[Elecraft] K3 RTC accuracy

David Ferrington, M0XDF M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk
Thu Jan 24 07:09:15 EST 2008


Yes, mine too looses seconds, but not sure how much, less that you are
seeing (about 30 seconds in a week or so), I'll note it now.

It doesn't come up with a bad time or date when powered on - check your
internal battery is ok and installed the correct way around.

On 24/1/08 11:53, "Arnie Grubbs" <vhuntertdi at yahoo.com> sent:
> Hello,  I was wondering if anyone has noticed the accuracy of the
> real time clock in their K3?
> Mine seems to be loosing about 1 sec. for every min. that goes by
> as compared to WWV on 2.5 Mhz if left on.  If I shut the rig off
> and re-power it, jumps to some goofy time and date. Today the
> date shows up as 19.36.41 and the time jumped 3 hours and 40 min.
> ahead of where it was set when I cycled the power.
> Anyone else have something similar happening or is it just my rig?
> Thanks in advance for any info you can share.
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