Does the Mac need one? How gar off is your clock? 73, Bill WE5P
> > On Oct 19, 2019 at 23:50, 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 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 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 >>> 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 weave...@usermail.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
