Page 251 in the Fred Cady book does say it in the menu description for the TIME function. "A battery must be in the KXBC3 to maintain the time if the external power supply is disconnected or turned off."
--- 72, Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 PA Army MARS, Northampton County RACES, EPA-ARRL Public Information Officer for Scouting Latitude: 40.761621 Longitude: -75.288988 (40°45.68' N 75°17.33' W) Grid: *FN20is* On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Eugene Worth <erw....@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, folks, I’ll admit to this being a “dummy load” error. However, I have > searched the archives and can’t find a satisfactory answer. > > I have a KX3, SN 70xx. I installed the internal battery option more than a > year ago, however, I moved across country in July and haven’t connected the > KX3 up to power until today. All NiMH internal batteries were removed in > July and have not been reinstalled. > > I updated all of the firmware to the KX3 today. Went smashingly well. When > I attempted to reset the internal clock on the KX3, I see 45.85.85 on the > display with the last ‘5’ blinking slowly. Doesn’t matter whether UTC or > Local time, same display. > > I’m assuming it is b/c that board has no battery backup, hence cannot be > updated. > > I’m just asking to make sure that there isn’t another problem. I really > don’t use the clock function that much when I operate. > > And, PS, Fred Cady’s encyclopedia on the KX3 doesn’t address this either. > > Thanks in advance. > > gene > WG7GW > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 r...@wc3t.us ______________________________________________________________ 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
