[CQ-Contest] SS CW today

[Richard DiDonna]

still 30 hours, but it will mean one less hour of darkness tonight.  So, if 
you were planning on being QRV by 1100z owing to sunrise, you'll have to 
change that plan by one hour to 1000z.

73 Rich NN3W

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Cain" <jamesdavidcain at gmail.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 9:19 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] SS CW today


> Remember way back, when everybody in the U.S. switched from Daylight 
> Saving Time to Normal Time on Saturday night of the CQ WW SSB contest?
>
> Well, thanks to the geniuses in the U.S. Congress, who extended Daylight 
> Saving Time by a week or so, SS CW starts at 5 p.m. Eastern Time (instead 
> of 4 p.m.). I suppose it starts later in the Central, Mountain, and 
> Pacific time zones, too.
>
> If I am wrong/confused about this, attribute it to my having grown up in 
> Indiana, where time is relative to what county you live in.
>
> Does this mean that we can operate only 23 hours instead of 24? Or is it 
> 25 hours? Do we get more sleep overnight?
>
> Does anybody really know what time it is?
>
> Maybe we should have an SS Practice between 2000Z and 2100Z. If we all 
> send CW near the speed of light, will SS start later still?
>
> Jim Cain, K1TN
> Atlantic City NJ Time
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