Even though I leave the power applied to my 7300s (I run remote quite a bit) and don't have any issues with the clock dying I still appreciate this app for if nothing else it lets me get the clock set exactly. The date and time are used when you save various files to the SD card, so I like to have the exact time.
Maybe radio clock is important for some operators, but what is really annoying (for me) in IC-7300 is that CW side tone level changes with AF knob .
Hmmm, my KX2 clock drifts mightily, but is easily synced with one button using the Elecraft KX2/3 management app. I'm surprised there isn't something for the K3?
You're absolutely correct. Perhaps I was the one who misunderstood the context of the discussion and its importance with regard to timekeeping and ham radio. True, I've never found a need to fiddle with the IC-705 or FT-991A -- only the computer.
Not as far as I know, and I check the Elecraft reflector almost daily for things of interest. Whenever I am about to do a contest or serious dxing I usually reset the clock to WWV. 73, Jeff
You can get these on FleaBay cheep. Only 75 clams plus shipping. Stick an antenna on it and you're golden. Search for "Brandywine".
I can't believe that, after so many years of troubles, Icom is still making the colossal blunder of placing soldered-in batteries in its rigs! Even rechargeable batteries should be (firmly) socketed so that they can be replaced without a soldering iron.
You beat me to the response Meindert ! After having a similar (lithium cell stopping recharging and time and other CMOS setting being lost) fault in my old portable XIEGU X108G, when the problem appeared in the IC-7300, I knew what it was straight away and already had replacement rechargeable lithium batteries (of a larger capacity) available and replaced the one in the IC-7300. Since that time I have not seen the problem anymore on either radio ("touch wood"). I wonder if there were some faulty batches of these batteries at some point, which were installed by Xiegu and ICOM? A small program to reset the IC-7300 internal clock to your PCs clock has been around for some time. I believe it uses a CiV command to set the time in the radio. 73 Ed.
I download and install but is no use for it .all my software use the computer time .so if an Icom user have no computer need to buy one? or change the battery.
you would think for these radios they could do what some clocks did years ago.. self update from WWV on 10mhz or so.. useless program in my opinion. don't even use the clock on my 7300
