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BROADCASTING HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED FOR MORE THAN 5 MINUTES, SINCE THE YEAR
2000 ON AVERAGE, IT OCCURS LESS THAN TWICE PER YEAR.  WWV AND HAM RADIO
THOMAS WITHERSPOON, K4SWL, FIRST HEARD WWV AS A CHILD, WHEN HIS FATHER
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TUNED TO THE SHORTWAVE STATION TO LISTEN TO THE TIME BROADCASTS AND
MANUALLY SET HIS WATCH EVERY SUNDAY.  I FOUND THE METRONOMIC TICKS HYPNOTIC
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