[Elecraft] K3 Timekeeping

[Phil Wheeler]

I bought a big La Crosse wall clock that updates 
from WWV each night. Very easy to read and always 
accurate. I never look at the clock in the K2, KX3 
and K3.

Adding circuitry in the K3 to update its clock in 
a similar fashion might be doable, but not by me 
-- yet :-)

73, Phil W7OX

On 11/26/14 2:36 PM, Arlen Fletcher wrote:
> 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