David I must echo everything you've said. Additionally everything we do in
the Contesting and DX world is done using GMT. When we submit our logs to
LOTW it is done in GMT. Every clock in my 'shack' is set to GMT, including
my computer. For all logging purposes, contesting and DXing, my local time
is GMT. DST has no bearing nationally or internationally when it comes to
contesting. SS & CQWW start and end this year at the same time they did last
year, and the year before etc.... The majority of the world, including where
I live, don't have DST and don't understand why we have 20+ emails on this
subject.
again just my -2cents worth
73
MAL
N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.n7mal.com
----- Original Message -----
From: David Pruett
To: Aldewey@aol.com
Cc: cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 14:16
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CWSS and daylight savings time
All:
I find this whole discussion amusing. It is a perfect example of the
reason we have UTC, or zulu time, and why we, as radio operators, should
use it as our frame of reference.
The SS rules do not define the contest in terms of local time. It is
defined in universal time. The contest starts and ends at the appointed
universal time. Local time is irrelevent, except if YOU decide to view
the contest in that manner.
How DST affects your logging computer is a Windows issue if your
computer is set to compensate for it. When the DST conventions change,
Windows will likely not compensate correctly, but this doesn't change
when the contest starts and ends.
Maybe I'm putting too fine of a point on it, but it a number of e-mails
seem to indicate that people think the contest period moves because DST
changes, and that simply isn't so.
Dave/K8CC
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