[CQ-Contest] CWSS and daylight savings time

[Barry]

I don't think it's been mentioned yet, but Daylight Savings Time throws 
off the calculations for determining True North...
Barry W2UP

W3DMB at aol.com wrote:
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> 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.
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> Jerry
> W3DMB
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> In a message dated 9/24/2007 3:37:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> xdavid at cis-broadband.com writes:
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> Dave   AB7E
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Barry Kutner, W2UP             Newtown, PA