[Elecraft] Clock chip

[Phil Wheeler]

I agree with you, Don re no real use for a clock 
in a radio.

OTOH, if there is one -- and there is one in the 
K3 -- I'd like it to be at least as accurate as 
the $15 watch I have on my wrist :-)

I do wonder why there is one at all.

73, Phil W7OX

On 2/15/15 1:30 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Phil,
>
> I guess I am one of those don't care types much 
> of the time :-) .
>
> I have a watch on my wrist - it is used when I 
> want to know what time it is.
> I for one have no use for a clock in a radio.  
> If I am logging when portable, my watch tells me 
> all I need to know and does not take up display 
> space on the radio.
> Usually I don't care what time it is unless I 
> have an appointment - my stomach tells me when 
> it is time to eat.  I am retired, and the work 
> that I do is on my own schedule.
>
> I usually know where I am, but if not, I try 
> first to consult with a map - can't stand those 
> GPS units that tell you what to do and where to 
> turn - give me a map where I can see my "to" and 
> "from" and I can navigate just fine, thank you.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 2/15/2015 3:04 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
>> On 2/15/2015 11:46 AM, bs usb wrote:
>>
>>> Only one problem that I can see.  People who 
>>> don't know where they are
>>> or what time of day it is are probably not 
>>> interested paying money to
>>> find out.
>> Not so much "People who don't know" as "People 
>> who don't care to know ".
>>   The reductio-ad-absurdum" is of course the 
>> stopped clock which is
>> accurate twice a day.
>>
>> As operators of precision electric equipment 
>> that spews signals into
>> "the ether" (to use an outdated term :) ) I 
>> feel that we have an
>> obligation to know stuff like that.