[Elecraft] K3 Timekeeping

[Phil Wheeler]

Arien,

This is the one I have. It does set to GMT.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000VYIZC/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

73, Phil W7OX

On 11/26/14 3:35 PM, Arlen Fletcher wrote:
> 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.
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> 73, Arlen AA7F
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>> 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.
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>> Adding circuitry in the K3 to update its clock in a similar fashion might be doable, but not by me -- yet :-)
>>
>> 73, Phil W7OX
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>> 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:
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>>>> 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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