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

Joe Hetrick jhetrick at bitjanitor.net
Tue Nov 5 14:27:42 EST 2013


Digital logging was banging rocks together for 0/1.



On 11/05/2013 01:22 PM, Tom Vinson wrote:
> 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,
>>
>>
>> Did they have electricity that far back???
>>
>>
>> Bob Lee
>> W0GXA
>>
>>
>> "CW forever"
>>
>>
>>
>> -----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?
>>
>>
>> Jason,
>>
>> 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,
>>
>> I assume this is not for ham radio!  Analog clocks are useful, IMHO.
>>
>> 73,  Jim
>>
>> -----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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Has ANYONE seen one of these?  Have one?  Know someone whose brother's best
>> friend's uncle's neighbor has one?
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> EIDXA mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/eidxa
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>> Post: mailto:EIDXA at mailman.qth.net
>>
>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> EIDXA mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/eidxa
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>> Post: mailto:EIDXA at mailman.qth.net
>>
>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> EIDXA mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/eidxa
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>> Post: mailto:EIDXA at mailman.qth.net
>>
>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> EIDXA mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/eidxa
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>> Post: mailto:EIDXA at mailman.qth.net
>>
>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>>
> ______________________________________________________________
> EIDXA mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/eidxa
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:EIDXA at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>


More information about the EIDXA mailing list