[Elecraft] KXBC3 clock drift

[kevino z]

Wish the KX3 had an actual GPS add on board. It could grab the time, as well as use the PPS for other things.
-Kevin (KK4YEL) 

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> On Aug 28, 2016, at 09:48, Brian Waterworth <brian.waterworth at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have noticed the same thing.  I was portable and wanted to use the KX3
> clock to set my Raspberry Pi's clock I was using for JT65.  I was shocked
> at how far afield the KX3 time was.  I fortunately had downloaded a GPS app
> to my smartphone that gave me the GPS system time and this was enough to
> get me to within a second of the time that most other JT65 users were using
> (as sync'ed from time services from the internet).
> 
> I too would like to have Elecraft look into the clock drift.
> 
> regards,
> Brian
> VE3IBW
> 
>> On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 9:40 AM, E T <etksubs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I’ve had my KX3 for a few months, got it with the KXBC3 charger and
>> clock.  However, the clock seems to lose a couple of minutes per month.
>> Considering the cost of the option I would expect it to be a little more
>> reliable... :-P
>> 
>> Has anyone else seen this?  Is there an adjustment for drift?
>> 
>>  Thanks and 73,
>>  Erik Tkal  -  W1QED
>> 
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