[Elecraft] K3 Repair

[Dick Dievendorff]

I should point out that Dick's nifty date and time setting code is a derivative of David Fleming's nifty clock setting utility.

Dick, K6KR

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On Jul 2, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:

>> Pete N4RZ wrote : "One thought that comes to mind - put a "repair queue
>> length" figure on the web-site and update it every day or two"
>> 
>> The only problem with that Pete is that it would eat up resources that could
>> otherwise be used productively, thus slowing down actual work. 
> 
> Actually, there's a bigger problem with doing that -- at every web 
> update, it will foster yet another email storm to the reflector. 
> Between updates, it will cause a secondary storm about why hasn't it 
> been updated yet, timed of course from a thousand or so K3 clocks, and 
> leading to a tertiary storm reprising the clock accuracy thread. :-)
> 
> That [in]famous thread actually had a tiny upside for me ... I didn't 
> know until then that my K3 had a clock.  I set it about 2 weeks ago with 
> Dick's nifty K3 Utility, just checked it and it's about 2 sec away from 
> WWV.  I set the dive watch I wear at the same time, it's about 1 sec 
> from WWV.  I can remember how to use my watch, I'll forget how to get 
> the clock display back, probably about 1730 tomorrow. :-)
> 
> 73,
> 
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2010 Cal QSO Party 2-3 Oct 2010
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