Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 44 minutes ago
Talk about a dream job, how about being the Engineer in Charge at a radio station on the beach in Hawaii? The radio station is WWVH, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology's time and frequency station for Hawaii, Alaska and the Pacific. In this presentation Steve Johnston, WD8DAS, takes you behind the scenes and shows how time and frequency signals with parts per billion accuracy are generated and broadcast on multiple shortwave bands, from a site in paradise.
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Talk about a dream job, how about being the Engineer in Charge at a radio station on the beach in Hawaii? The radio station is WWVH, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology's time and frequency station for Hawaii, Alaska and the Pacific. In this presentation Steve Johnston, WD8DAS, takes you behind the scenes and shows how time and frequency signals with parts per billion accuracy are generated and broadcast on multiple shortwave bands, from a site in paradise.
Help us preserve the history of electronic communications by becoming a member of the Antique Wireless Association at: antiquewireless.org/homepage/join-or-renew-membership
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