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DIGITAL MODES LIKE FT8 AND JT65.  AS TIMES CHANGE, SOME FEAR STATIONS LIKE
WWV COULD GET LEFT BEHIND.  AVERTED CLOSURE IN ITS 2019 FISCAL BUDGET TO
CONGRESS, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED CUTTING NISTS BUDGET, WHICH
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WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN THE CLOSURE OF WWV, AMONG OTHER BRANCHES OF NIST.
WITHERSPOON EXPLAINED AT THE TIME, IF WWV AND WWVH WERE TO CLOSE, THOSE OF
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