[Elecraft] Clock Accuracy

[Brett Howard]

I feel cheated!  The 18,000 dollar Agilent scope I have on my bench
doesn't have a clock in it...  However the 60,000 dollar Agilent scope
we just bought has windows on it and that syncs up over the net so that
one remains fairly accurate... ;)

~Brett (N7MG)

On Thu, 2010-06-24 at 18:05 -0600, Craig D. Smith wrote:
> y accurate either.  But I've since learned
> how to deal with it.  Pretty much every piece of electronics you buy
> these
> days has a clock in it.  I've found absolutely zero correlation
> between the
> accuracy of the clocks and the overall quality or cost of the
> equipment.
> The worst clock here is in a $6K Agilent scope!
> 
> Here's how to get around it - ignore the clocks!  I don't even bother
> setting them or changing for DST, etc.  The only two clocks I use in
> the
> shack are the wall-mounted radio controlled clock and the
> computer/logging
> clock which both adjust automatically and are plenty accurate for
> me  ;>)
> 
>          73   Craig  AC0DS
> 
> 
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