Radio controlled clocks are subject to numerous sources of error. However two seconds is pretty bad, according to NIST the RCC "should always be accurate to within one second of UTC, assuming that they synchronize at least every other day and that their quartz oscillator is of reasonable quality." How far do you live from Fort Collins, CO? I have included some WWVB references at the end...
My GPS + Pulse Per Second fed ntp server is remarkably better than a radio controlled clock. The Sure GPS evaluation board probably costs less than your radio controlled clock:)
dfc@ronin:~$ ntpq -p
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
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oGPS_NMEA(0) .GPS. 0 l 12 16 377 0.000 0.001 0.001
bonehed.lcs.mit .CDMA. 1 u 32 64 377 51.365 0.670 0.364
rooster.stonybr .CDMA. 1 u 14 64 377 49.019 6.141 0.445
navobs1.oar.net .USNO. 1 u 1 64 377 57.310 9.494 0.456
meg.ee.lbl.gov .PPS. 1 u 1 64 377 88.639 -2.204 0.270
dfc@ronin:~$ ntptime
ntp_gettime() returns code 0 (OK)
time d3076554.79d48450 Sun, Mar 11 2012 13:54:28.475, (.475899416),
maximum error 234 us, estimated error 0 us, TAI offset 34
ntp_adjtime() returns code 0 (OK)
modes 0x0 (),
offset 0.856 us, frequency -32.941 ppm, interval 1 s,
maximum error 234 us, estimated error 0 us,
status 0x2001 (PLL,NANO),
time constant 4, precision 0.001 us, tolerance 500 ppm,
My GPS + Pulse Per Second fed ntp server is remarkably better than a radio controlled clock. The Sure GPS evaluation board probably costs less than your radio controlled clock:)
Radio clock reference material:NIST Page on Radio clocks: http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp40/radioclocks.cfm
"How accurate is a radio controlled clock" http://tf.nist.gov/general/pdf/2429.pdf
"WWVB Radio Controlled Clocks: Recommended Practices for Manufacturers and Consumers": http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/pdf/2422.pdf.