[CQ-Contest] Operating time calculation

[Ed Parish K1EP]

After getting docked in SS for going over the 24 limit, I think I have figured out the time thing.  If you have log entries for 2100Z through 2130Z, you have operated 31 minutes.  Minute 1 is 2100Z, minute 2 is 2101Z and minute 31 is 2130Z.  That 2130Z contact could have taken place at 21:30:59 and still be logged as 2130Z.   Specifying a contest as starting at 2100Z and ending at 0300Z still means 30 hours exactly, as the ending time is 03:00:00.  The contest ends at 0300Z, but you can't have any log entries as 0300Z.


At 3/16/2005 09:40 AM, you wrote:
>At 10:33 PM 3/15/05, David Hachadorian wrote:
>>I always figured op time = (time off) minus (time on).
>>
>>It should be op time = (time off) minus (time on) plus 1 minute?
>
>
>The contest period is specified as beginning 2100 UTC Saturday, and ending 
>0300 UTC Monday. Does that mean the contest period is 30 hours long like 
>the rules say or is it be 30 hours and 1 minute long as op time has been 
>calculated?
>
>Inquiring minds...
>
>73,
>Mike K1MK
>
>Michael Keane K1MK
>k1mk at arrl.net
>
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