[Elecraft] Clock Accuracy
David Ferrington, M0XDF
M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk
Fri Jun 25 03:42:25 EDT 2010
Over here, I don't think the new rail companies know what a clock or a watch is!
I must be lucky, my clock has only lost 5 minutes in 5 months.
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
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The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes a wrong one. The more active and swift the latter is, the further he will go astray.
-Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626)
On 25 Jun 2010, at 02:40, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Interesting that you should mention "railroad accuracy".
> My father worked for the P&LE railroad based out of Pittsburgh. PA.
> When he hired on, he was required to buy a pocket watch - an approved
> type from an approved jewelery store in Pittsburgh, PA, the railroad
> provided a "payment plan" Sorry, but I cannot remember the brand nor the
> model watch - of course, that was back in the early 1940s - I don't
> know what the rules are today.
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