What time do hams use the world around? Radio time! And that's Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This video explains what UTC is and why it's used worldwide. Also provided is a bit of history, explaining the role of the railroads in setting up standard time zones.
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Credits: Music (Sour Tennessee Red) courtesy YouTube Audio Library: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music. Some of the photos (and the train video) are from Wikipedia and are used under the CC license. The photo of the WWV transmitter site is from NIST.
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