I don't think it's been mentioned yet, but Daylight Savings Time throws
off the calculations for determining True North...
Barry W2UP
W3DMB@aol.com wrote:
>
> In the latest view on this subject - a local writer suggested that the
> Federal Government eliminate Daylight Saving Time to reduce the amount of
> sunlight
> by about 9% which would slow down the "Global Warming which would help save
> the Earth" She meant it.
>
> Jerry
> W3DMB
>
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> In a message dated 9/24/2007 3:37:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> xdavid@cis-broadband.com writes:
>
> Uhh, that doesn't make sense at all. Like Mal said, sunlight and
> propagation (and the contest) run on UTC, not local time. They haven't
> changed relative to each other. Why is that so difficult to understand?
>
> I grew up in Minnesota, and this entire discussion reminds me of when
> DST was first being debated in the legislature there. Some rural
> lawmakers were against it because they said the time change would
> confuse the cows and they wouldn't know when to come in for milking.
> Some urban lawmakers were against it because they said the extra hour of
> daylight would burn the grass. I'm not kidding ... you could probably
> find these comments documented in the newspaper archives or even.
>
> Dave AB7E
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