Buried on page 25 of the 2019 budget proposal for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), under the heading “Fundamental Measurement, Quantum Science, and Measurement Dissemination” ...

NIST radio station WWVB(AM) is trying to improve its signal penetration. The station near Fort Collins, Colo. continuously broadcasts time and frequency signals at 60 kHz. The carrier frequency ...

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 ...

Yes, that is not a mistake. It is 60 kiloHertz, not 60 MHz or 60 GHz. There actually is wireless activity at that frequency—at least in the U.S. Specifically, the time standard station WWVB, located ...