[Elecraft] K3 Timekeeping

[Arlen Fletcher]

Phil - apparently I’m not finding the right model of LaCrosse clocks! Those that I’ve looked at that update via WWV cannot be set to GMT!! I even asked their support folks about it.

73, Arlen AA7F


> On Nov 26, 2014, at 2:59 PM, Phil Wheeler <w7ox at socal.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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