[CQ-Contest] CWSS and daylight savings time

[John AA5JG]

CQWW won't be an hour longer.  It will still be 48 hours long.  It ends an hour later, but we also don't get the extra hour when 2am sunday went back to being 1am on sunday.

73s John AA5JG



---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: George Fremin III <geoiii at kkn.net>
Date:  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:34:19 -0700

>On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 03:46:17PM -0000, N7MAL wrote:
>> is GMT. DST has no bearing nationally or internationally when it comes to 
>> contesting. SS & CQWW start and end this year at the same time they did last 
>> year, and the year before etc.... The majority of the world, including where 
>
>
>Well maybe for you and the majority of the world but this year
>the CQ WW SSB contest will finally be 48 hours for those of
>us that live in the DST disadvantaged world.  I bet with that
>extra hour I will finally be able to post a decent score.
>
>But, won't this change in these contests screw up the 
>records. Sure, CQ WW SSB will be an hour longer but SS code 
>will be an hour shorter.  Seems like folks like you that do not
>have DST will have a big advantage now in SS code.
>
>I don't like it.... something needs to be done.
>
>-- 
>George Fremin III - K5TR
>geoiii at kkn.net
>http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr
>
>
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