There are lots of ways to add a $15 dongle and pick up satellite time. You can then manually update or use the software to automatically update.
We took a raspberry pie 2, and turned it into a time server using a satellite dongle. We run NTP on it. (that’s not the exact name I don’t think but it’s the process.)
You don’t need anything that fancy, there are a zillion systems that will read the dongle.
Even with the stupidest, it will be accurate to within one second. If you do a little more digging, that will be accurate too within a few tens of milliseconds.
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On Jan 5, 2025, at 10:26, Ken N2VIP via groups.io <ken@...> wrote:
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The underlying wonderfulness of the zBitx is it uses nearly the exact same software as the uBitx, so I would imagine a simple console session into the zBitx and issuing a 'date' command would allow you to update the clock.
Speculation, but based on previous public statements it should that easy.
Ken, N2VIP
On Jan 5, 2025, at 10:11, wa6ara via groups.io <wa6ara@...> wrote:
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I envision using the zbitx in my off the grid cabin, no cell, no internet, no power. While I can set the time at home, after a month or so I am sure it may drift off enough to require corr4ction. Is there a way to manually set the internal clock? In the past I have found I can set the laptop time off grid accurate enuf for ft8
