[Elecraft] KX3 Accuracy of clock

[Todd Atkins]

I wonder how easy/hard it would be to have the radio poll 10Mhz (like the
atomic clocks do) every so often when powered on, to keep the time more
accurately.  That would be a pretty cool feature.

Todd, K4MSW

On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Esquer Dave <dave.esquer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yep, mine drifts and I’ve had it up to a couple of minutes off.
> Surprisingly, for a week’s time, it can be about a minute or so off. I will
> pay more attention and keep track.
>
> Dave, K6WDE
>
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> > From: Gary Hawkins <gary at hawkins-zhu.com>
> > To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: [Elecraft] [KX3} Accuracy of clock
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> > 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?
>
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