locked Re: Time sync issues
K8BL BOB LIDDY <k8bl@...>
Michael, et al:
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We have a Club Station that has no Internet access and we also do Special Events and Field Day from locations with no Internet access. Some of our Members and I have watches that are sync'ed to WWVB and are exact and equally as good as any Internet Time Signal. All we do is bring up the clock setting feature on our laptop and hit Enter at the precise time and we're good to go. Easy-peasy! WSJT/FT8 is not so exact that you need to worry. As long as you are within 2 seconds you'll have no problem. Just watch the DT listing on the left side of your screen of the decoded Stations and if it looks like too many of them have a DT of 2 seconds or more, you'll need to re-sync your laptop with a Radio-syn'd watch or with WWV over the air. It works very well and no need to set up any fancy GPS gizmo when you're in the hinterlands. Of course, the "experts" reading this will spend hours flaming this message and tell me how I am full of "stuff", but we've done this numerous times over the past two years and have had no problems at all. Sometimes simple and common sense solutions work almost as well as thousands of dollars of "hi-tech" boxes. GL/73, Bob K8BL
On Monday, December 9, 2019, 12:15:33 PM EST, Michael WA7SKG <wa7skg@...> wrote:
We thought about that. Problem is, the shack is in the middle of the first floor of a three story building. We would have to run a line to the roof for the GPS to work. Huge task. Michael WA7SKG martin.svaco@... wrote on 12/9/19 4:30 AM: Without internet access you may try USB GPS receiver (less than US$ 10)-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#4855): https://groups.io/g/WSJTX/message/4855 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/67786070/816666 -=-=- Moderated by Andy K3UK and Roger G4HZA -=-=- Group Owner: WSJTX+owner@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/WSJTX/leave/6192957/2082928348/xyzzy [k8bl@...] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- |
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