[EIDXA] How hard is it to find a clock?

[Tom Vinson]

Instead of WWV, they got the time from Stonehenge back then.  8-)



On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Bob Lee <rideon2266 at aol.com> wrote:

> Jim,
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> Did they have electricity that far back???
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> Bob Lee
> W0GXA
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> "CW forever"
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Spencer <jlscr2 at yahoo.com>
> To: Jason Joens <jason at kd0mnd.com>; EIDXA Reflector <eidxa at mailman.qth.net
> >
> Sent: Tue, Nov 5, 2013 12:36 pm
> Subject: Re: [EIDXA] How hard is it to find a clock?
>
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> Jason,
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> I keep a regular 12 hour clock in the shack to tell what time it is.  An
> analog clock is terrible for ham use like logging.  It just leads to
> confusion.  It is much easier to just write down the numbers.  Unless you
> have some use that I don't understand, I would go digital.  My opinion is
> bases on a lot of experience.   In my beginning, 59 years 10 months ago,
> analog is all we could get in a clock.  I was never so happy to get rid of
> that and go digital.
>
> 73,   Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Joens
> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 6:32 PM
> To: EIDXA Reflector
> Subject: Re: [EIDXA] How hard is it to find a clock?
>
> Yes, it's for the shack.  I can find digital atomic clocks that will do
> UTC,
> but I can't find one with hands.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Spencer [mailto:jlscr at mchsi.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 6:28 PM
> To: Jason Joens; EIDXA Reflector
> Subject: Re: [EIDXA] How hard is it to find a clock?
>
> Jason,
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> I assume this is not for ham radio!  Analog clocks are useful, IMHO.
>
> 73,  Jim
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Joens
> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 6:18 PM
> To: EIDXA Reflector
> Subject: [EIDXA] How hard is it to find a clock?
>
> I'm looking for an analog wall clock (with hands) that will sync with the
> WWV and has UTC as a timezone option.  I've been looking on and off for
> months.  I can find 2 of the 3 features I need, but I can't find all 3.
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> Has ANYONE seen one of these?  Have one?  Know someone whose brother's best
> friend's uncle's neighbor has one?
>
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