"...unwilling to pay even $1 for an accurate clock in the K3" I bought a Citizen ECO drive watch a few months ago. I liked it because it was solar powered and had a clean face. About once a month I might check it with my internet-updated laptop computer clock. I paid about $175 at Costco for this watch.
But, the mere idea of spending extra for a clock on a radio is silly unless that is a clock for my old Hammarlund HQ-170A. My original HQ-170AC had a clock but I got rid of that in 1967. The one I picked up at a ham fest a few years go did not have a clock -- just an empty but covered spot on the front panel that begs the need for a clock face. I still have this background activity of hunting down a clock for my HQ-170A. Do I need it. No. In fact, the HQ-170A is in my storage garage so it might be considered really lame to spend money on a clock for a radio in storage. A K3 is not like that. I don't even do the menu selection to display the clock on my K3. If I need to know the time, I have at least three clocks in the room: an analog wall clock, the time on my laptop, and the time on my wrist watch. There is no big empty spot on the front panel of a K3 where a clock is supposed to go. There must have been a time in the past where a clock on a radio was important. Maybe. That time is certainly not today. Therefore, Tom, as usual, has the right answer --- unwilling to pay even a $1 for [any kind of clock] in the K3. 73, phil, K7PEH P.S. If anyone has a clock for an HQ-170A that they would like to sell, let me know. I might go as high as $25 for such a clock. After all, I will be spending about $25 on a bottle of wine to take over to friend's house for dinner tonight. Certainly, a clock is worth the same. The wine: Earthquake Zinfandel. On Jun 25, 2010, at 4:13 AM, Tom W8JI wrote: > <some deleted> > > Myself, I would be unwilling to pay even $1 > more to have an accurate clock in the K3. > > 73 Tom > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
