>The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced Monday
 >(1/5/98) that it has more than doubled the power of its radio signal
 >broadcasting accurate time, all the time.
 >
 >The signal is broadcast by station WWVB near Fort 
 >Collins, Colo., and
 >has operated at 10,000 watts for more than 30 
 >years.  It has now been
 >boosted to 23,000 watts, and plans call for an increase to between
 >40,000 and 50,000 watts, the agency said.
 NB> Since the doubling of power only increases signal 
 NB> strength by half an S-unit, I can't imagine why 
 NB> they go to all that trouble. But then, this IS the 
 NB> US Government we're talking about. :-)
 
   Maybe, but I never refuse another 3db......
 
   Frank
 
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