WWV 100th Anniversary Event

[John Marvin]

Just a quick note, WWV is celebrating 100 years on the air this October,
and NCARC (I'm a member) is sponsoring an event with NIST on the WWV
property from 9/28 - 10/2. More information can be found at
http://wwv100.com.

So, how is this Elecraft related you might ask? Well the club is still
looking for operators,  and Elecraft is a sponsor for the event,
providing four KX3's and four KPA500 amplifiers for the event (Thanks
Wayne and Eric!). So if you decide you want to take a trip to Fort
Collins to help out, you may be very familiar with the equipment used!

73,

John Marvin

AC0ZG

P.S. I am just an NCARC member, and am not a contact person for this
event. I will be a volunteer, and hopefully an operator.

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[Mark Goldberg]

On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 12:12 AM John Marvin <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> So, how is this Elecraft related you might ask? Well the club is still
> looking for operators,  and Elecraft is a sponsor for the event,
> providing four KX3's and four KPA500 amplifiers for the event (Thanks
> Wayne and Eric!). So if you decide you want to take a trip to Fort
> Collins to help out, you may be very familiar with the equipment used!
>

This begs the question: Why KX3s with KPA500s? That is what I use in my
mobile station and it provides about 250W due to the FCC amplifier gain
requirements. I am fine with it, as that is what I have and higher power
may affect the vehicle. I have seen someone post a modification to remove
an attenuator in the amp and recalibrate the power meter, but I would
assume that Elecraft will not be allowed to do that, as the FCC Cert holder.

73,

Mark
W7MLG
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Good morning John…

I cannot yet tell what my schedule will be the end of September/first of October. My middle child and his wife live in Denver and I am wanting to make a trip that way sometime this year. I cannot think of more fun than to bring the kids to the event and spend a few minutes operating one of my favorite radios (not that I have that much experience).

Let me see what I can get together. I know the kids would get a kick from this and I certainly would.

73 de AG7TX...

David Thompson, AG7TX
Jack of All Trades
Master of None
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> On May 6, 2019, at 00:11, John Marvin <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Just a quick note, WWV is celebrating 100 years on the air this October, and NCARC (I'm a member) is sponsoring an event with NIST on the WWV property from 9/28 - 10/2. More information can be found at http://wwv100.com.
>
> So, how is this Elecraft related you might ask? Well the club is still looking for operators,  and Elecraft is a sponsor for the event, providing four KX3's and four KPA500 amplifiers for the event (Thanks Wayne and Eric!). So if you decide you want to take a trip to Fort Collins to help out, you may be very familiar with the equipment used!
>
> 73,
>
> John Marvin
>
> AC0ZG
>
> P.S. I am just an NCARC member, and am not a contact person for this event. I will be a volunteer, and hopefully an operator.
>
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[Phil Kane-2]

On May 6, 2019, at 00:11, John Marvin <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Just a quick note, WWV is celebrating 100 years on the air this
> October, and NCARC (I'm a member) is sponsoring an event with NIST on
> the WWV property from 9/28 - 10/2. More information can be found at
> http://wwv100.com.
This sounds yummy.  When I was an intern (student trainee during college
vacations) at the Naval Research Laboratory in 1955 I was treated to a
tour of the *old* WWV installation in Beltsville, MD before it moved to
Fort Collins.  A fascinating place.  Open-wire feed lines, RF all over
the place!

As an OT aside - I just noticed today that the time on my Verizon
cell-phone (supposedly slaved to GPS time) is two whole minutes ahead of
WWV and Naval Observatory time services checked both by internet
connection and OTA.  Accurate time is needed for the RTC In my K2 and
for certain digital modes.

Anyone know why?  "Customer Service" at Verizon doesn't have a clue.

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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[donovanf]

Hi Phil,


The 1955 WWV site you remember was in Greenbelt, NASA's
Visitor Center is now in that location.


But that wasn't the oldest WWV site. The original 1919 site was at the
Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. WWV moved to College Park
MD in 1931 then to Beltsville in 1932.


There was a major fire in the Beltsville WWV building on 1941, which
forced a temporary move to a nearby building. WWV moved to a new
site in Greenbelt i n 1943 where they stayed until they moved to Fort
Collins in 1966.


73
Frank
W3LPL






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From: "Phil Kane" <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Monday, May 6, 2019 6:23:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [OT Elecraft] WWV 100th Anniversary Event


On May 6, 2019, at 00:11, John Marvin <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Just a quick note, WWV is celebrating 100 years on the air this
> October, and NCARC (I'm a member) is sponsoring an event with NIST on
> the WWV property from 9/28 - 10/2. More information can be found at
> http://wwv100.com.
This sounds yummy. When I was an intern (student trainee during college
vacations) at the Naval Research Laboratory in 1955 I was treated to a
tour of the *old* WWV installation in Beltsville, MD before it moved to
Fort Collins. A fascinating place. Open-wire feed lines, RF all over
the place!

As an OT aside - I just noticed today that the time on my Verizon
cell-phone (supposedly slaved to GPS time) is two whole minutes ahead of
WWV and Naval Observatory time services checked both by internet
connection and OTA. Accurate time is needed for the RTC In my K2 and
for certain digital modes.

Anyone know why? "Customer Service" at Verizon doesn't have a clue.

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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[Phil Kane-2]

On 5/6/2019 11:44 AM, [hidden email] wrote:

> The 1955 WWV site you remember was in Greenbelt, NASA's
> Visitor Center is now in that location.

Thanks for the correction  having been there only once, I could easily
get confused on the name.  I figured that NASA would have taken over the
site.

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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