While it gives you a lot of information for the serious DXer, I suspect they won't sell a lot of these to the casual hams, like me. Not at $400.

I just made one of these for $100 using a Pi4 and 24" TV. Thanks for this video on showing how it works.

That program is very useful. I already had a Raspberry Pi running an APRS iGate and other stuff, so it was a quick free download and install a few months back. The beacons are what I use most. As to $400, I could build similar for about half that but some people do not want to fuss and that’s fine too.

I already got my HF-Clock here in Switzerland. I think it's really handy. Thanks for your great video.

I enjoy your enthusiasm and you demo it well. The features info would be handy and I could justify for less than $99.. I need antennas and radios first.

Ridiculous price. 399.00.

Outstanding review, this would be a great addition to the shack.

looks gorgeous and does way more than just a clock thanks for sharing this. It has a wealth of information at just a glance.

Might want to watch that pointing finger, I've never been flipped off so many times in 7 min :) :)

Interesting HF clock plus more! Thank you Eric for spending you afternoon on doing the video review for the mfj super clock. Mike N6IMY

Thanks for the video! I believe the company is missing a realistic price point. However, it was a neat demonstration of the capabilities! :)

This looks like a "must have" item for any ham.

In fact there is a version of the software for the Raspberry Pi! In fact this same thing was in October 2017 QST and the cost was about 110.00 to build the kit bare bones.

Why do You keep giving me the finger during the video????.... Just kidding. Thank You for all that You do. 73’s

Looks good. Just starting to get everything ready for my shack. I am also building a 20 foot antenna mast made out of fence rail. 73s from KE8MFK

Step right up folks... Buy this internet shiny ball for a little less than you'd spend for a used FT-450! I just don't see the price point being all that appealing, but thanks for the effort Eric. :-)

Another great video. Wish I had one of these.

$400, these people are dreaming in technacolor. All this information is available on line. Most serious dxers have their computer ready to go when they are on the air.

"That's cool!" "WTF?" . . . . . . .

Expensive?? Yep. Do I want one?? Yep. So I bought one !!! Check out the price on the Geochron world clock!! This is more affordable !!!

I'm sure something should be able to be developed like this for the Raspberry Pi if it isn't already. I'm sorry but $400.00 is pretty steep in my opinion.

Wow! I think I'll get myself one of those!

NEat device. As of March 2022 it appears to be a ghost device. Gigaparts no longer stocks nor accepts backorders blah blah. Duck Duck Go search led me to the makers web site. All they have is info about the clock and no info I could find on where to buy or how much it might cost. It appears Gigaparts was the only vendor that carried this thing. Oh well, made for entertaining video at least. Saved me some bucks since I can't buy one if i wanted to. I didn't try ebay.

Wow - that thing costs $399.99 - A RasPi is at least a "real" computer - the ESP8266 is a $ 5 microcontroller (superseded by the a bit better and even cheaper ESP32) - they added like what: a TFT, GPS module, SD card and temperature sensor module? Dude, WTF..

hi great video,very interesting,well made,keep up the good videos,thanks from holland.

Mine is a touch screen with a PI 3. Works great. Less then Half the price

At first I was like, I could just have a second monitor with these widgets displayed there or some other software, I dont need this. Then I realized, yes but that's exactly what this is. And then I looked at the price of $400 and decided against it. Maybe for $60.

This isn't a criticism of HRC who posted the video, but this seem to be a direct ripoff of this: clearskyinstitute.com/ham/HamClock/#tab-source as a few others have posted. I built one after it was featured in QST - works great. total cost was far, far less than $400! I'm guessing lots of hams will have a portion of the needed gear laying around the shack to build one. The display and I'm will to bet most of the code would match the code used in the QST project. If you like this (and I do actually) I'd recommend just building your own. 73 AF5QH

Very cool.

Very cool! I must have one. Maybe XMAS time. Thumbs up and subbed :)

Far too expensive

Excellent overview. I like that thing!

realy usefull for the shak, but the price is far to high. the slow grafics update is maybe caused by the serial connected Nextion display ? for that price i would expect it has a GPS module included instead using wifi to locate the position. even using an ESP8266 with an ESP32 available for same price is not realy wize. shure the servers with comfortable update and life data is perfect. just what i personally miss is an dx-spot display but on the end, 400 bucks is a lot ....

That looks nice, the frame is beautiful. Would a tablet such as a Kindle Fire or iPad be insufficient to perform these functions, or is there a website that offers this functionality? I used to love the World Map day/night clock DOS program on the QRZ! CD ROM, along with STS Plus for satellite tracking. It was fun keeping the Keplerian elements up to date. My shack resembled NASA/NORAD (in my mind) when ran those programs! (And don't forget APRS) I remember seeing a physical World Map day/night clock and it cost over $500.

That’s incredibly slow to redraw the map. Too expensive, and should be faster.

Wow! You can put a Ham clock on an ESP8266? That's WAY cheaper and smaller than a Pi! I'm going to look into how to do this myself.

This is a cool idea. Kind of weird it’s not even showing a percentage of the satellites.

You'd think a CLOCK could display seconds right, but skip to 7:22 in the video and watch as it goes from 22:43:39 straight to 22:43:41. Also man, that's some pretty bad aliasing on the text.

That is so cool I think I'm going to order me one of those in the future

You can download the software for free and install it on a RPi. Search for HamClock.

I saw the zulu time of the video and while this was being shot I was busily conversating on the 80 meter band (0% chance) I couldn't possibly have been able to do that, according to the HF Clock LOL

Impressive. Why not just an application/software, that would do this? Thanks! for the video.

If they got rid of the ugly frame which really detracts from the product and priced it at about $199 I would seriously consider purchasjng one. But then again, I am sure someone will come up with an app for $19.99 which would be a definite buy for me. 73's KD9JEO

Hi Eric, thank you for the great video!! Can you zoom in on an area like Europe to make sure you are tapping the correct country? 73’s K4BBC

Not to bust anyone's bubble but this was originally created by WB0OEW. the source code is free, parts are less than $100.00. clearskyinstitute.com/ham/HamClock/

You can do this with a $10 Raspberry PI Zero W and an old monitor or tv.

400 bucks? lol! How much did they pay you for this free add?

Over Priced! Make it 24.95 and Maybe it might be worth it!

Amazing but way out of my ability to afford it. 🙀. w0xs

For the same money, why wouldn't you go for a Geochron 4K? Much better graphics and use it with any size display.

everybody crying about the price. sure beats the rip off $2000 geochron! pshhh, its pretty cool, i want one but that pine wood looking frame is kinda ugly. they should have made a dark wood option or black would look killer.

I have a cracked screen iPad for all that, but it doesn’t do all that neat stuff in one app

$399 only a fool ; )

wow love it. cant afford it but that thing is awesome.

I'd like one, but I think I need a home rig first. 73 KN4ULD

Yup, very nice device, loads of info presented to a ham or SWL, I can see it would be very useful, at $400, no...$200 to 250? very good chance I'd buy one or when the US buck is worth 75 cents Canadian, yes, I'd get one, not holding my breath for that to happen.

Get the code from clearskyinstitute.com/ham/HamClock/ and run it on your own Pi and display or even on a desktop

I’m not paying $399 for it , i can look most of that up for free

350€ sérieux ??? Tablette 50€, play store 3,99euro total 53,99€

That's like paying $100 for HRD

Grid tracker does a lot of these things for free! just saying.. 400 bucks is way to high... 150 IMO would be ideal for a lot of purchases I would buy one for 150 but NEVER 400

Honestly how is HFClock that much different than this clearskyinstitute.com/ham/HamClock/

not at that price

Slow device. It is better to use the Orbitron application on the computer.

Do you ever get to the point? -1

Cut towards your buddy, not your body.

Price?

7:59 why you always flipping us off man?

See clearskyinstitute.com/ham/HamClock/ for the original, with details how to make your own, even on Linux

You can build your own :) clearskyinstitute.com/ham/HamClock/?fbclid=IwAR0rukj9SccnbS1b_eXjiV89_Di-Pm3b4rdP6_Xs9G5ttl6wQko72MAxSpk

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Ugh, low res, poor font, the display needs some professional input in its design. useful if it was available as an app for say $10. For a quality design look at a Geochron