is the RTC implemented in the PIC chip?

i did not see a rtc chip in the prints....my eyesight these days.....

why dont we just try to understand how it works and then we can accept what we 
see.








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From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Arlen 
Fletcher
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 08:05 AM
To: Richard Gillingham
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Clock chip

I’m guilty of starting a thread similar to this one a couple of months back. 

My K3 clock drifts and, being a newbie, I wasn’t certain whether it was within 
spec or not. I learned that it is within spec - but I wanted something more 
accurate - not because I NEED it, but because I thought it might be a fun 
project. 

So I designed and built a GPS clock. It uses a $40 GPS module that has a 
battery-backed clock chip in it (so it keeps reasonable time when there is no 
GPS satellite lock). It only needs a single GPS satellite for accurate time. I 
put it out in my garage because my shack is in the basement and GPS coverage is 
marginal there. It communicates with the display unit via an XBee Series One 
radio link, updating the display in my shack (driven by an Arduino Uno) about 
every 200 milliseconds. Is it overkill? Probably. But I had fun designing it, 
building it, and writing and debugging the code. I’m a ham… I do things like 
this because it’s fun - and since I’m not selling it I don’t have to worry too 
much about how practical it is. It’d be nice if the K3 clock was more accurate 
- but then I wouldn’t have learned about GPS timekeeping, XBees, and driving an 
I2C display and GPS unit from an Arduino!  :-)

73

Arlen, AA7F

> On Feb 15, 2015, at 5:19 PM, Richard Gillingham <w...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Here in South Florida, atomic clocks will not sync it all. 73, Gil 
> W1RG
> 
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> <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Ken G Kopp 
> <kengk...@gmail.com> </div><div>Date:02/15/2015  1:25 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
> </div><div>To: "Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT" <k...@coldrockshotbrooms.com> 
> </div><div>Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>, 
> k...@yahoogroups.com </div><div>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Clock chip 
> </div><div> </div> Given the tiny size of "atomic clock" /  WWVB devices ... 
> as in wrist watches ... it would seem one could be integrated into both the 
> K3 and KX3 and make the clock actually usable.
> 
> 73
> 
> Ken - K0PP
> On Feb 15, 2015 11:17 AM, "Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT" < 
> k...@coldrockshotbrooms.com> wrote:
> 
>> In which radio?
>> 
>> On 2/15/2015 9:52 AM, Jim Miller wrote:
>> 
>>> Elecraft, Please give us a replacement clock chip that will keep 
>>> time.  An adjust method for what we have?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks, Jim KG0KP
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