On 6/2/2011 10:05 AM, Mike Morrow wrote:
>> For many years I've been using the "classic" shipboard style
>> with the CW and 'Phone silent periods marked.
>
> They also have the 4-second key-closed, 1-second key-open markings
> to help manually send the signals that trigger the auto alarm in
> other vessels on 500 kHz.
A moment of silence....a part of history that few of today's
hams know. (I was the FCC Ship Radio Safety Inspector in
San Francisco for several decades.)
>> Lately I had a clock shop put a WWVB "atomic" movement in one.
>> Cheap it was not...
>
> I would guess not. Such clocks with U.S. Maritime Commission
> markings in working condition routinely sell for about $400.
> "Upgrading" the works would impact the collector value adversely,
> so that becomes part of the cost.
The clock that I was referring to is the wall-sized replica
using a quartz mechanism - a $25 product - not the mechanical
clock that is easily worth several hundred as a collector's
item.
> Some also had a moveable additional smaller hour hand that could be
> positioned to show GMT, while the main hour hand showed local time.
I wish that I could have had that done also but it was not
feasible.
> (Maybe this message will be enough to trigger an end-of-thread
> declaration.)
No doubt - but accurate time is essential when using Elecraft
transceivers in critical situations.... :-)
-- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402
See y'all at SeaPac
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