[Elecraft] OT: K3 timekeeping

[Phil Kane]

On 11/26/2014 10:11 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Wed,11/26/2014 4:54 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
>> The second and third harmonics of the tones, maybe the fourth harmonic
>> depending on conditions and strength of the signal at your QTH 

Another thing that should have been mentioned as appearing in the
baseband are the "ticks".
> 
> How far down were the harmonics? -40 is 1% distortion, -50 is 0.32%. 5%
> is widely considered to be "communications quality."
> 
> When I've listened to WWV (not often), I hear distortion. They're a
> Standard for Frequency and Time, not high futility. :)

How much of that is due to selective fading (twist) of the sidebands?
It's HF, you know!  :)

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
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