[Elecraft] K3 Timekeeping

[Arlen Fletcher]

OK - Thanks Eric.  Is there nothing the end-user can do to improve things - such as leaving power applied to the K3, etc?

Arlen


> On Nov 26, 2014, at 2:26 PM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft <eric at elecraft.com> wrote:
> 
> In general, we have seen a variance of this amount on the clock since we first started shipping K3s. Its in the normal range.
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> Eric
> elecraft.com
> 
> On 11/26/2014 1:53 PM, Arlen Fletcher wrote:
>> Thanks Wayne, Bill and Willis for your replies. 
>> 
>> I suppose the battery could be bad - but this has been a consistent problem since I assembled the Unit back in March. Could’ve been a bad battery out of the box I suppose.
>> 
>> Willis - thanks for the perspective! Times have indeed changed (pun intended). I haven’t been accused of being young in quite some time! ;-)
>> 
>> Wayne - I’ll check w/ customer support and see what they have to say.
>> 
>> 73 all, and have a great Thanksgiving!
>> 
>> Arlen, AA7F
>> 
>> 
>>> On Nov 25, 2014, at 8:28 PM, Arlen Fletcher <arlenfletcher at mac.com> <mailto:arlenfletcher at mac.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> My K3's clock loses about 15 seconds per day. It's not a big deal because it's easy to update from the K3 utility, but 15 seconds seems like quite a bit. Maybe my expectations are too high?
>>> 
>>> 73
>>> 
>>> Arlen, AA7F
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