[CQ-Contest] Off Time

[Tyler Stewart]

I've always wondered why it apparently wasnt done that way before.  Exactly 
right, Tree!  Bravo!

Ty K3MM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tree" <tree at kkn.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 12:22 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Off Time


>
> K6LL writes:
>
>> TIME ON CALCULATION
>> 2100-0849 =  710
>> 1313-1605 =  173
>> 1635-0154 =  559
>>            ------
>>   On time = 1443 minutes (max of 1440).
>
>> I always figured op time = (time off) minus (time on).
>>
>> It should be op time = (time off) minus (time on) plus 1 minute?
>>
>> I've been figuring it wrong for 45 years? Oh, well, at least I've
>> been consistent!
>
> And the beauty of the new process is that it is indeed consistent for
> all of the players.
>
> If you have QSOs that occur at 0000 and 0001 in your log, have you been
> on the air one minute of two?
>
> If you make a QSO at 0000 and again at 0030, how much off time did you
> take?
>
> The other principle at work here was explained in my previous posting 
> about
> the issue - which is that a "calendar" minute is either off or on - not
> both.
>
> Therefore, in the 0000 and 0030 example, you only have 29 minutes of off
> time (0001 through 0029 inclusive).
>
> Again, the nice thing here is that all of the logs are scored using the
> same methodology.  If you don't want a QSO or two removed at the end, just
> take care to make sure 30 "calendar" minutes tick off between QSOs.
>
> 73 Tree N6TR
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