Chris Hurlbut wrote:
> With the new NCJ out, I think I'll share this with the list.
>
> Beware your off times! If they are not EXACTLY 30 minutes (or more)
> long, you will lose the last xx minutes of your log. Unlike the ARRL,
> NCJ just truncates the last part of the log, counting your messed up off
> time as on time.
>
Yes, it does look like the NAQP administrator applied a more onerous
interpretation than the SS administrator.
Just to clarify, it you have a QSO at 0030Z, and your next QSO is at 0100Z,
both
the NAQP and SS count this as 29 minutes without a QSO. However....
- NAQP does NOT consider this 29 minutes as an off-time. It's as if you kept
making QSO's between 0100Z and 0130Z. Ouch !
- SS DOES consider this an off-time, albeit, a 29 minute off-time. One minute
is taken off the end of your operating time if you exceed 24 hours of operating.
Conclusion - watch those off-times carefully, and don't think you can get away
with rubber-clocking - your logged QSO times will be verified against the
stations you worked.
73,
Steve, N2IC
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