On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote: > On 6/1/2011 8:43 AM, Mike Markowski wrote: >> Don't forget NTP (Network Time Protocol), the widely used standard described >> in >> an RFC. It has been ported to Windows and is free. > > For many years, I've used a clock setting program distributed by NIST > called nisttime. It can use NTP. Google to find it. Free download from > nist.gov It can be set to do a re-sync as often as you like. I don't > know how good it is at compensating for network delays, but it thinks > its setting the clock to an accuracy of tens of msec. To get that level > of accuracy you need to use it 2-3 times in succession. > > All this talk about WSPR and JT65 motivated me to download, install, and > study the doc for both Joe Taylor's software and W6CQZ's HF version. > Made my first contacts last night on 10139 kHz with VK and ZL running > about 25W to the K3 and an 80M dipole. A JT65 contact is sorta like > watching paint dry, but I couldn't even hear the ZL that I worked, and > there was a lot of other activity within the passband that the software > worked around. I'm convinced that the W6CQZ version is the way to go > for HF work. > > Next step is to figure out how to use JT65A during 6M openings. Is > there a calling frequency where everyone sets up shop on 6M in North > America? Which modulation scheme(s) are most used for E-skip?
Some have been hanging out on 50276 JT65A during Es openings. I haven't made a contact there yet, but I only got setup for 6m remote operation a few days ago, and there hasn't really been an opening here (left-coast) since. Keep an eye on http://hamspots.net/wsjt/ 73, ~iain / N6ML ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
