For those living in the continental US who, for whatever reason, don’t have access to an NTP server or a GPS device, the next best way to make sure the correct time is known is with the WWVB radio ...

The author is manager of National Institute of Standards and Technology radio stations WWV/WWVH/WWVB. While radio station WWVB may be familiar to readers of this publication, most people would not ...

July 5 rings up 50 years for station WWVB(AM), Fort Collins, Colo. It was DJ-less before satellite and automation created DJ-less stations. In fact, it’s never needed a DJ. Airing at a low 60 kHz, no ...

The wristwatches and clocks that advertise accurate “atomic time” rely on the 60 kHz signal from WWVB in Boulder Colo. to synchronize them to official U.S. time. In the days of analog TV, some ...

The project utilizes a PIC16F628 microcontroller in order to create radio controlled clock that originates from NIST Radio Station WWVB that broadcasts on a frequency of 60kHz. The project utilizes a ...