[Elecraft] K3 Timekeeping

[David Orman]

I'm feeling lucky (quite rare). My KX3 (just checked) was ~20s off my NTP
synced computers, and I set it about 3 months ago. I suppose it will drift
more over time, but it sounds like there is variance that exists between
units. How much do these clocks change over time in terms of
cycles/accuracy? I'm not familiar with crystal based clocks and their
operation by any means, hence the question, as reading some responses it
sounds like it will change.

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:

> This is an unusual amount of error; it's typically more like +/- 1 or 2
> seconds/day. This may have come up in customer support, so I'd check there
> first. I would suspect either the crystal or one of its associated
> capacitors.
>
> 73,
> Wayne
>
>
>
> On Nov 25, 2014, at 8:28 PM, Arlen Fletcher <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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