Just point your watch at True North and you'll know what to do.
Barry W2UP
James Cain wrote:
> Remember way back, when everybody in the U.S. switched from Daylight Saving
> Time to Normal Time on Saturday night of the CQ WW SSB contest?
>
> Well, thanks to the geniuses in the U.S. Congress, who extended Daylight
> Saving Time by a week or so, SS CW starts at 5 p.m. Eastern Time (instead of
> 4 p.m.). I suppose it starts later in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time
> zones, too.
>
> If I am wrong/confused about this, attribute it to my having grown up in
> Indiana, where time is relative to what county you live in.
>
> Does this mean that we can operate only 23 hours instead of 24? Or is it 25
> hours? Do we get more sleep overnight?
>
> Does anybody really know what time it is?
>
> Maybe we should have an SS Practice between 2000Z and 2100Z. If we all send
> CW near the speed of light, will SS start later still?
>
> Jim Cain, K1TN
> Atlantic City NJ Time
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