[Elecraft] Re: KX3 Accuracy of clock
Barry Middleton
bajubranston at ntlworld.com
Wed Dec 4 10:09:03 EST 2013
I have had my KX3 since the beginning of the year and I have not reset
the clock since, and it is now 4 minutes ahead of the actual time. I'll
leave it until next year and see how it goes.
May I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Barry G4DBS
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> 1. freq counter probe ? (Bryan)
> 2. KX3 Accuracy of clock (Esquer Dave)
> 3. Re: KX3 Accuracy of clock (Todd Atkins)
> 4. Re: ... and solar power (Igor Sokolov)
> 5. Trouble Scanning (K3) (paul ecker)
> 6. Admin help needed (john clark)
> 7. The Fun Begins (Robert Nobis)
> 8. Re: The Fun Begins (Mike Reublin)
> 9. Re: K3/RemoteRig - external speaker (AG0N-3055)
> 10. Re: ... and solar power (George Dubovsky)
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> 14. Re: ... and solar power (Don Wilhelm)
> 15. Re: ... and solar power (Wes)
> 16. K3/100 & P3/SVGA for sale (Tim Cook)
> 17. Re: KX3 Accuracy of clock (Fred Jensen)
> 18. Re: ... and solar power (Mel Farrer)
> 19. Re: KX3 Accuracy of clock (Walter Underwood)
> 20. Re: [K3 Remote] Audio Dropout switching SUB on/off
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> 21. Re: KX3 Accuracy of clock (Brendan Minish)
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> 26. Re: KX3 Accuracy of clock (Don Wilhelm)
> 27. Re: KX3 Accuracy of clock (Walter Underwood)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 10:48:46 -0700
> From: Bryan <hbsavill at shaw.ca>
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] freq counter probe ?
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> Thanks for the clarification guys,
> The probe is about to be removed from my K2/10 to be "stored" elsewhere
> until needed!
>
> 73, Bryan VE6HBS
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 11:09:00 -0800
> From: Esquer Dave <dave.esquer at gmail.com>
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Accuracy of clock
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> 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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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: Gary Hawkins <gary at hawkins-zhu.com>
>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: [Elecraft] [KX3} Accuracy of clock
>> Message-ID: <529BBFD0.1090106 at hawkins-zhu.com>
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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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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 14:14:49 -0600
> From: Todd Atkins <toddandrewatkins at gmail.com>
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Accuracy of clock
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> 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
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
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>>> From: Gary Hawkins <gary at hawkins-zhu.com>
>>> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: [Elecraft] [KX3} Accuracy of clock
>>> Message-ID: <529BBFD0.1090106 at hawkins-zhu.com>
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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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> Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 02:33:59 +0600
> From: "Igor Sokolov" <ua9cdc at gmail.com>
> To: <g8kbvdave at googlemail.com>, <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
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> Dave,
> Can you point to a "good" regulator and/or chjarger suitable for HF radio
> use?
>
> 73, Igor UA9CDC
>
>> Yes, very good.
>>
>> Alternative URL:-
>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/mznv6e2
>> Goes to the same place as quoted above..
>>
>> You can often find them on eBay too (for a price!) I have a 45W version.
>> Take
>> care though, in bright sunlight, they can produce well over 28V to an open
>> cct or
>> low power load. A good regulator is needed. Otherwise, very good, and
>> very
>> portable.
>>
>> Sadly, many of the "good" regulators (with MPPT functionality) are not
>> exactly
>> "RF quiet" for HF radio users.
>>
>> 73.
>>
>> Dave G0WBX.
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> Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 12:39:09 -0800 (PST)
> From: paul ecker <eckerpw at yahoo.com>
> To: "elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Elecraft] Trouble Scanning (K3)
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> I cannot get the K3 scanning function
> to work properly. ?I am following the instructions in the K3 manual pg 40
> as well as the Fred Cady book pg. 46. I have used both the Elecraft K3 Memory Editor
> and entered the memories manually, to save the frequencies into the K3
> memories. When I press M>V, the freqs stored in memory are only being
> recalled to VFO A but not to VFO B. So when I press Scan, no scan commences. If
> I program the desired freqs into VFO A & VFO B manually, and then press
> Scan, I get M>V REQ in the display window and no scan start. I have put the lower start freq
> in VFO A and the Stop in VFO B. I have also saved the desired mode with each
> memory pair.
>
> ?
> So obviously I am missing something in
> this process but it?s not apparent to me in the manual nor could I find in the
> archives. So what am I missing?
> ?
> ?
> 73 Paul
> kc2nyu
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> Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 14:49:22 -0700
> From: Robert Nobis <N7RJN at nobis.net>
> To: "elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [Elecraft] The Fun Begins
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> Received my K3 and P3 kits today, so the fun of assembly begins.
>
> Bob - N7RJN
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> Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 17:04:17 -0500
> From: Mike Reublin <nf4l at nf4l.com>
> To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] The Fun Begins
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> It'll be over before you know it. THEN the real fun begins.
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> 73, Mike NF4L
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> On Dec 2, 2013, at 4:49 PM, Robert Nobis <N7RJN at nobis.net> wrote:
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>> Received my K3 and P3 kits today, so the fun of assembly begins.
>>
>> Bob - N7RJN
>>
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> Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 15:15:12 -0700
> From: AG0N-3055 <mcduffie at ag0n.net>
> To: elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3/RemoteRig - external speaker
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> On Mon, 2 Dec 2013 11:41:31 -0500, Jim - KE8G wrote:
>
>> I am curious what external speakers folks are using with the K3/RemoteRig
>> combination. Currently, I am using a set of Radiosport headphones, but
>> ther are times I would like to monitor things with having to sit in front
>> of the radio.
> I know this is not what you asked, however, it may be of interest to you
> or someone else reading it.
>
> IF you are using modern hearing aids, there are now blue-tooth links
> available for shoving your stereo or TV directly to your hearing aids. I
> use mine every morning when I get up to link the shack to me while I fix
> breakfast. It is very useful. The same link can be used for cell phone
> linking (all without wires), etc. If you happen to be hearing impaired,
> you may want to look into it. I go through three perpendicular walls to
> get to the kitchen from the shack, at a distance of about 50 feet. A
> fourth wall is at a very shallow angle to the path, and also gone
> through. I can go about 25 feet further than the kitchen, as long as I
> wear the pendant on the side of my body that faces the shack.
>
> Gary
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