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Everything about WWVB
American longwave time signal radio station
NIST Time & Frequency Service is a longwave time signal radio station near Fort Collins, Colorado, and is operated by the United States Government via the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Most radio-controlled clocks in North America use WWVB's transmissions to set the correct time. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: WWVBA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Precision measurement and calibrationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: WWVB time signal broadcast: an enhanced broadcast format and multi-mode receiverCited 8 times
- Go sideways: DCF77A closely related topic
- Go sideways: WWV (radio station)A closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
WWVB time signal broadcast: an enhanced broadcast format and multi-mode receiver
Receiver Design of Radio-Controlled Clocks Based on the New WWVB Broadcast Format
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Volcanic eruption induced WWVB transmission path interruption
The Construction of Nonlinear Block Codes for the Enhanced WWVB Broadcast
Establishment of new facilities for WWVL and WWVB
📚 Books worth reading
Precision measurement and calibrationUnited States. National Bureau of Standards. · 1961
WWVB Radio Controlled ClocksMichael A. Lombardi · 2005- 📕NBS frequency and time broadcast servicesUnited States. National Bureau of Standards. · 1968
- 📕WWVB Radio Controlled Clocksnist · 2014
- 📕Failure analysis of the WWVB towerJ. D McCloskey · 2002
- 📕NBS standard frequency and time services · 1966
- 📕NIST Time and Frequency Radio Stationsnist · 2013
- 📕NIST Time and Frequency Radio StationsU. S. Department U.S. Department of Commerce · 2014
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