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TIMES OF EMERGENCY, WHEREAS WWV WOULD STILL BE FUNCTIONAL.  THE DEVICES
RELIANT ON WWVB ARE INEXPENSIVE, DONT REQUIRE MUCH POWER, AND WORK WITHOUT
AN INTERNET CONNECTION.  WITHERSPOON COMPARED THESE OPTIONS BY EXPLAINING
THAT HIS BEDSIDE ALARM CLOCK AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTS TO WWVB AND ONLY
REQUIRES TWO AA BATTERIES FOR AROUND 2 YEARS OF FUNCTIONALITY, WHILE HIS
GPS ENABLED APPLE WATCH NEEDS TO BE CHARGED EVERY 2 DAYS AND MUST HAVE AN
UNOBSTRUCTED SIGNAL TO SATELLITES IN ORDER TO WORK.  THE FATE OF WWV TIME
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HASNT RUN OUT FOR WWV JUST YET.  WWV AND ITS COMPANION STATIONS REMAINED
OPEN THROUGHOUT THE 2019 FISCAL YEAR.  GAIL PORTER, RETIRED DIRECTOR OF
PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR NIST, EXPLAINED, THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF
2019 PROVIDED 724R5 MILLION FOR NISTS SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND
SERVICES, THE BUDGET CATEGORY THAT FUNDS THE RADIO STATIONS.  MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE LEGISLATION THAT FUNDED WWV AND RELATED STATIONS FOR
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