[Elecraft] [KX3} Accuracy of clock

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

WWV is audible just about anywhere in north America on 10 MHz. 

73, Ron AC7AC

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Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 3:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KX3} Accuracy of clock

Gary,

I can't answer for the accuracy of the clock, but if I depended on the
accuracy of the clock, I would set it just prior to any outing. The short
term accuracy should be sufficient for logging, but the long term accuracy
may not be so great.

Compare it to a computer clock.  There is a reason that the computer OS
re-syncs the clock with a NIST time standard occasionally - that compensates
for drift in the clock.  With the KX3 (or other transceiver clocks), you
must do that manually.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/1/2013 6:01 PM, Gary Hawkins wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know how accurate is the clock on KX3?  The reason I ask 
> is because I activated a local SOTA peak last weekend and did another 
> peak this weekend.  After setting the clock accurately last weekend, I 
> did not think about checking it this weekend but half way through this 
> weekend's activation I noticed my UTC time setting was 1hr and 17 mins 
> off!  While it was easy enough to correct the log, is the clock 
> expected to drift this much in a week?
>
> Aside, from this KX3 working really well on the hills with AlexLoop.

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