Thanks, George. Since sending my earlier post I checked the date -- and it's off by 19 years. It shows a date in '00. I bought the rig in '13. From that I'll bet the power to the calendar and the clock both just went out for a while and they reset to their defaults.
The Manual seems to say that the battery is used when the rig isn't powered on, which would explain a battery drain quicker than usual for me, though there is some ambiguity in the text. Your experience suggests that may be right -- unless my rig experienced some other kind of problem. The manual also says the battery should last two to ten years depending on the type of battery, with no mention of usage -- sort of wide error bars, methinks. Cheers, Ted, KN1CBR On 2/17/19, 11:43 AM, "Kidder, George" <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Ted, My K3, built in September 2010, is still on its original battery, and keeping good time. It is on about 12 hours a day, though - and I don't know if the clock runs on 12V when it is on, which would save the battery. I hardly ever look at the clock, however, so maybe that is the difference! George, W3HBM ______________________________________________________________ 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]
