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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) operates radio station WWVB which broadcasts the official time of the United States. WWVB is a 60 kHz
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WWVB is a broadcast station, operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, that has been broadcasting time information to radio-controlled