[CQ-Contest] CWSS and daylight savings time

[K0HB]

Is there any serious Sweepstaker whose station computer clock is set to
local time?

I keep mine on GMT (that's UTC to you young fellas) with "daylight time"
setting locked out.  Local time is irrelevant to a radioman.

73, de Hans, K0HB
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> [Original Message]
> From: Paul Cassel <paul at ve3sy.com>
> To: Craig Cook <craig.n7or at gmail.com>; CQ Contest
<cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Date: 9/23/2007 6:03:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CWSS and daylight savings time
>
> I believe most programs take their time based on windows time and time
zone
> settings so I expect it is also important that the windows box have the
new
> DST patch so the offset calculation can be properly made by logging
software
>
> Paul VE3SY
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:cq-contest-
> > bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Craig Cook
> > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 11:50 AM
> > To: CQ Contest
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CWSS and daylight savings time
> > 
> > I would think that they would be the same UTC, regardless of anyone's
> > local
> > time.
> > They always went 1PM to 7PM for me. :-) Any 1 persons local time should
be
> > irrelevant.
> > --
> > --
> > 73, Craig Cook - N7OR in Sandy, OR
> > ============================
> > "...then that's a shame on you."
> > 
> > 
> > On 9/22/07, John Geiger <aa5jg at lcisp.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Now that Daylight savings time has been extended into November, have
the
> > > times for the CWSS been changed accordingly?  Both of the SS contests
> > used
> > > to start at 3pm local and end at 10pm local, but if the hours aren't
> > > adjusted in the rules, the CW portion will be starting at 4pm local.
> > >
> > > 73s John AA5JG
> > > (ex: W5TD, NE0P)
> > > 6M WAS #1275, 6m VUCC #1260
> > > 2m VUCC #615, Satellite VUCC #129
> > >
> > >
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