On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:49:05 +0000 (UTC), "Geoffrey S. Mendelson"
wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
They replaced all the transmitters and towers at WWVB a few years ago
to improve service. It now reaches Central Florida without a long wire
antenna & tuner. Why would they spend millions and take a couple years
to do the update if they were planning to shut it down?

They will shut it down eventually because of the cost. NTP servers cost
almost nothing, GPS is "free" because there are no incremental costs for
providing the time signals.

NIST funding was increaded from $719 million to $819 million.
http://www.aip.org/fyi/2009/081.html

National Institute of Standards and Technology:
The FY 2009 appropriation was $819.0 million.
The Administration's request was $846.1 million, an increase of 3.3
percent or $27.1 million.
The House bill provides $781.1 million, a cut of 4.6 percent or
$37.9 million.
The Senate Appropriations Committee bill would provide $878.8
million, an increase of 7.3 percent or $59.8 million.

http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/approps-summary2008-2010.htm
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/approps-summary2009.htm

Operating costs of the various standards stations and labs seems to so
small as to not even be mentioned. I didn't see any mention of
shutting down anything.

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