Re: [IRCA] WWV and WWVH to stick around for just a little bit longer

[Russ Johnson <radiok3pi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Before we close the WWV discussion, I wanted to share a personal story
about WWV.

The first house I grew up in was in Greenbelt, Maryland in the early 60âs.
This was right down the little two lane road from what would be the NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center and directly across the road from our house was
station WWV.  I mean right across the street.
The station manager and his family lived in an old house on the property
and I played with their kids from time to time.  I often walked up to the
WWV building.

Meanwhile, we had tremendous RFI from WWV in everything electronics.  It
got into our phones, radios, even my play Remco telephone set!   As a 4-5
year old, I listened to WWV on our Zenith radio.  I listened to the ticks
and the announcements at the the top of the minute....âEastern Standard
Time - 1:05 pm.â   I would listen to the broadcasts for long stretches of
time as I looked at the clock on the wall.   This is how I learned how to
tell time.  True story.

A few years later, after we moved to another town in Maryland, WWV
relocated to Colorado.

I think my radio hobby is the result of massive RF exposure from WWV as a
young child. : )

I can still see the building in my mind as clears as can be, with the white
WWV letters on the front.

73

Russ Johnson
Lexington NC

On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 3:49 PM R. Colin Newell <coffeecanuck@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Agreed - We should celebrate that we have what we have...
>
> Now back to the endless battle against the evil RFI! :-)
>
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 12:46 PM Lynn Hollerman via IRCA <
> irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWV and WWVH to stick around for just a little bit
> > longer
> > Guys...before this goes off on a tangent, remember to keep it DX
> > related....
> >
> >
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