I concur, and suggest another path for those who have a strong need for 0.01 second accuracy of their rig’s clock.
There are Arduino GPS shields available for $40 and less. If one were so inclined, it would seem feasible to use an Arduino with GPS shield connected to the serial port of the rig; you could even build a pass-through connector sot that other serial devices could be connected. Lew N6LEW > On Aug 28, 2016, at 2:03 PM, Edward R Cole <kl...@acsalaska.net> wrote: > > I think this topic is a little over the edge. > > Do ALL radios have clocks, even?? My 1950's HQ100C had a clock which was > option C in the model number. It was an electric clock. Do I wish the K3 > clock kept better time? Yes, but its not something I'm going to bother > Elecraft about. > > Accurate time is required for some digital modes but they run in a computer > so that is where accurate time is needed. Several sources of atomic quality > time are available from the Internet. > > But if you are off the grid then some other time std is needed. GPS time is > probably the answer. I bought a GPS with USB dongle for under $50 dollars > which there is software to update the computer time. > > Now a utility on my computer with access to accurate time that could be > downloaded to my K3 once per day or once per week would be nice. It could > elicit the K3 Utility program to connect and update the K3 clock, > automatically. No change to the K3 clock hardware would be needed. > > I assume this not rocket science for all you computer whizzes. I'm not > suggesting Elecraft take this on - somebody else. Surely the K3 utility is > not that hard a nut to crack? > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > http://www.kl7uw.com > "Kits made by KL7UW" > Dubus Mag business: > dubus...@gmail.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to l...@n6lew.us > Lew Phelps N6LEW Pasadena, CA DM04wd Elecraft K3-10 / KXV144 / XV432 Yaesu FT-7800 l...@n6lew.us www.n6lew.us Generalized Law of Entropy: Sooner or later, everything that has been put together will fall apart. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
