[Elecraft] OT setting your computer to NIST

[Kevin Stover]

I use D4 as well.
It synch's on boot and every 15 minutes thereafter.
The longer you leave the computer on the more accurate the system clock.
I just checked and the last synch adjusted the system clock by .006 
seconds. The computer rebooted three days ago.
That's  plenty good enough for me.


On 6/28/2015 2:35 AM, Edward R Cole wrote:
> I also use tick.nobs.navy.mil for several years (2003) with my xp32 
> machine using D4 (mainly for JT65 on eme).
> I have a frequent sync rate so time is rarely off more than 0.020s. 
> Dimension-4 is freeware and easy to setup.
>
> I tried some other NIST programs in the past returned to using D4.  
> Its my belief that it is used by very many eme'rs so not sure where 
> the comment by GIMHU came from that represented "most eme'rs having 
> switched away from D4".  I was never asked in any survey about what I 
> am using.
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
> ---------------
> Myself, I use  tick.nobs.navy.mil with no problems at all.  It's at the
> US Naval Observatory and is one of the group used to determine NIST
> time.  My first engineering job was at the US Naval  Research Laboratory
> so I have a (misplaced ?) loyalty to NObs !  :)
>
> Happy Hamming.
>
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> Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402
>
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
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