My K3 clock jis pretty darn accurate. It just told me it's 11PM and time for bed.
Now that's practical. night All (Grin) Gary On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Bill K9YEQ <k9...@live.com> wrote: > In case anyone is interested. I loaded Outlook 2010. What a wonderful > piece of software. I sort by conversations. I went from multiple messages > under the Clock topic to just a couple conversations and was able to > two-click them away to the deleted folder. > > Bill > K9YEQ > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike > Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 6:46 AM > To: d...@w3fpr.com > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Clock Accuracy > > Agreed about the clock. It's hard to imagine any logging software that > can't > do a time sync with a NIST server, unless you're in the boonies. > My wristwatch claims to sync with WWV nightly. > I'm not sure what leeway LoTW (or some contests) allows for matching but it > might be as tight as 30 seconds. > > 73, Mike NF4L > > Don Wilhelm wrote: > > But those modes are computer generated, and the computer clock can be > > easily sync'ed with a NIST standard. I don't know why anyone would > > want to use a free-running clock for anything that requires that > > degree of accuracy. > > > > The RTC in the K2 or the K3 is intended only for a logging convenience > > when no other timepiece is available. I cannot believe it was ever > > intended to be a precision clock standard. If you err in your log > > entry by 30 seconds, does anyone care? > > > > 73, > > Don W3FPR > > > > Dave wrote: > > > >> Some digital (HF) modes require transmissions timed to start within 1 > >> second accuracy. I learnt a long time ago not to use the internal K3 > >> clock for that purpose. > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> > >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Gary VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile http://www.qsl.net/vk4fd/ K3 #679 For everything else there's Mastercard!!! ______________________________________________________________ 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
