My Grandfather lived in Indiana and I was in Ohio. He was always an hour
different since his county did their own thing. One year they were eastern
and another they were central. The tough part was he said his time was the
same as ours and yet in his house he seemed to be in his own time zone. (A
trait I seemed to have inherited)
The part I never understood was the farmers complaining about the time
change confusing the cows.
Thank goodness hams are smarter than congress and we use Zulu time
73 from Lake Moneysgone (gee, that mean the whole country)
Dan, KW4t
-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of James Cain
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 5:20 AM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] SS CW today
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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