[CQ-Contest] CWSS and daylight savings time

W3DMB at aol.com W3DMB at aol.com
Mon Sep 24 16:30:36 EDT 2007


 
In the latest view on this subject - a local writer suggested  that the 
Federal Government eliminate Daylight Saving Time to reduce the  amount of sunlight 
by about 9% which would slow down the "Global Warming which  would help save 
the Earth"  She meant it.
 
Jerry
W3DMB
 
 
In a message dated 9/24/2007 3:37:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
xdavid at cis-broadband.com writes:

Uhh,  that doesn't make sense at all.  Like Mal said, sunlight and  
propagation (and the contest) run on UTC, not local time.  They  haven't 
changed relative to each other.  Why is that so difficult to  understand?

I grew up in Minnesota, and this entire discussion reminds  me of when 
DST was first being debated in the legislature there.   Some rural 
lawmakers were against it because they said the time change  would 
confuse the cows and they wouldn't know when to come in for  milking.  
Some urban lawmakers were against it because they said the  extra hour of 
daylight would burn the grass.  I'm not kidding ... you  could probably 
find these comments documented in the newspaper archives or  even.

Dave   AB7E


 



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