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Re: [ct-user] Clock Problems

To: ct-user@contesting.com, jeff.klein@hewitt.com
Subject: Re: [ct-user] Clock Problems
From: "Ken Wolff" <ken@k1ea.com>
Reply-to: Ken Wolff <ken@k1ea.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 13:36:21 -0500
List-post: <mailto:ct-user@contesting.com>
You were running a DOS version of CT in a Windows environment. Windows tries to 
simulate the actual counter-timer chip that a DOS machine can manipulate, but 
doesn't do it perfectly. If you run CtWin, it uses the native OS for time and 
works perfectly.

- Ken

> ------------Original Message------------
> From: jeff.klein@hewitt.com
> To: ct-user@contesting.com
> Date: Sat, Feb-7-2004 12:21 PM
> Subject: [ct-user] Clock Problems
> 
> Reposted for jeff.klein@hewitt.com
> 
> I've used CT for years on a variety of computers. Because I operate a lot 
> of VHF contests where time accuracy is important (meteor scatter skeds 
> etc.) it's especially helpful to have the clock functioning correctly. 
> >From time to time in the past I've noticed the computer's clock off a few 
> seconds but never much more than 5-10 seconds over the course of a 
> contest. I recently upgraded to a new computer with the latest in 
> capabilities and of course, Windows XP. I also loaded an automatic time 
> update using Dimensions 4. I've started to run wsjt (psk441) where you 
> need a clock that's highly accurate to run the right sequences. So, the 
> computer clock is basically right on  all the time. My first serious 
> contest with the new computer and the latest version of CT (downloaded 
> early Janaury) was the  VHF SS. I noticed as I was entering skeds ahead of 
> time that the clock in CT was getting further and further off in accuracy. 
> The CT clock was off typically by 2 -3 minutes every hour. I rebooted 
> frequently to get it back in synch with the computer clock. The computer 
> clock meanwhile was staying accurate. In the past when CT was off a bit it 
> was really the computer clock that was off. This time it almost seemed 
> like the clock in CT was stopping every time I typed an entry until I hit 
> enter. Anyone else experience this and have a suggestion?
> 
> Tnx,  Jeff K1TEO
> 
> 
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