[Elecraft] Clock Accuracy

[David Gilbert]

I was talking about logged QSO times.  Pretty sure you know what's what 
I meant, so I'm pretty sure you're just trying to be cute.

Dave   AB7E


On 10/19/2019 7:29 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
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> David Gilbert AB7E wrote:
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> 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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