
| S5-2835 | Recently bought a Short Wave radio just so I can receive WWV signals. |
| S5-2836 | Some of my responses are for projects that I am working towards. I very much appreciate access to NIST. Linux users should not be disregarded. |
| S5-2837 | "It would be a great tragedy for me and others to lose ready access to WWV, WWVH & WWVB. We're not all constantly near computers yet we frequently need access to the services provided by these outlets. There is, as yet, no easier means of distribution for this information than broadcast. PLEASE DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER ABANDONING THESE SERVICES. Thank you." |
| S5-2838 | KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! |
| S5-2839 | Computer time setting via US Naval Observatory |
| S5-2840 | Thank you so much for your service. PJ Goldfinger |
| S5-2841 | "Sincerely Yours Randall.B,Clark KB8KZZ Parkersburg,WV " |
| S5-2842 | "I use the frequencies primarily to verify standard, accurate time, and to check the frequency calibration of my receiver. It is also a useful beacon to do antenna analysis/comparison against." |
| S5-2843 | "As an amateur radio operator, I have been using your services for many years. Frequency and time calibration are very useful, and I often tune to WWV on various bands to make a quick check of radio propogation. Thank you for your services...." |
| S5-2844 | I am very pleased th have your service and have made very good use over the years It is a old much used friend Thanks to all for you are always there when needed |
| S5-2845 | Radio - keep it alive |
| S5-2846 | I _need_ this service. |
| S5-2847 | "I have used WWV for over 30 years. I now have a radio receive clock, computer software that accesses NIST via a dial-up connection plus of course a shortwave radio which I use also to set several timepieces. I also have a gps receiver. The A above C frequency plus the geo-alerts are an added bonus. I have calibrated the dial of several shortwave receivers using the accurate frequencies (as broadcast by WWV)." |
| S5-2848 | I set all house and Ham Radio Equipment on WWV |
| S5-2849 | The HF signals are great for checking propagation and testing receivers.... |
| S5-2850 | Use For Amateur Astronomy Timings |
| S5-2851 | "Overall, NIST provides an excellent service" |
| S5-2852 | Excellent service. Rely on time standard at work (communications) anh amateur radio. |
| S5-2853 | Please keep WWV active & on the air. |
| S5-2854 | "I hope to introduce WWVB clocks into my workplace, a blood donor center, to ensure that time critical events in the collection and processing of blood are recorded in a consistent, accurate way." |
| S5-2855 | Have been an avid user of WWV and WWVH since 1965. Please keep up the fine service. |
| S5-2856 | Great service |
| S5-2857 | Use of WWV internet is essential for setting my telescope. |
| S5-2858 | "WWV is a national institution, and a service used around the world. Cancellation would be a grave lost to the Amateur community every!!!" |
| S5-2859 | Thank you for an excellent job. You're one of the few services I don't mind supporting with my tax money. |
| S5-2860 | Please continue the service! |
| S5-2861 | DO NOT cease HF radio transmissions of WWV/WWVH |
| S5-2862 | great service! |
| S5-2863 | thanks for the service thus far |
| S5-2864 | This is one of the best services provided by the U.S. Government. Do not change what has been a standard for years. |
| S5-2865 | "As an amatuer astronomer I record the shortwave stations in the field while I vidiotape occultations of the moon, planets, and asteroids. This helps refine the orbits, and hopefully contributes to the database used by scientists. I use the shortwave stations for this, as there is usually no internet or phone connection where I observe." |
| S5-2866 | "WWV/WWVH, along with VNG Australia, provides the most accurate timebase for occultation timings and other astronomical applications. The survival of VNG Australia is not assured at this time. That makes the continuation of WWV/WWVH crucial for our work. Graham Blow Director Occultation Section, Royal Astron. Society of New Zealand Graham.Blow@actrix.gen.nz http://occsec.wellington.net.nz/" |
| S5-2867 | Thanks for the great service...keep it coming. |
| S5-2868 | Please don't stop the broadcast's of WWV & WWVH. |
| S5-2869 | "All of the uses checked above are of equal and very high importance," |
| S5-2870 | It would be a great loss if the broadcast services were reduced or eliminated. |
| S5-2871 | Web site is very useful and informative. |
| S5-2872 | NIST services are are invaluable for accuracy in my projects and is greatly appreciated. Thank you. |
| S5-2873 | "I use it in New York State (in the United States of America). I would appreciate it if you could notify me on where can download Java drivers for the MacOS 8.1 version of AOL. |
| S5-2874 | My colleagues in Antarctica rely on these time services too. |
| S5-2875 | Generally we want to be able to synchronise a local time base to say 0.05 seconds. |
| S5-2876 | Radio service is important to me since I am not within reach of telephone or computer. Audible time info is crucial for my purposes. |
| S5-2877 | Observation of lunar and asteroidal occultations depends greatly upon use of WWV/H |
| S5-2878 | "When I cannot receive WWV, I can usually receive CHU." |
| S5-2879 | "Great service, reliable. Please don't change." |
| S5-2880 | I use WWV to synchronize the computer clocks for radio astronomy (amateur work). |
| S5-2881 | A very useful and accurate system to set time! |
| S5-2882 | KEEP WWV/WWVH ON THE AIR!!! Internet based services are not sufficient as not all ISPs allow continuous connection over the many hours of observing time. |
| S5-2883 | "Appreciate the service very much, don't stop." |
| S5-2884 | I think it is very important to keep an audio time source available to the public for use in the absence of electronic equipment but to stay current with much emphasis on electronic equipment needs. |
| S5-2885 | WWV is a valuable source of accurate time from sites where the net or electric power is unavailable. |
| S5-2886 | Your services are sole sourced. No others are used. Don't cut back on anything. |
| S5-2887 | Service as now active is tenerally good. |
| S5-2888 | "While, in terms of frequency, I use computer synchronization the most, WWV is essential for other, manual uses and precision astronomical observational timings, especially since its signal can be recorded on a tape recorder along with a voiceover indicating the timing of an event. WWV is, to me, your most important asset." |
| S5-2889 | "Please keep WWV, WWVH, and WWVB ON THE AIR!! This provides the most convenient, low cost time reference for amateur-professional cooperative astronomy. Eliminating SW broadcasts will result in greatly reduced ability to acquire precise observational data in the field." |
| S5-2890 | "WWV shortwave reception is essential for all remote-site astronomy work which requires careful time calibration. Examples I use are lunar occultations, lunar grazing occultations, asteroid occultations. Without WWV / WWVH, I would have to curtail most of this activity. This would also severely impact the course offerings at my college, as the scientific research training this provides for students would be impossible." |
| S5-2891 | Shortwave WWV time signals are the most reliable means of time stamping occultation events of stars by planetary bodies that is most affordable to IOTA's large base of amateur astronomers who do this scientific data collection voluntarily. Most of this work is done in remote locations with portable observing equipment. |
| S5-2892 | Thanks for keeping our clocks on time. We like our new atomic clocks that set themselves. |
| S5-2893 | "Please continue (or expand & improve) the WWV service. It's a great help. Thanks. I'm considering getting a WWVB-enabled wall clock, but I'm unsure whether the reception would be reliable in my area." |
| S5-2894 | All of our digital systems are sychronized to NIST and WWV services including our Disaster Response resources and support systems for the Canadian Red Cross. |
| S5-2895 | WWV/WWVH radio broadcasts are *very* important for my work! |
| S5-2896 | WWV also used occasionally for astronomy (occultation timing) |
| S5-2897 | HF-broadcast radio signals containing standard time and frequency will continue to be useful to me into the indefinite future. I also use WWV as a time reference for celestial navigation and would very much want to have it available should the GPS constellation go down unexpectedly while I am at sea..or in the event that my gps equipment became faulty...and as an available rough check for gps accuracy. |
| S5-2898 | "CHU Canada cannot be received in Alberta. I usually need the 5, 10, and 15 MHz signals so I can choose one that is clearest." |
| S5-2899 | Presently work DSP and DMSP. IOTA member |
| S5-2900 | I count on the NOAA Solar Terrestrial indices report at 18 minutes after each hour to monitor Aurora possibilities in my area |
| S5-2901 | I have used WWV while participating in grazing lunar and asteroid occultations. These events are most accurately timed using WWV. The grazing lunar occultation events are important in determining the diameter of the sun for climate prediction by measuring the heights of the mountains on the edge of the moon which are observed during solar eclipses. |
| S5-2902 | I need an accurate time signal for use in timing lunar occultations in the field and for setting my 100-year-old grandfather clock |
| S5-2903 | How about that on air contest to give away an atomic clock to some lucky listners. Haha... Keep up the good work guys! BK |
| S5-2904 | Occultations need very precise time measurements. Pleas keep the program going and boost transmission power if allowed. Bill Peters |
| S5-2905 | "I find the WWV services irreplaceable for remote, mobile, marine and aeronautical use. All of which I do." |
| S5-2906 | "We use these for many things, personally and at work. Survey difficult to list single primary use. " |
| S5-2907 | Calibration of transceivers and time coordination with other operators during local power-out emergencies is not possible without a couple of reliable remote sources. |
| S5-2908 | Thanks for providing this service! |
| S5-2909 | I want my WWV |
| S5-2910 | Radio services continue to be useful |
| S5-2911 | "I also use IPS for North America for R.F. Propagation and MUF but, it's info. overload." |
| S5-2912 | Being able to access WWV with portable radio in remote locations is very important. Please continue the broadcasts. thank you.. |
| S5-2913 | "I don't use the service, lacking a shortwave radio, but I know many who use WWV for lunar & asteroidal occultation timing. An available accurate timebase is essential to their work. Video or audio observations with WWV time signals recorded in real time allow correlation of all results. These observations are frequently done from remote locations, often on the side of a road, so Internet access is not an option. Lawrence K. Brady Pres. Baltimore Astronomical Society |
| S5-2914 | Have listenend to WWV and WWVH for 30 years since I was a teenager. |
| S5-2915 | none |
| S5-2916 | WWV shortwave signals are also widely used by my amateur astromomer friends. |
| S5-2917 | As a individual user knowing the correct time and having propagation information is very useful to me. In my comment about new services I feel time signals are useful for mariners with small craft that don't have HF capabilities. |
| S5-2918 | Used For Astronomical Events Worldwide |
| S5-2919 | I use the USNO phone time 202-762-1401 if the WWV reception is poor |
| S5-2920 | Please reinstitute the transmission of the time in Morse code. |
| S5-2921 | The service is appreciated. |
| S5-2922 | U.S. Air Force Military affiliate radio System ( Mars) Use of the Services of NIST/ WWV are on a daily basis and is very important as a practical tool and for training purpose's |
| S5-2923 | Thanks for the use of WWV and keep up the good work. CM |
| S5-2924 | "Field applications for astronomical observation are performed far from telephone or internet access. Broadcast services at lowband (60kHz) and SW (5MHz, 10MHz) are essential. " |
| S5-2925 | wwv is a very valuable asset to us in timing lunar and asteroid occultations and eclipse phenomena involving jupiter's moons. thanks |
| S5-2926 | I am unaware of being able to get acurate time from the internet even with my cable modem. Is it going to be more acurate than the phone? |
| S5-2927 | Please keep WWV on shortwave -- thank you! |
| S5-2928 | WWV is crucial to astronomical observations |
| S5-2929 | Thanks for doing it! |
| S5-2930 | Keep up the good work! |
| S5-2931 | I would time over 300 astronomical events per year and an accurate radio time signal is virtually essential. |
| S5-2932 | Your signal is used to automatically set observatory clocks daily. |
| S5-2933 | "I use WWV for timing astronomical events, primarily occultations of stars by the Moon or by asteroids. Such data is scientifically valuable, esp. when observed from several geographic locations. I have a tape recorder on my SW radio and simply record my own voice over the time signal, and can transcribe it to an accuracy <0.5 seconds. I don't know how I'd do this without WWV. " |
| S5-2934 | Can't fill out form properly on-line. Most fields calling for numbers cannot accept input. |
| S5-2935 | KEEP WWV ON THE AIR |
| S5-2936 | I like to know at least one of my clocks is exact!! Thanks. |
| S5-2937 | THAT'S IT !!! CUT EVERYTHING !!! WHAT ARE WE PAYING TAXES FOR ??? DON'T CUT THIS VITAL SERVICE ! |
| S5-2938 | "I've used it my whole life, wherever I have lived, and it's been great. Now I am in Florida (the survey won't let me put the state's 2 letter abbreviation above) " |
| S5-2939 | "The NIST shortwave time standards are absolutely critical for astronomical observations, including occultation and eclipse timing, and calculation of events. Often this is done in a mobile way, where the observer takes telescope, imaging/video recording and shortwave gear to remote locations in the field, and a reliable time standard is needed. There are really no other options, as GPS is insufficient for timekeeping." |
| S5-2940 | Need access wherever I travel in USA and Canada |
| S5-2941 | Valuable services... I hope they continue! |
| S5-2942 | Sometimes it is conforting to know EXACTLY what time it is. :) |
| S5-2943 | N/A |
| S5-2944 | This site is slow-loading. Eliminate the black background. Make it white. Eliminate the green inner background. Make it white. Make it simple and non-decorative in any way. All I want is time and date. The time given on this site is three minutes different than the USNO site. Why? |
| S5-2945 | VNG Australia will stop operating in 2003. |
| S5-2946 | Thanks for this service |
| S5-2947 | "The NIST service as broadcast on shrtwave and available over the Internet is very important. Please keep these services going. I commend the NIST for making these services available, and for seeking input to imprive these services, as through this survey." |
| S5-2948 | WWV is cool! |
| S5-2949 | "Knowing budgets are always a consideration, your services are appreciated and please continue them. " |
| S5-2950 | GPS |
| S5-2951 | The Univ. of Florida Radio Observatory has been doing research in Jupiter decametric emission for over 40 years. WWV is our primary source of timing information. Timing signals are routinely recorded as a separate channel on magnetic tape recording in several experiments. |
| S5-2952 | GPS |
| S5-2953 | Great Service... keep it up ! |
| S5-2954 | "Besides Galilean satellite eclipse timiings (1-sec precision), videotape lunar and asteroidal occultations (1/60-sec precision)." |
| S5-2955 | These services are essential and not a rational choice for governmental cost cutting. |
| S5-2956 | "The RAdio Jove project is a joint effort of NASA/GSFC, the Univ. of Florida Radio Observatory, and other institutions. It is an educational project for high schools and college students for observing the Jovian decametric and solar emission. About 250 schools have joined the project. Most of them use the 20.0 MHz WWV broadcast as their primary timing source. The specially designed receiver can be easily tuned to the 20.0 MHz WWV timing signal to set the time." |
| S5-2957 | The WWV time service information is ESSENTIAL to many amateur & professional astronomy activities such as timing asteroid occultations. It is the only reliable source for accurate timing information for this purpose!!!! Please do not discontinue. Thanks. |
| S5-2958 | "Since all of our work is in the field as far as possible from the power grid, Radio is the best means to deliver time informsation to us. WWV/WWVH is vital to our program." |
| S5-2959 | As a participant in the Radio Jove program WWV radio is the only accurate time source when out in the field with no AC power or other facilities avialable. |
| S5-2960 | "If you would like more information about the usefullness of WWV and a VLF service, please contact me. Bill Taylor |
| S5-2961 | Would not like to see the WWV broadcasts discontinued. |
| S5-2962 | Did not understand the question about TAI |
| S5-2963 | "I have been a grateful user of WWV/WWVB/WWVH services since 1960, using these services in various but continuous ways in Amateur Radio, the military, and now in Computing Services. I would not want to think of a world without your RF-HF regional broadcasts. Thank you." |
| S5-2964 | Shortwave WWVH is very invaluable for determining or recording of high precision occultation timings for astronomy. |
| S5-2965 | Please do not do away with the service. |
| S5-2966 | Thanks for upgrade of WWVB. Higher ERP would be appreciated to improve coverage to eastern us. |
| S5-2967 | Please don't degrade services in any way. |
| S5-2968 | "Fascinating work and incredible that we can get such accuracy and precision so easily. Hope that you all have a good time (8< ""} grin). Red Bell, Carrollton, Georgia" |
| S5-2969 | BCD WWV time and 60KHz WWVB time are essential to my manufacturing/ntegration and transaction-time business. I also use these services in remote locations where Internet access is impossible. |
| S5-2970 | The 20 MHz signal is critical to my involvement with NASA's Radio JOVE Education and Public Outreach program. |
| S5-2971 | "I am speaking on behalf of NASA's Radio JOVE program. We are a NASA-Goddard education project that brings radio astronomy to high schools, colleges, and the general public. We have over 250 schools on our listserv distribution. We rely heavily on the 20 MHz time signal for calibration of our receivers, and for accurate time signals for data gathering. Please see http://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov for more information. Thank you very much." |
| S5-2972 | This is probably the best use of taxpayer dollars I've ever seen! You guys rock!! |
| S5-2973 | Sell advertising time on WWV/H to help pay expenses. |
| S5-2974 | We use NIST to stamp tapes in our field stites and meteor counts. |
| S5-2975 | "I use a time cube to recieve the time signals. This has 3 buttons for 5,10 and 15 M Hz. The signals from both Boulder and Hawaii come in together." |
| S5-2976 | keep up the good work (excellent service)! |
| S5-2977 | WWV timing signals are recorded on magnetic tapes recording of ocultation video images (on a separate channel) |
| S5-2978 | I came across this survey by accident. I'm sure many more responses would be obtained if it were published better. |
| S5-2979 | An indipensible adjunct to the world's scientific and commercial operations |
| S5-2980 | GREAT SERVICE!! THANK YOU |
| S5-2981 | Great radio service...I have used it for years...Thank so much |
| S5-2982 | my computer clock is wrong. I thought your clock would automatically correct it |
| S5-2983 | "Long-time admirer, """"alumnus"""" (student intern, summers '62 and '63)" |
| S5-2984 | This radio service is essential for Police response loging and for frequency calibration in our radio shop. Please do not curtail this service. |
| S5-2985 | Great Job! Keep up the good work. |
| S5-2986 | You guys do a fantastic job. Radio astronomy could not operate without you. |
| S5-2987 | None |
| S5-2988 | Please don't take eather WWV or WWVH off the air. Keep up the good work. Ron Brown Portland OR KB7RUE |
| S5-2989 | Please do not take WWV/WWVH off the air. This is the only source when away from Internet connectivity. |
| S5-2990 | "I don't want to rely on internet alone, so I also use a battery powered RF clock refernce as well. This allows me to maintain the accurace of data service (particularrly encryption that relys on an accurate time base) under most any cercumstances. Keep up the good work!!! " |
| S5-2991 | "If I knew how to access and use the BCD Time Code, I might use it." |
| S5-2992 | I would like to try a watch or clock that uses radio signals to self-set. I will probably buy one in the next six months. |
| S5-2993 | I'm a variable star observer/occultation timer and WWV is key for my work |
| S5-2994 | "I really appreciate the image of earth showing where it's night and day, when I click the link at http://nist.time.gov/" |
| S5-2995 | "I really rely upon this valuable asset for timing astronomical events to sub second accuarcy. I have been utilizing this in an amateur scientific application for over 15 years, and I have been relying on the accurate time standard for time setting and other timing applications for over 35 years. Thankyou for the wonderful asset." |
| S5-2996 | essential for timing grazing lunar occultations - keep up the excellent work! |
| S5-2997 | This form might be easier on the average citizen if it were a wee bit less techincal. |
| S5-2998 | "Although I primarily use WWV/WWVH for hobby related reasons I would greatly miss any discontinuation of your services. Your services enable me, and I'm sure millions of other users, to get quick and accurate time, frequency and propagation information that I have found very valuable over the years. When the airwaves seem dead a quick check of WWV/WWVH enables me to verify proper functioning of my equipment. Thank you, Stan Hojnacki, amateur radio WA2NPL." |
| S5-2999 | "Excellent site, although I didn't realize you provided WWV time! Kudos to the maintainers!" |
| S5-3000 | need stronger signals |
| S5-3001 | "I use CHU, WWV and WWVH to check propagation conditions" |
| S5-3002 | Thank you! Ilove the display with the world and the night and day clock. Peace out. |
| S5-3003 | Thank you VERY much for these services. |
| S5-3004 | Thanks for keeping our time! |
| S5-3005 | if phone lines down then radio only other way to get time and weather data. stop radio and many people would be unable get data in remote locations. can understand reducing frequencies transmitted on but feel that the need for the transmitted data will be there for many years to come. any chance of some type of sattile transmittion? Could be sort of like the GPS system right now. |
| S5-3006 | "Thank you for the service. If there are to be changes in the broadcasts or other systems, please ADD features, and do not take any away. There are so many applications that use these systems yet won't be able to fill out this survey. Keep them in mind too when making the final decision!" |
| S5-3007 | "Sorry this is one day late, I was just reminded of the survery, I hope you can add my data, Thanks, Tom Case" |
| S5-3008 | "It would be helpful if, instead of simply displaying a map with choices of timezone, the applet simply took this readily available information directly from the user's computer. I don't think this would constitute much of a privacy invasion..." |
| S5-3009 | "I really like being able to be tied into your service. It's a hobby of sorts, (time) and also being involved with government agincies, it's nice to be close to thier clocks as well. Thank You for all you do!!!" |
| S5-3010 | Don't change the current system please |
| S5-3011 | You guys keep a good beat... |
| S5-3012 | I think it is important that NIST continue to make the time standard available via WWV. I was pleased when I found the NIST time standard available on the internet along with free SW to set computer clocks. Keep up the good work! |
| S5-3013 | Atomic Clock |
| S5-3014 | "I use to use the telephone service before the internet, but appreciate the webpage service so much because it saves long distance calls. I depend on this service for so many things other than just setting my computer clock. Thank you for keeping it active and easy to use." |
| S5-3015 | Short wave radio WWV and WWVH is always accessable and useful and sometimes the only way I can use service. Thank You for providing it. |
| S5-3016 | too many questions |
| S5-3017 | "Sorry i'm late getting this in, but accurate time stamps are important for our work out in the country away from computer, and telephone lines. I am part of the Royal Astromical Society of Canada." |
| S5-3018 | |
| S5-3019 | i like this service--thanks--useful to home applications; |
| S5-3020 | We time our entire network and all Servers + all end user to two time servers that get their time from you. This internal service supports 5 hospital sites |
| S5-3021 | It would help if the clock told the time! |
| S5-3022 | First time user. I like the presentation |
| S5-3023 | "It would be great if you'd link or create a small software program for Win/Mac/Linux that would update system clock automatically every certain number of hours (60 hours, perhaps? 2 1/2 days)" |
| S5-3024 | "thankx and ,don,t forget the lord,s prayer" |
| S5-3025 | Keep up the good work! |
| S5-3026 | "Simplify your survey, not everyone using the site is a rocket scientist. It is a great service to calibrate clocks. Best regards." |
| S5-3027 | thanks for being there |
| S5-3028 | I want to set my watch and both my DOS and WIN PCs to within 1 second every day. |
| S5-3029 | Found this website using Yahoo. Just needed to set my watch. Very easy to use and I'm glad it's here for me to use. Thanks! Tracy M. Suhy |
| S5-3030 | Thanks for the on-line service |
| S5-3031 | "Pleased that NIST is still improvng its accuracy in measuring time intervals, and frequency." |
| S5-3032 | Thank you very much for providing these services to the citizens of the USA and the World! |
| S5-3033 | What about the rest of the world????? |
| S5-3034 | great site to always let you know the real time. |
| S5-3035 | Thank you for providing this service! |
| S5-3036 | "Everyone's watches, and all the clocks on the walls at work, are all off by five or ten minutes. The official time for work that gets displayed on the computer is off by something like 15 minutes! All I want is a definitive time that I can get to easily." |
| S5-3037 | Thank you. |
| S5-3038 | Get rid of this changing time thing - daylight savings time. Lets leave it one way or the other. |
| S5-3039 | I regard this a a very useful service & thank you for providing it. |
| S5-3040 | This a very valuable service |