[Elecraft] KXBC3 Clock Drift

[Gary Smith]

This may be a redux of what has already been stated but I am a nut 
for stability in my radio and my timekeeping. What I have done is 
purchased a BG7TBL from faymo-trading.service for $150 from Hong Kong 

(fast shipping and the newest version of this GPSDO). He still 
apparently is selling them: http://tinyurl.com/gtpzkvx

I have the KTCXO3-1 TXCO installed in the K3s & I installed the 
K3EXREF in the K3. It locks beautifully to the Satellite data and I 
then set REF CAL to sync with the GPSDO. 

I found two softwares to sync the computer with the satellites: NMEA 
time and BIG BEN. I chose NMEA as it has a smaller footprint but 
either are out of sight once you set it. Both use the info from the 
GPSDO and they sync to the computer and keep it accurate to an 
incredibly precise number. NMEA lives in the hidden icons folder and 
I have it set to start with the computer so it is syncing constantly 
and updating the computer clock every minute.

With the computer dead on, you just use the K3 Utility at the bottom 
of the Configuration tab and sync your accurate computer time to the 
K3/K3s.

Now my K3 is about as stable as possible and that is a beautiful 
thing.

73,

Gary
KA1J