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Life For Your Xtra Digital Clock
This is not Antenna related,but it applies to Amateur Radio
I had a couple of extra digital clocks at home and I needed two or the ham shack (Local,UTC) I wanted both clocks in 24hr mode,so I goggled the clock IC used in the digital clock,and found most of the using a very general purpose clock IC and all capable of doing 24hrs format buy a small modification,usually this mod is just a matter of shorting a couple of pins on the IC My ic was a LM8560 so all I had to do was jump pins 15 to 28 to make the clock work in 24hr mode works great,now all I have to do is glance at the clocks and with an instance of have both times .I know its an easy conversion to do in you head but this makes it much more convenient and its a way of using some of the old stuff around the house and utilizing it rather then throwing it away or even better having to buy two clocks for the ham shack Just my contribution to the group Howard VE4ISP |
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Life For Your Xtra Digital Clock
I tried this a long time ago and discovered that at least some of the
consumer clocks sold here in the U.S. have only a single segment in the tens of hours display digit. That's true of the most recent LED clock I've purchased, so I think it's still common. Don't know how common it is for LCD clocks, but it's possible that only a single segment is connected. I think the problem is that the U.S. is a big enough market that it's cost effective for the manufacturers to make a special version just for it. Self-setting "atomic" clocks are getting pretty inexpensive these days, so I've got two in my shack beside each other, one set to local and one UTC. The one I use for UTC is made by LaCrosse, and it has a 24 hour display option. Roy Lewallen, W7EL Howard Kowall wrote: This is not Antenna related,but it applies to Amateur Radio I had a couple of extra digital clocks at home and I needed two or the ham shack (Local,UTC) I wanted both clocks in 24hr mode,so I goggled the clock IC used in the digital clock,and found most of the using a very general purpose clock IC and all capable of doing 24hrs format buy a small modification,usually this mod is just a matter of shorting a couple of pins on the IC My ic was a LM8560 so all I had to do was jump pins 15 to 28 to make the clock work in 24hr mode works great,now all I have to do is glance at the clocks and with an instance of have both times .I know its an easy conversion to do in you head but this makes it much more convenient and its a way of using some of the old stuff around the house and utilizing it rather then throwing it away or even better having to buy two clocks for the ham shack Just my contribution to the group Howard VE4ISP |
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Life For Your Xtra Digital Clock
Howard Kowall wrote:
This is not Antenna related,but it applies to Amateur Radio I had a couple of extra digital clocks at home and I needed two or the ham shack (Local,UTC) I wanted both clocks in 24hr mode,so I goggled the clock IC used in the digital clock,and found most of the using a very general purpose clock IC and all capable of doing 24hrs format buy a small modification,usually this mod is just a matter of shorting a couple of pins on the IC My ic was a LM8560 so all I had to do was jump pins 15 to 28 to make the clock work in 24hr mode works great,now all I have to do is glance at the clocks and with an instance of have both times .I know its an easy conversion to do in you head but this makes it much more convenient and its a way of using some of the old stuff around the house and utilizing it rather then throwing it away or even better having to buy two clocks for the ham shack Just my contribution to the group Howard VE4ISP A few years ago, I was caught out of town. Missing the sound of SW/AR, I purchased a DX-392 by Radio Shack (hey, it was cheap and has a stable BFO. I have a few cheap radios, just from such "forget-full-ness" ...) This radio has two clocks, both ONLY operate in 24hr mode. This cheap radio has served me well ... and of course, one clock is pacific time and one is UTC/GMT. However, the wife ONLY thinks in 12hr mode :-) and, ALWAYS corrects the time, telling it to me in the 12hr format LOL! Warm regards, JS |
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Life For Your Xtra Digital Clock
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"Howard Kowall" wrote: I wanted both clocks in 24hr mode,so I goggled the clock IC used in the digital clock,and found most of the using a very general purpose clock IC and all capable of doing 24hrs format buy a small modification,usually this mod is just a matter of shorting a couple of pins on the IC Howard- I built a clock from Radio Shack plans and parts back in the 1970s. That chip had the 24 hour option, but used the same pin to change from 60 Hz to 50 Hz! I got around that by using an SN7410 to convert 60 Hz to 50 Hz. Fred |
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Life For Your Xtra Digital Clock
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:43:03 -0600, "Howard Kowall"
wrote: This is not Antenna related,but it applies to Amateur Radio I had a couple of extra digital clocks at home and I needed two or the ham shack (Local,UTC) I wanted both clocks in 24hr mode,so I goggled the clock IC used in the digital clock,and found most of the using a very general purpose clock IC and all capable of doing 24hrs format buy a small modification,usually this mod is just a matter of shorting a couple of pins on the IC My ic was a LM8560 so all I had to do was jump pins 15 to 28 to make the clock work in 24hr mode works great,now all I have to do is glance at the clocks and with an instance of have both times .I know its an easy conversion to do in you head but this makes it much more convenient and its a way of using some of the old stuff around the house and utilizing it rather then throwing it away or even better having to buy two clocks for the ham shack Just my contribution to the group Howard VE4ISP I like your attitude. |
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