I should point out that Dick's nifty date and time setting code is a derivative of David Fleming's nifty clock setting utility.
Dick, K6KR Sent from my iPhone On Jul 2, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> wrote: >> Pete N4RZ wrote : "One thought that comes to mind - put a "repair queue >> length" figure on the web-site and update it every day or two" >> >> The only problem with that Pete is that it would eat up resources that could >> otherwise be used productively, thus slowing down actual work. > > Actually, there's a bigger problem with doing that -- at every web > update, it will foster yet another email storm to the reflector. > Between updates, it will cause a secondary storm about why hasn't it > been updated yet, timed of course from a thousand or so K3 clocks, and > leading to a tertiary storm reprising the clock accuracy thread. :-) > > That [in]famous thread actually had a tiny upside for me ... I didn't > know until then that my K3 had a clock. I set it about 2 weeks ago with > Dick's nifty K3 Utility, just checked it and it's about 2 sec away from > WWV. I set the dive watch I wear at the same time, it's about 1 sec > from WWV. I can remember how to use my watch, I'll forget how to get > the clock display back, probably about 1730 tomorrow. :-) > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2010 Cal QSO Party 2-3 Oct 2010 > - www.cqp.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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
