Here’s some news that I haven’t heard reported in the “media”.

If you own an “atomic” watch, clock, appliance, irrigation system, or any other device that keeps accurate time and is not hooked up to the Internet, it will no longer keep accurate time starting next year.

As part of the US government’s brilliant cost cutting measures they are planning to shutdown the TIME and frequency reference radio stations known as WWV, WWVH, and WWVB, which have been in operation since 1920. These stations transmit a time reference based on the National Institute of Standards’ (NIST) atomic clock which is used by many timekeeping devices. The government’s argument is that MOST timekeeping is now synchronized with GPS. Unfortunately that is PATENTLY FALSE! It’s estimated that there are at least 50 MILLION devices IN USE that depend on WWVB to maintain accurate time.

Here are some FACTS. The electronics to synchronize time to WWVB are smaller, lower power (greener), and less expensive than a GPS based solution. I have several “atomic” watches that look like regular wristwatches but they keep spectacularly accurate time, and because they are so ENERGY EFFICIENT they are powered by a built in solar cell. They require NO batteries (again greener) and NEVER need recharging (once again greener) versus something like an Apple watch which is GPS based. I have a couple of GPS based watches and they are much larger than my “atomic” watches and they require recharging every few days which is a big inconvenience.

Now how much is the government going to SAVE when they shut off service to MILLIONS of users?  Oh it’s a lot of money.  The savings will be…

$6.3 million.  That’s millions folks, NOT billions.

You can read the proposed NIST budget cuts HERE.

Once again, in all its BRILLIANCE, our CONGRESS is going to ORPHAN off a perfectly viable technology, WITHOUT TELLING US.

MILLIONS of CITIZENS CURRENTLY USE this technology but Congress WON’T fund $6.3 million because they have greater priorities such as making sure they have BILLIONS of dollars to fund some giveaway program for ILLEGALS.

“Cut services to citizens” should be their new motto.

Gotta love those politicians.