Re: K3 Time

Posted by Julian, G4ILO on Mar 15, 2009; 5:05pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K3-Time-tp2481285p2482049.html

kd1na wrote

Yesterday, I installed and tested David's K3 Timekeeper
 program for Windows XP.  It really works great and is very quick. You have to be sure your computer clock is right on before you execute the program.

If you use Windows then the best program for ensuring your computer clock is spot on is NTP for Windows which you can get from here: http://www.meinberg.de/english/sw/ntp.htm . I have used it when I received NOAA satellite images and when using WSPR when you need better than one second accuracy. This program runs as a service and after it has worked out the drift in your computer clock it applies constant millisecond corrections so it is spot on all the time. The time synchronizer built in to Windows XP only syncs the clock once a week which may not be enough on some PCs.