For situations where time is important, it's worth learning about NTP. It's an open protocol and is run by default on most unix-like OSes. Unlike the Windows NTP client which simply syncs every couple weeks (by default), an ntp daemon is running always on your machine. It doesn't do a simple sync but continually, to use the word loosely, monitors nearby time servers. The linux laptop in my shack is always right on time, plus or minus such a tiny amount that it doesn't matter.
The protocol is used worldwide and was initially developed by Prof Dave Mills at Univ of Delaware, my alma mater. As an EE grad student, I used to enjoy attending his presentations on NTP. "Does anybody really know what time it is?" - Chicago :-) 73, Mike ab3ap PS NTP can even sync against WWV for time keepers on isolated nets. Don Wilhelm wrote: > Ken and all, > > I have been using Atomic Clock Sync for a couple years now to keep the > computer clock accurate. It runs on Windows, but I recall it is > multi-platform. Free from http://www.worldtimeserver.com. It works > with a variety of standard time sites. > > Try it, you may like it too. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > Ken Kopp wrote: >> I've been synching my computers clocks with the NIST >> site for years. I think they have a little program on their >> website that one can download ... at least I think that's >> where I got mine >> >> 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP ______________________________________________________________ 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
