[Elecraft] Clock Accuracy

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

And you believe everyone else follows all the rules?   Two minutes early and stop 2 minutes early and 3KW PEP.  Get your head out of the sand.  There is no honor among thieves. 

Bob, K4TAX


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> On Oct 19, 2019, at 9:29 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> 
> I cannot imagine starting a contest two minutes before everyone else or ending it two minutes later.
> 
> John KK9A - W4AAA
> 
> 
> 
> David Gilbert AB7E wrote:
> 
> 
> My laptop, which I use for FT8, fires up about 2.5 seconds off. That's
> unusable for FT8, which is why I use Meinberg NTP to sync it.  I
> couldn't care less if it was 2 minutes off for logging (even for
> contesting), but for FT8 it should be, as you say, 0.5 seconds or better
> for best results.  Meinberg (which is free) puts me within one or two
> tenths of a second of everyone else.
> 
> Dave   AB7E
> 
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