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What's the point of owning a geochron? (lemmy.radio)

submitted 2 days ago by early_riser@lemmy.radio to c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio

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So I've seen these things mentioned around various ham related communities, and my immediate thought was why is this its own thing instead of an app/website/software? They go for nearly $500 at HRO. At that price it'd better cure cancer.

Yes I did recently learn geochrons used to be mechanical time displays and have been around for a long time, but in a vacuum I don't understand their utility when stuff like ham clock exists.

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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

The mechanical ones are really cool. There's no way I would pay that much for the electronic ones though.

[–] K0STK@lemmy.radio 2 points 2 days ago

Geochron is a complete appliance.

Ham Clock is a DIY project.

[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

TIL $500 can cure cancer.