[TenTec] Paragon Clock

[N4PY]

My N4PY Paragon chip disables the DST feature of the clock.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
121 Little Bell Drive
Bell Mountain
Hays, NC 28635
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CSM(r) Gary Huber" <glhuber at msn.com>
To: <wb2vuf at arrl.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" 
<tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Paragon Clock


> Nope, the clock (chip) was designed to do what it does. Unfortunately the 
> original design engineers never considered the DST change dates would 
> change. Also (apparently) the Paragon designer didn't document (well) the 
> clock chip for TT and us.  But once you know, its easy to just reset the 
> time after clock has made its change.
>
> 73,
> Gary - AB9M
> http://www.csm-gh.com/AB9M-Shack.htm
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Bwana Bob" <wb2vuf at gti.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 6:53 PM
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Paragon Clock
>
>> Thanks, Gary.  I always thought that there was a software bug that
>> caused mine to shift by an hour sometimes!
>>
>> Ha!
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Bob WB2VUF
>>
>> Vic Klein wrote:
>>> Well, what do you know! I've had my Paragon for years and never knew 
>>> that. I
>>> normally keep the display on the alpha labels for memory channels (or my
>>> call on VFO) and only look at the clock periodically. I had seen it 
>>> seemed
>>> to be off an hour + or - from time to time and would reset it without
>>> connecting what was going on. Brain freeze, I guess! Anyway, thanks for 
>>> the
>>> tip. I see it has already done the Fall-back thing, so I will leave it 
>>> alone
>>> for a week more...
>>>
>>>   =Vic=
>>> WA4THR
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> ----
>>> To: "DXLabs YahooGroup" <dxlab at yahoogroups.com>
>>> Subject: [TenTec] Paragon Clock
>>> From: "CSM\(r\) Gary Huber" <glhuber at msn.com>
>>> Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec at contesting.com>
>>> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:50:05 -0500
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>>>
>>> Heads up for Ten-Tec Paragon owner / users: The Paragon's clock is based 
>>> on
>>> an
>>> old Motorola clock chip with a daylight savings time change program. The
>>> clock
>>> will spring ahead and fall back.... unfortunately the chip was 
>>> manufactured
>>> before the last TWO Congressional mandates so the time changes are much
>>> later
>>> in the Spring and much earlier in the Fall.
>>>
>>> When I had my Paragon, I noticed the "GMT" reading changed from what it
>>> should
>>> be. Ten-Tec had no documentation on the clock's daylight saving time
>>> changes.
>>> Motorola verified its capability.
>>>
>>> Paragon owners should not expect a time change next week end. Its 
>>> already
>>> happened and is the reason IF the clock is now one hour slow!
>>>
>>> 73 & DX,
>>>
>>> Gary - AB9M
>>>
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