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ChrisSmolinski

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CHU going off the air
« on: May 22, 2026, 1151 UTC »
As of June 22, 2026, the shortwave radio broadcast of the NRC's official time signal will no longer be available.

https://nrc.canada.ca/en/certifications-evaluations-standards/canadas-official-time/nrc-shortwave-station-broadcasts-chu
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Re: CHU going off the air
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2026, 1302 UTC »
Hard to believe the Canadians are doing this, but after they pulled the plug on their Weather band stations I suppose anything is possible. Maybe the CBC is next to get its plug pulled.
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CHU going off the air
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2026, 1410 UTC »
This is sad to hear...

I think I remember seeing something years ago they were going to go off also but didnt.. Lets hope they dont do it this time either...
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Re: CHU going off the air
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2026, 1041 UTC »
Appeals to Canadian nationalism are pretty compelling nowadays, but still it's hard to justify a separate Canadian version of WWV.
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CHU going off the air
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2026, 2102 UTC »
Ya maybe thats what they are thinking..


Does WWV make it into canada? I dont think very well if they do. Maybe WWVH hits western canada pretty good...
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Re: CHU going off the air? ARN covering story as well.
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2026, 1527 UTC »
Oh yeah... WWV / WWVH / WWVB covers Canada as well as they covered Western New York, back when I lived up there. And BTW, this weekend 5/29/2026, Amateur Radio Newsline covers CHU.   https://www.arnewsline.org/ 
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Re: CHU going off the air
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2026, 0614 UTC »
What, like none of them at all ???  Guess that's what you said...

Well, that certainly opens up a log of internationally well-known frequencies
for pirate stations to potentially take over,
and tell us all the time----
or whatever you wish to tell us....


I remember once or twice having broadcasted on CHU frequencies,
after they had announced a temporary shutdown---
even had a show called 'Time' or something, although I think
it was only broadcast once.....

Hmmm, I think it still exists on outboard hard-drives...!




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Re: CHU going off the air
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2026, 2150 UTC »
The exodus off of shortwave continues unabated, I guess.   Given the direction of the first world lately, I don't find this movement towards centralized telecom infrastructure to be all that wise but I'm just some jagoff I guess.
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Re: CHU going off the air
« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2026, 0053 UTC »
The movement towards centralized telecom infrastructure is exactly what the Powers That Be want.
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Re: CHU going off the air
« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2026, 1300 UTC »
It's just as well, since with the tariffs I could no longer afford to listen to CHU.
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CHU going off the air
« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2026, 2207 UTC »
Isnt listening to CHU free??

Ya just turn on yor radio :)
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Re: CHU going off the air
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2026, 2024 UTC »
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Dude111

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CHU going off the air
« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2026, 2142 UTC »
You can hear whats left of CHU here:

613-745-1576

Sounds like the same voice when you call this #
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n2avh

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Re: CHU going off the air
« Reply #13 on: September 11, 2026, 1636 UTC »
Quote from: Dude111 on September 02, 2026, 2142 UTC
You can hear whats left of CHU here:

613-745-1576

Sounds like the same voice when you call this #

They should also offer a service where you send a self-addressed stamped envelope and they send back a cassette tape of the time signals.
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