[CQ-Contest] Don't repeat my STUPID mistake!

[ragnar otterstad]

>>>Well, I'd say I'd learned my lesson, but I've done something similar (but
not quite as stupid) before...

>>>DON'T FORGET TO SET YOUR COMPUTER'S CLOCK BEFORE THE CONTEST!

>>>Checked my eQSL mailbox this morning, and noticed a handful of "cards" 
from
last weekend's WPX contest.  Checked the first one against my log - he was
in there, but the time was a bit over an hour off.  I guess the guy got the
local<=>UTC conversion wrong.  No big deal.  Check the next card - he's in
there too - and *his* time is a bit over an hour off.  Uh, this doesn't look
good.

>>>Sure enough, it was *me* who got the local<=>UTC conversion wrong - the
computer clock was an hour fast compared to WWV.  I stopped operating an
hour early because I wrongly thought the contest was over....
--
>>>Doug Smith W9WI


I keep my logging computer on UTC  all the time.  I need foolproof things
!!! hi

73

Ragnar Otterstad " RAG"  LA5HE Also JW5HE OZ8RO.

Located in Telemark - Home of Skiing.
Try http://www.visitTelemark.com

Collector of W.W.2 military radios with focus on German and Resistance
 agent) sets, and old crypto equipment - all periods. Always interested in
new acquisitions.




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