WWV Time & Freq Standard -- An Introduction to WWV Services
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Low-frequency radio time signals
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Most time signals outside the US are within a few khz of 5, 10, and 15 Mhz,
because there's a narrow band around those freqs that is Allocated for time
signals. (There are also allocations for 2.5, 20, And 25 Mhz, but they are
rarely used. NIST canned its 20 Mhz outlet Years ago.) Most of the foreign
services try to avoid competing Directly with WWV/WWVH, except Venezuela, which
has a time service That directly competes with WWV. (Hugo Chavez loves to tweak
the nose Of the US any way he can.) Increasing numbers of foreign time services
Have been shelved for good in the last decade due to aging equipment And lack of
funding. The Soviets, then the Russians, had a time Station that is likely no
longer active. VNG is gone, which outraged Australian owners of radio controlled
clocks that used VNG's VLF time Signal. There were services in Chile and a few
other places that have Disappeared. Only England, Germany, Japan, and the US
maintain VLF Time signals. The main HF signals are in the US, Canada, and
Venezuela.
Older List -- Some may be outdated. Some of these stations may have
certain specific times of transmissions. They are, however, a resource for time,
frequency and propagation beacons.
Freq.(kHz) Call Location
20 WWVL
Fort Collins, Colorado (QRT since 1972)
50 OMA
Prague, Czechoslovakia
60 MSF
Rugby, England
60 WWVB
Fort Collins, Colorado -- Atomic Clock Synchronizer
75 HBG
Prangins, Switzerland
77.5
DCF77 Mainflingen,
Germany
177 DGI
Oranienburg, Germany
418 ZSC
Cape Town, So. Africa
434 VWC
Calcutta, India
482
4PB Colombo, Sri Lanka
500
VPS Kowloon, Hong
Kong
1510
HD2IOA Guayaquil,
Ecuador
2500 VNG
Australia
2500 BPM
PR China
2500 HLA
Korea
2500 OMA
Prague, Czech Republic
2500 JJY
Tokyo, Japan
2500 RCH
Uzbekistan
2500 WWV
Fort Collins, Colorado
2500 WWVH
Kekaha, Kauai Hawai'i
2500 ZUO
Olifantsfontein, So. Africa
3170
OLB5 Prague, Czech
Republic
3330 CHU
Ottawa, Ontario Canada
3810
HD2IOA Guayaquil,
Ecuador
4232.5
VPS8 Kowloon, Hong
Kong
4286 VWC
Calcutta, India
4291 ZSC
Cape Town, So. Africa
4298 CBV
Valparaiso, Chile
4500 VNG
Australia
4525
Y3S Nauen,
Germany
5000
ATA New Delhi,
India
5000 BSF
Chung Li, Taiwan
5000
HD2IOA Guayaquil,
Ecuador
5000 HLA
Taejeon, So. Korea
5000 IAM
Rome, Italy
5000 IBF
Turin, Italy
5000 JJY
Tokyo, Japan
5000 LOL
Buenos Aires, Argentina
5000 WWV
Fort Collins, Colorado
5000 WWVH
Kekaha, Kauai, Hawai'i
5000 ZUO
Olifantsfotein, So. Africa
6100 YVTO
Caracas, Venezuela
6840 EBC
San Fernando, Spain
7335 CHU
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
7500 VNG
Australia
7600
HD2IOA Guayaquil,
Ecuador
8000 JJY
Tokyo, Japan
8461 ZSC
Cape Town, So. Africa
8473
4PB Colombo, Sri
Lanka
8539
VPS35 Kowloon, Hong
Kong
8542 PKX
Jakarta, Indonesia
8650
OBC3 Callao,
Peru
8677 CBV
Valparaiso, Chile
8721 PPE
? Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
10000
ATA New Delhi,
India
10000 JJY
Tokyo, Japan
10000 LOL
Buenos Aires, Argentina
10000 WWV
Fort Collins, Colorado
10000 WWVH
Kekaha, Kauai, Hawai'i
11400 PLC
Jakarta, Indonesia
12000 VNG
Australia
12008 EBC
San Fernando, Spain
12307
OBC3 Callao,
Peru
12724 ZSC
Cape Town, So. Africa
12745 VWC
Calcutta, India
13020.4 VPS60
Kowloon, Hong Kong
14670 CHU
Ottawa, Ontario Canada
15000
ATA New Delhi,
India
15000 BSF
Chung Li, Taiwan
15000 JJY
Tokyo, Japan
15000 LOL
Buenos Aires, Argentina
15000 WWV
Fort Collins, Colorado
15000 WWVH
Kekaha, Kauai Hawai'i
17018 ZSC
Cape Town, So. Africa
17096
VPS80 Kowloon, Hong
Kong
20000 WWV
Fort Collins, Colorado
20000 WWVH
Kekaha, Kauai Hawai'i
22455 ZSC
Cape Town, So. Africa-
22536
VPS22 Kowloon, Hong
Kong
25000 WWV
Fort Collins, Colorado
(reserved for WWV but not currently in use)
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