Nelson Glenn K
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Radio Station WWV, Fort Collins, CO 80524, USA.
J Res Natl Inst Stand Technol. 2019 Sep 24;124:1-31. doi: 10.6028/jres.124.025. eCollection 2019.
WWV was established as a radio station on October 1, 1919, with the issuance of the call letters by the U.S. Department of Commerce. This paper will observe the upcoming 100th anniversary of that event by exploring the events leading to the founding of WWV, the various early experiments and broadcasts, its official debut as a service of the National Bureau of Standards, and its role in frequency and time dissemination over the past century.
WWV于1919年10月1日作为一个广播电台成立,当时美国商务部颁发了呼号。本文将通过探讨促成WWV成立的事件、早期的各种实验和广播、其作为国家标准局一项服务的正式亮相,以及它在过去一个世纪中在频率和时间传播方面的作用,来纪念这一事件即将到来的100周年。