[CQ-Contest] SS CW today

[James Cain]

I lived five miles from the Indiana/Ohio state boundary and used to have to 
start SS an hour later than the W8s a stone's throw away. Except in the 
years when we were on the same time, which varied, by year and by month.

We didn't have any cows; they'd all moved west, where the sun came up later 
and they could get more sleep.

k1tn/2

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JD Weisenburger" <kw4t at arrl.net>
To: "'James Cain'" <jamesdavidcain at gmail.com>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 1:30 PM
Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] SS CW today


> My Grandfather lived in Indiana and I was in Ohio.  He was always an hour
> different since his county did their own thing.  One year they were 
> eastern
> and another they were central.  The tough part was he said his time was 
> the
> same as ours and yet in his house he seemed to be in his own time zone. (A
> trait I seemed to have inherited)
>
> The part I never understood was the farmers complaining about the time
> change confusing the cows.
>
> Thank goodness hams are smarter than congress and we use Zulu time
>
> 73 from Lake Moneysgone (gee, that mean the whole country)
> Dan, KW4t
>
>
> 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