I was wondering trying to read this thread. What I haven't been able to
discern is whether or not, if I can turn off the windows time update and
use the USB GPS dongle I have been using. My new Win 10 machine is
coming tomorrow and I would like to know a head of time if this is going
to be a problem?
73,
Kevin
KX4KU
On 12/04/18 8:59 PM, Dana Myers wrote:
On 12/3/2018 7:13 PM, Matt Power wrote:
WSJT-X on Windows has generally expected that the machine has
third-party NTP software and doesn't use the Windows Time service.
This strikes me as perhaps dated with respect to Windows 10.
My Win 10 Pro box here (1809, 17763.134) runs the default Windows Time
Service,
always has - configured to 'set time automatically'. Every now and
again I'll look at
time.is and it'll say I'm within 15mS. I just powered-up a Windows 10
Home notebook
that has been powered-down a while; it was off 2 minutes, but I did a
manual
'Internet Time Sync' and it seems to tracking well (I suspect it might
have been
skewing back on-time and I kicked the process along).
[I did select time.nist.gov as my time server on one system, but
time.windows.com
seems functionally as good]
Note that Windows 10 (version 1607 or later) documentation says:
"Time synchronization in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 has been
substantially improved. Under reasonable operating conditions, systems
can be configured to maintain 1ms (millisecond) accuracy or better
(with respect to UTC)."
but the *default* configuration isn't intended to provide that level
of accuracy:
"While we support accuracy up to 1ms on Windows 10 or Windows Server
2016, the majority of customers do not require highly accurate time."
But they explain how to configure your Win 10 system for high accuracy:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/windows-time-service/configuring-systems-for-high-accuracy?tabs=MinPollInterval
I'm going to give the 'high-accuracy' changes a try; I might change
time server
to time.windows.com to avoid hitting NIST too often.
Odds are that you're better-off using the built-in Windows Time
Service than
a third-party service on Windows 10 version 1607 or later. Fewer
moving parts
is always better.
73,
Dana K6JQ
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