[Elecraft] Clock chip

[Jim Wilkie]

Just got my K3 couple of weeks ago and love the clock
feature..must admit I miss WWVL..yes I am old..

Jim WY4R

On 2/15/2015 6:37 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote:
>
> Probably had a little program space free way back when.
> I never use the on-board clock though I occasionally reset it via the K3 utility.
> Perhaps someone could write a little clock set utility that would reset it off the PC once a day
>
>
>        From: Phil Wheeler <w7ox at socal.rr.com>
>   To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>   Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 5:33 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Clock chip
>
> 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 "the ether" (to use an outdated term :) ) I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.
>
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