Macs have NTP time synchronization built in. They’ve had that since the early days of MacOS X, so more than fifteen years.
Under the “Date & Time” panel in System Preferences, the “Set date and time automatically” checkbox enables NTP synchronization. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Oct 19, 2019, at 8:50 PM, Randy Heise <ran...@greywolfstudios.com> wrote: > > 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 wun...@wunderwood.org ______________________________________________________________ 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
