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Originally Posted by Cdnwolf
I guess my real question is who is going to be the keeper of the official time? The worlds atomic clock was probably destroyed in one of the nuclear attacks and after batteries die in watches who is going to be the one to say what Zulu time really is?
Just curious.
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Well, you have various atomic clocks and other time system countries use. WWV is in Ft. Collins, Colorado and they broadcast their atomic clock signals on shortwave. You have WWVH in Hawaii doing the same thing. In Canada, you have their atomic clock on CHU in Ottawa. I know most European countries have time clocks as Russia and Red China. Australia has one and there are a couple in South America too, Columbia and Venezuela I think. Maybe South Africa too, I'm not sure. I guess the three candidates would be the South American and Australian ones although MilGov might get WWV going again. IIRC, WWVH is on the big island in Hawaii so that could escape damage too. Another problem is maintenance issues too, how easy is it to maintain atomic clocks. I know before atomic clocks were used, they used electronic quartz systems from the 1920's to now. Also you would need the astronomers to check accuracy too.
Chuck