Don't worry about the clock, mine kept terrible time but never degraded
how
accurate the scopes pointed. You could try a different battery and see if
it improves. I upgraded my motherboard (same battery) and the once bad
clock now gives WWV a run for it's money. Go figure? Better source for
their 15.768 KHz. xtals.

downs
Willard Observatory
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On Fri, 16 Jan 1998 19:29:24 -0800 "Louis S. Halikman, M.D."
>My Meade 10"LX200 is about 2 years old and has NEVER kept accurate
>time. The clock gains about one minute every week. I literally have
>to
>reset it every time take it out. Is this a problem frequently
>encountered, is this correctable, do I have to send the scope back for
>repairs? As I am hoping to build a permanent home for the scope in
>the
>next few months, I need to get all the bugs ironed out now.
>
>I have noticed in some catalogues that there are clocks that maintain
>"perfect" accuracy by receiving radio signals encoded for the exact
>time. Would it be possible to take the innards of one of these clocks
>and graft it into the telescope computer?
>
> Thanx, MAPUGERS Lou H
>

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