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THE TIME, IF WWV AND WWVH WERE TO CLOSE, THOSE OF US WHO RELY ON THESE
STATIONS AS A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR TIME, AS WELL AS PROPAGATION,
NAVIGATION, ASTRONOMY, AND RECEIVER CALIBRATION, WOULD HAVE TO FIND
ALTERNATIVES.  AS TECHNOLOGY HAS ADVANCED, INNUMERABLE DEVICES NOW RELY ON
THE INTERNET AND GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM GPS SIGNALS FOR TIMEKEEPING,
MAKING SOME SEE WWV AS A RELIC OF THE PAST.  HOWEVER, THE USE OF GPS AND
THE INTERNET FOR TIMEKEEPING HAS DOWNSIDES.  UNLIKE GPS, WWVBS LOW FREQUE
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