[HCDX]: NEWS: JJY to go LW in 1999

["Sonny M. Ashimori" <sonny@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

JAPAN

The Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication on Oct. 18 announced
its decision to close down the standard time and frequency station JJY
(2500, 5000, 8000, 10000, 15000 kHz) and replace it with a longwave station
in 1999. There was no mention of the new frequency, power, etc. Because
longwave travels along the ground and does not depend on ionosheric
reflection, the time signal will be 10,000 times more accurate than its
current shortwave counterpart. JJY is also often inaudible in western Japan
due to severe interference from WWV, WWVH, and other time stations in
Russia, South Korea, China, and Taiwan.

Sonny

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Sonny M. Ashimori   <sonny@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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