Went to check that the clock was set for internet updates - it was.
Something useful I saw was the ability to set a second clock which I did. UTC is one of the selections. Put the mouse over the time and both clocks come up in a small window. W3OU, Steve -----Original Message----- From: Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> To: Gary <[email protected]>; elecraft <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Jun 26, 2015 2:26 pm Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST Gary, If you are on a Windows platform, look into Atomic Clock Sync. It can sync periodically or manually and the user interface is easy. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/26/2015 2:03 PM, Gary Smith wrote: > I've not been able to get my windows > computer to automatically update for a > long time now and I've tried everything I > could uncover via google & forums. > > Since I use the computer for logging and > contesting, having the real time on my > computer is important so I've had to tune > to WWV and manually sync the minutes and > seconds and doing this repeatedly is a PIT > kiester. Even with a new battery, this > computer loses 5-6 seconds a month and I > dislike having to constantly go through > the resetting procedure. > > I found the National Institute of > Standards and Technology, a govt. agency, > has a free software that will do this for > you. > > http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/its.c > fm > or: http://tinyurl.com/4s9agpw > > There's a tiny learning curve and for a > server under the file button, I needed to > select the 2nd option and checked the NTP > format option for it to work but it now > updates in maybe 2 seconds and gives you > the option of syncing in real time or not. > > Once you have it working, save the config > under the file option and it will remember > your selected option. > > I'm assuming we all want our time to be > correct so I'm posting this here and on a > couple of other Ham groups I follow. > > Now back to our regularly scheduled > Elecraft postings. > > 73, > > Gary > KA1J > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
