[Elecraft] Clock loses time

[ab2tc]

Hi,

To sync the PC to atomic time using NTP, get hold of Meinberg NTP client,
install it and your PC is continuously with 10ms of atomic time. It's free
and runs as a service (or daemon). I have had mine for years on all
computers I use.  Link:

http://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/sw/ntp.htm

AB2TC - Knut


Matt Zilmer wrote
> There is a lot of variation in the RTC's oscillator's frequency.  I
> know 4 or 5 K3 owners, and all theirs have different errors.  Mine is
> slow by about 1 second per day, but one of the guys has his fast by
> about 3 seconds per month.
> 
> You may be able to parallel a trimmer of 2-4 pF at the capacitor near
> the 32 KHz crystal, but this will only help adjust in one direction.  
> 
> My solution is to periodically sync the PC time with GPS time (about
> twice a week), then use the K3 Utility to set the K3's time.  Of the
> two, the laptop is off by a greater amount.  You can also set your PC
> to sync with NIST time standards using NTP.  On Win XP, this is
> limited to once per week, but Win8 may have better granularity in its
> options.
> 
> 73,
> matt W6NIA
> <snip>





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