I have one of these wall clocks and it too has a minor misalignment of the second hand. The second hand will overshoot the face marker by about one-fourth of the distance between successive markings.
If the fix is not too terribly involved I might would give it a try, otherwise, It will just have to remain a sub time-nuts piece of hardware. Chris -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tom Van Baak Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 22:59 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] WWVB SDR discussion Mike, I've used that seller a lot; no worries. They have 800+ items for sale, mostly clock and weather products by La Crosse Technology [1]. It looks like this eBay seller is their online retail store, as well as an outlet for their overstock and refurbished items: https://www.ebay.com/itm/274056463528 Seller: greatbigoutlet Item location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States Condition: Manufacturer refurbished One of the complaints that I had about the La Crosse 404-1235UA-SS UltrAtomic clock was that several of the ones I bought had misaligned hands [2]. If you're into Lavet stepper motor watch movements using optical feedback it's something you can fix yourself. The other solution is to return it to the factory. It wouldn't surprise me that La Crosse has a pile of these refurbished clocks for sale. Or maybe 1235UA just never sold well; or maybe there's a new model coming; who knows. And, yes, this is a deal for $35. They are so much better than older WWVB clocks. AFAIK it is still the only LF radio clock that uses the new eWWVB PM format. The smaller clocks and watches all use the legacy WWVB AM format. /tvb [1] https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/ [2] http://leapsecond.com/pages/ultratomic/ On 8/20/2020 8:00 PM, Mike Feher wrote: > Hi Don - > > I got two of them on eBay. I got these 274056463528 . They were only > $35 each with free shipping, a bargain in my opinion. Of course you > can find smaller diameter ones as well. 73 - Mike > > Mike B. Feher, N4FS > 89 Arnold Blvd. > Howell NJ 07731 > 848-245-9115 > > -----Original Message----- > From: time-nuts <[email protected]> On Behalf Of DON > MURRAY via time-nuts > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 8:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: DON MURRAY <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] WWVB SDR discussion > > > Mike... > > Which model did you order? > > > 73 > Don > W4WJ > > On Thursday, August 20, 2020 Mike Feher <[email protected]> wrote: > I just purchased 2 of those La Crosse 14" clocks and was totally > amazed. I live on the Jersey shore on one acre surrounded by trees and > about 8 miles from the ocean. After I placed batteries in the clock, > it went through its initially routine which was neat in itself, and > about an hour or less later the motors purred again and it went to the > exact time and continues to do so. This was on the first floor of my > Colonial in my office next to the computer and all sorts of other > digital and switching PS noise and only about a foot off the floor. My > old Junghans Mega 1000 could never do that. I have to take it upstairs > with me and place it by the front (South facing) window of the master > bedroom and sometime during the night it acquires and corrects if need > be. Regardless, I still like my Junghans, but this new waveform is > amazing. Thanks for mentioning it. Regards - Mike > > > > Mike B. Feher, N4FS > > 89 Arnold Blvd. > > Howell NJ 07731 > > 848-245-9115 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go > to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
