Re: [Swprograms] CHU changes

[Daniel Say <say@xxxxxx>]

> The National Research Council has updated the CHU website with some 
> information relevant to the messages currently being relayed on the time 
> station. The text is repeated below the link
> 
> Ricky Leong
> Calgary, Alta.
> ==========
		and...

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Please, if you know of anyone using CHU but not aware of the possible          
changes to its frequency usage, let them know and ask them to contact
us. Also if you have an important use for CHU signals, please tell us
how you use our signals.

Be assured that we will try our best to maintain the CHU service as it  
is, keeping the three frequencies as they are.

Thank you for your support.

Raymond Pelletier
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Frequency and Time               
Institute for National Measurement Standards
National Research Council Canada
M-36, room 1026
1200 Montreal Road
Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R6
Tel: (613) 993-3430
Fax: (613) 952-1394
raymond.pelletier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Government of Canada
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> http://inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/time_services/shortwave_broadcasts_e.html
> OR http://makeashorterlink.com/?M4C61200E
> 
> NOTICE:
> About the New Messages on CHU ? October, 2006
> The added messages on CHU are:
> 
> "On April 1, 2007, CHU needs to stop operating, change frequencies, or 
> re-licence. Contact radio.chu@xxxxxxxxx or mail CHU Canada K1A 0R6," and
> ? En avril 2007, CHU doit soit cesser ses op?rations, soit changer de 
> fr?quence, soit renouveler sa licence. Contactez radio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ou 
> ?crivez ? CHU Canada, Conseil national de recherches, K1A 0R6. ?
> 
> This outreach is to collect information from users of CHU to help shape 
> recommendations concerning what should be done concerning changes to CHU 
> that will have to be in place by April 2007.
> 
> In April 2007 the licence on 7.335 MHz will have to be modified to 
> reflect changes on the status of the band allocation by the 
> International Telecommunications Union. This frequency has been changed 
> from "fixed service" to "broadcast". (The ITU decision does not affect 
> the frequencies 3.33 MHz and 14.67 MHz.) Some alternatives are:
> 
> * Re-licencing just might be possible, calling the 7.335 MHz a "broadcast".
> * It is also possible to stop using that frequency (the most useful of 
> the three we use). Stopping one signal is the easiest solution but could 
> create problems for some clients who are counting on this particular signal.
> * Change the frequency from 7.335 MHz to a nearby fixed-service 
> frequency. It would need some investment from our part in new hardware 
> and in manpower. It could also create problems for clients, and likely 
> not all radios will be able to tune to the new frequency.
> * Closure of the entire CHU operation, as discussed below.
> 
> To be seriously considered, any of the above alternatives will need to 
> have a zero-based budgeting justification prepared, comparing it against 
> the least expensive alternative of closing CHU entirely. CHU is entering 
> a phase where major investment in new transmitters will be required if 
> it is to be kept operating. In the absence of input from the CHU user 
> community, concerning the importance of CHU's contribution in the modern 
> world, this last option is an inescapable recommendation.
> 
> The CHU code is also used as a radio clock, which can be used as a 
> reference clock for an NTP time server. Software drivers have been 
> written that can obtain the date and time from the code and that tune a 
> digitally tuned radio to one of our 3 frequencies, to get the best 
> signal. Users of this service generally don't listen to the audio 
> broadcast. So we cannot gauge the usage by sending this announcement.
> 
> Please, if you know of anyone using CHU but not aware of the possible 
> changes to its frequency usage, let them know and ask them to contact us 
> about any essential uses. Also if you have an important use for CHU 
> signals, please tell us how you use our signals.
> 
> We are quite prepared to keep CHU in operation, and we will try and make 
> the best case possible to present to all decision makers.
> 
> (...Normal homepage then continues ...)
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