Hi: After using CT DOS V10 for the CQ WPX contest I found all of my times were off by +1 Hour. ie: My first QSO was at 00:33Z, but was logged as 01:33Z. While had patched my computer for the new DST
Why not set your computer to G.M.T. ..??.. MAL N7MAL BULLHEAD CITY, AZ http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm Hi: After using CT DOS V10 for the CQ WPX contest I found all of my times were off by +1 Ho
Setting your clock to GMT is like using "Rubber Gloves for Leaky Fountain Pens"!!! Every program I have (20 year old DOS programs included) has provisions for compensating for the "TIME ZONE" offset
There is absolutely no reason not to set your computer to GMT. The overwhelming majority of hams only need an accurate time stamp for 2 reasons, contests and master logbook. Both of which require GMT
The truth is that when you use your computer for other purposes besides contesting, keeping its time on your local time zone is more convenient. I think that if one needs to use a DOS program such as
There are plenty of reasons for anyone to set their computer to whatever time zone they want. The purpose of the list is not to chastise a user, but to help with the problem. You haven't helped solve
Bob, CT_TOOLS for WinXP <http://www.k1ea.com/ct10/ct_tools.zip> or CT Tools for DOS <http://www.k1ea.com/ct10/ct_dos_tools.zip> should fix the problem for logs made with CT Version 10. Those on CT Ve
MAL: First, I didn't call you any names, I just didn't agree that your solution was acceptable for todays applications (or yesterdays) !!! I don't know why you have a bone to pick with Hans, his opin
Hi Ed: Thank you for getting things back on track. I guess that there must be a reason for the name of "Bullhead City" !!! My intent of my original massage was to alert the CT DOS users of a possible
Hi Ed: Thank you for getting things back on track. I guess that there must be a reason for the name of "Bullhead City" !!! My intent of my original massage was to alert the CT DOS users of a possible
You can also use numbers, such as SET TZ=4 or SET TZ=7 In this case, what you have to do is manually set the variable twice a year. As pointed out, this may be tricky if the time change occurs during
This is an interesting situation. My understanding is that DOS gets time from the BIOS. I doubt any BIOS or DOS have been patched with the new DST rules. If your computer is set to local time, you pr
Very interesting for the "Dark Ages" of the DOS OP System !!! After doing a little research, "DOS TIME" was based on GMT only, thus the need to include the Time Variable "SET TZ= EST?EDT" (or whateve
Bob, Were you using CTDos with WinXp when you had this time problem? John k3ct@verizon.net _______________________________________________ CT-User mailing list CT-User@contesting.com http://lists.con
Hi John: No, I'm using WinME. I've been running every of CT DOS under it with out problems. I don't know what to expect from CT DOS when I'm forced to use WinXP or Vista. TNX es 73 Bob, K1VU ________