[Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST

[Sfbonk via Elecraft]

Went to check that the clock was set for internet updates - it was.

Something useful I saw was the ability to set a second clock which I did. UTC is one of the selections. Put the mouse over the time and both clocks come up in a small window.

W3OU, Steve



 

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com>
To: Gary <Gary at ka1j.com>; elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Fri, Jun 26, 2015 2:26 pm
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST


Gary,

If you are on a Windows platform, look into Atomic Clock Sync.  It can

sync periodically or manually and the user interface is easy.

73,
Don
W3FPR

On 6/26/2015 2:03 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
> I've not been able to get my
windows
> computer to automatically update for a
> long time now and I've
tried everything I
> could uncover via google & forums.
>
> Since I use the
computer for logging and
> contesting, having the real time on my
> computer
is important so I've had to tune
> to WWV and manually sync the minutes and
>
seconds and doing this repeatedly is a PIT
> kiester. Even with a new battery,
this
> computer loses 5-6 seconds a month and I
> dislike having to constantly
go through
> the resetting procedure.
>
> I found the National Institute
of
> Standards and Technology, a govt. agency,
> has a free software that will
do this for
> you.
>
> http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/its.c
> fm
>
or: http://tinyurl.com/4s9agpw
>
> There's a tiny learning curve and for a
>
server under the file button, I needed to
> select the 2nd option and checked
the NTP
> format option for it to work but it now
> updates in maybe 2 seconds
and gives you
> the option of syncing in real time or not.
>
> Once you have
it working, save the config
> under the file option and it will remember
>
your selected option.
>
> I'm assuming we all want our time to be
> correct
so I'm posting this here and on a
> couple of other Ham groups I follow.
>
>
Now back to our regularly scheduled
> Elecraft postings.
>
> 73,
>
>
Gary
> KA1J
>
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