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I have had this watch a few years, long before my iWatch was gifted to me by my daughter. I do not recall every changing time on the Sky HAWK when moving across time zones. It is set to my location zone, same as Indianapolis. I will have to double check that, because what you say makes sense. It has been four years since any extensive travel, but thinking that was with my iWatch. Before I had traveled with the MRS TO Arizona, Mexico, Puerto Rico and eastern Caribbean (Barbados) and I only remember we got screwed up because it changed to local time and ship stayed on Atlantic time because of departure port. Not as much travel since her absence. Or actually closer to home and a few trips to Cancun where DST is not observed. Will report back when I locate the manual. Was very curious, found this info, and what I recalled I had experienced. The AT transmitter includes a regional code for time zones. ——Yes, many Citizen Nighthawk models (especially radio-controlled ones like the Promaster Skyhawk AT) automatically adjust time zones by receiving signals from atomic clocks in North America, Europe, Japan, and China, or via GPS satellite signals, allowing them to update time and daylight saving (DST) automatically when you set your home city, making travel adjustments simple. You usually just need to set your home time zone (city code) in the watch's settings, and it handles the rest, though some older or non-radio models require manual setting. How it Works (for Radio-Controlled Models)Radio Signal Reception: Your watch receives time signals from designated atomic clock stations in different regions.——
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This is the control head of my Yaesu FT-891 HF (shortwave) transceiver, propped up on a Camillus TL-29 electrician's knife.
Day 3
Same base kit as before, but added these two for a day of small tasks around the house.
I've never had good luck receiving shortwave broadcasts. Maybe I'd have better luck today. And I definitely have a TL-29 to show.
Day 3As promised, my Citizen PCAT
~Now that my job description is radically different, the appeal of this watch category isn't quite what it used to be. And over the last few years my eyesight has also become less compatible with densely packed information, so it probably wouldn't be the good fit for me anyways these days. Still enjoy seeing them though.
I awlways take a cheap watch that I can set manually on cruises and other trips with time zone weirdness. That way I can make sure I'm set to ship time or whatever, since I did it myself.
Some years back when my work took me all over the world on a regular basis, I was very attracted to the Citizen pilot style watches (Navihawk, Skyhawk etc.) with very busy dials and loads of information. Yours is pretty clean in comparison, but share some of the DNA.First of all, my work has made me into something of a time/timing nerd, working with products that often need to be synced to within milliseconds of UTC, so having a wrist watch that's synced to an atomic reference clock while not accurate enough to detect small errors, is good enough to know I'm in the right ballpark.Second, all that flying slowly turned me into a slight aviation nerd as well, so the pilots theme played very nicely into that.Third, and maybe most useful. Keeping track of several time zones at once seemed very appealing when trying to stay in touch with many people across several time zones. The busy dial was good in that way, but ofc not great for quick information acquisition at a glance, but that was less of an issue. Unfortunately (or fortunately) I don't have the beefiest wrists, so I never went through with it as they all come in rather large cases. Now that my job description is radically different, the appeal of this watch category isn't quite what it used to be. And over the last few years my eyesight has also become less compatible with densely packed information, so it probably wouldn't be the good fit for me anyways these days. Still enjoy seeing them though.
Another look for you [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ] I am a math nerd, or was, so the slide rule dial was a thing. I too experienced less than sharp eye sight, thought to be my prescription out of date do to aging eyes. Nope cataracts were the problem. Had them removed,(new lens) last summer. Do not wait, I started to feel the world becoming smaller!PS: you are correct about the size, and I do have “beefier wrists” (9”), I wish I had bought the titanium model!
Day 4, and here's my thoughts so far.Even though I'm doing this harder than I have to, by going with all blacked out tools, I think I'll get through this with no issues from a capability perspective.But I think I've forced myself into something of a creative rut. With so few tools to choose from I sense it will be difficult to come up with 30 days of interesting pictures.I struggle already But I found an angle for todays picture as I was preparing to go back to normal after 2 weeks of holidays and the occasional home office.Tomorrow it's back to the office again, which includes a commute that involves a train ride and about an hour walk each way. Did I mention there's a meter of snow and -14C. Just how I like it (Image removed from quote.)Winter has been pretty mild until recently so I haven't gotten around to set up my winter backpack. Still rucking my usual summer EDC bag, a Mystery Ranch Urban assault 21. A bit small for this season, but it's indeed very black.Switched out my mechanical pencil with a black Rite in the rain pen just to add some variation to the photos. My black iPhone is obviously a part of my EDC, but is often left out as it takes most of the photos.My black Montane rain pants and black Dynafit wind pants is part of my EDC everyday I commute for work. Tomorrow I'll also add a pair of black Haglöfs insulated pants, but I had just used them for some chores outside, so they weren't included in the photo.That's a lot of black, so I just want to add this; it's very dark at this latitude this time of year and I walk in pitch dark both to and from work. I take visibility seriously, so while my backpack (for the moment) and pants are unfortunately black, I wear visible colors on my upper body, I always walk with a headlamp (to be seen, not to see) and I wear reflective wrist bands.Edit to add: just noticed another way I changed things up today. Out of focus and slight motion blur. There's no end to my creativity
Day 4My first SOD BUSTER, bought on a BLACK FRIDAY sale at local hardware store, my wife dragged me to when she was buying MORE cookie cutters in Amish town of Shipshewana, IN. [ Quoting of attachment images from other messages is not allowed ]
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