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Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 5803 Times Thanked : 352 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Now that's what I call a 'Ham Clock'! Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:48 pm
With an ever so slightly bored moment I took a peruse at Ham clocks.....
You know, the pretty (and flipping expensive) Geochron types as well as the more usual Raspberry Pi units.
Then I came across this :-
Love it! Want it!
If the missus gets the usual tin of Princes for Boxing Day I may well just have to make one myself.
(Starts scrabbling around the shack shelves, cupboards and drawers knowing I've got a battery clock kit somewhere....wish me luck! )
Just sharing a mad moment.....you can too.
All the best, Victor
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John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4131 Times Thanked : 148 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
Subject: Re: Now that's what I call a 'Ham Clock'! Tue Nov 28, 2023 11:52 pm
Like it, Victor. cannot beat a novelty clock.
Just the thing to time frying the bacon and sausages in the morning.
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SangueG Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1169 Times Thanked : 68 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
Subject: Re: Now that's what I call a 'Ham Clock'! Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:44 am
Love it. If you can make, I am sure you'd have many people lining up wanting to put orders in.
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Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220...MW7TTA Posts : 2516 Times Thanked : 69 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7300,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 150
Subject: Re: Now that's what I call a 'Ham Clock'! Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:15 am
I spent day's getting ham-clock to run on a windows pc. Used it for a day or 2 and never ran it again after lol.
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Victor CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 5803 Times Thanked : 352 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: Now that's what I call a 'Ham Clock'! Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:33 am
Cheers Lads, did make me chuckle so had to share it.
I know what you mean Alan but I'm sure many get good use from them rather than just simply 'eye-candy'.
One useful bit of kit/website I found recently is at :-
https://hf.dxview.org/
Rather than clutter my already busy dual displays I've found I can run that site successfully on an old notebook so might even press-gang one of the old tablets back into useful service.
43CT016 Major contributor
Call Sign : 43-CT-016 Posts : 358 Times Thanked : 22 Join date : 2019-11-17 QTH or Location : Perth Equipment Used : iCom IC-7610/IC-9700/IC-705 Age : 55
Subject: Re: Now that's what I call a 'Ham Clock'! Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:51 am
Alan Pilot wrote:
I spent day's getting ham-clock to run on a windows pc. Used it for a day or 2 and never ran it again after lol.
I have it running a a Pi on a dedicated monitor above the "Radio PC" screens - useful to see greyline and other stuff when configured correctly.
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Subject: Re: Now that's what I call a 'Ham Clock'!
Today at 3:59 pm by Izzi
Subject: Now that's what I call a 'Ham Clock'! 
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cannot beat a novelty clock.
