[Elecraft] KXBC3 clock drift

[Clay Autery]

Mmmm... not JUST the KX3!  <drooling at the thought of an ONBOARD GPSDO
w/PPS INSIDE the K3s>

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On 8/28/2016 8:52 AM, kevino z wrote:
> 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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