Re: [Elecraft] Clock Notes (some OT)

2013-12-03 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
When I last worked on shipboard CW consoles in the 1990's, nearly all of the old mechanical radio room clocks had been swapped out for quartz movements. Externally they looked the same except for their Bakelite (or similar) plastic cases. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- On 12/2/2013 8:

Re: [Elecraft] Clock Notes (some OT)

2013-12-02 Thread Phil Kane
On 12/2/2013 8:29 PM, Mike Morrow wrote: > Is your "radio room" clock actually a product designed for that role in > the old part 81 Maritime Morse station service? I've never seen one of > those with a quartz movement. Actually it is a reproduction using an inexpensive quartz movement. At le

Re: [Elecraft] Clock Notes (some OT)

2013-12-02 Thread Mike Morrow
Fred Jensen wrote: > I volunteer at the local blood bank and recording times is important to > the documentation of the process. Consequently, they installed "atomic > clocks", our little center has 5 of them, not all the same mfr, > scattered around to be visible to the staff. I've watched them