As a new FT-8 user on my K2, I find this thread fascinating. But all these software solutions appear to be for PC’s. Is there something equivalent for Macs?
Randy, NB7E Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 19, 2019, at 12:59 PM, David Gilbert <xda...@cis-broadband.com> 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 > > >> On 10/19/2019 12:32 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: >> For logging purposes +/- a few seconds is relatively unimportant. For timed >> or sequence transmissions 0.5 seconds seems adequate. I see on reason to >> maintain microsecond timing. >> >> Remember, it's only a hobby. >> >> Bob, K4TAX >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Oct 19, 2019, at 2:19 PM, Tox <scott.sm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Typical NTP implementations only query every N minutes. Might check to see >>> if your implementation also checks at startup, but if you're just >>> suspend/waking a windows laptop it may not be triggering that sort of >>> event, and just waiting for next scheduled update. >>> >>> Good luck >>> >>> Scott >>> AD6YT >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 19, 2019, 10:43 AM David Gilbert <xda...@cis-broadband.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I don't have to rerun Meinberg. It does everything by itself. For some >>>> reason it just doesn't seem to do it on startup ... it takes a few >>>> minutes before it kicks in. So far I haven't figured out why. >>>> >>>> 73, >>>> Dave AB7E >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 10/19/2019 4:37 AM, David Woolley wrote: >>>>> There is something wrong if you have to re-run a Windows installer >>>>> every time that you boot Windows! The Meinberg product is just an >>>>> installer; the actual software installed is the open source NTP >>>>> reference implementation, currently owned by the University of >>>>> Delaware, and developed under the leadership of David Mills W3HCF. >>>>> >>>>> The reference version means the version used to verify the >>>>> implementability of the specification in the RFC document. >>>>> >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>>> Message delivered to scott.sm...@gmail.com >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> Message delivered to rmcg...@blomand.net >>> >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to ran...@greywolfstudios.com ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
