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Broadcast Outages for WWVB

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NIST Radio Station WWVB concluded the test of a experimental advance notification system for daylight saving time (DST) on July 10, 2007. This testing began on June 21, 2007 and involved using bit 54 of the WWVB time code, which has previously been unused. The decision was made NOT to implement the new DST system because of possible adverse effects that it had on some existing radio controlled clocks.

During normal operation, the 60 kHz signal from WWVB is transmitted 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. The table includes periods since January 1, 2006 when the signal was off or intermittent for more than 5 minutes.

Date MJD Began (UTC) Ended (UTC)
09-10-2008 54719 0100 0145
08-25-2008 54703 0846 1001
08-06-2008 54684 2304 2312
07-23-2008 54670 1940 1956
07-05-2008 54652 0117 0213
06-30-2008 54647 0938 1053
06-25-2008 54642 ---- 0018
06-24-2008 54641 2327 ----
06-01-2008 54618 1244 1335
05-23-2008 54609 2158 2229
05-08-2008 54594 0111 0219
04-16-2008 54572 0522 0618
04-09-2008 54565 0710 0817
04-02-2008 54558 1156 1236
01-29-2008 54494 1108 1219
01-28-2008 54493 1838 1850
01-11-2008 54476 1148 1336