Re: FT8 time differential - how to resolve?
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Time Sync is not the issue. The clock is dead-on to WWV and NTP (I have several NTP devices here).
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Time Zone is not the issue. I have commented out the one line in .profile that forced the TZ to Arizona and rebooted, and now it shows proper TZ. Thank you for this comment on what to do, but note that the sBitx manual states this, not the zBitx.
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Clock Drift is not an issue for my radio. My clock is DEAD ON accurate.
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The issue is that the FT8 client delays when you hit the transmit up to almost 2 seconds - and it does this right away after boot. It is consistent in this amount, so clock drift isn't an issue like Joe is seeing.? SO to me this is something with in the FT8 client and how it transmits. Best described as "press CQ, wait for the clock to hit the next transmit interval (0, 15, 30, or 45 seconds), count to two seconds and then the TX engages.
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At the other end it looks like this:
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