[CQ-Contest] How to be sure you have 60+ minutes off time

[Radio K0HB]

Rex,

I guess my point is this......

Most people consider the passage of an hour as measured by a clock to be 
"the same minute one hour later", and I think most contesters (without this 
discussion) would apply the same measure.  That isn't "gaming", it is just 
the ordinary way people think about time.  If my doctor tells me take 2 
aspirin at noon and another dose an hour later, I'll plan on taking the 
second dose at 1:00, not 1:01.

However we have learned here that the robot doesn't tell time like ordinary 
folks, so to be safe we must wait for 61 minutes of elapsed clock time 
before the next contact.  I'm not saying that's good or bad, just that we 
must be aware of it or the robot will not credit our time off.

73, Hans, K0HB


-----Original Message----- 
From: Rex Maner
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 3:50 PM
To: 'Radio K0HB' ; 'Zivney, Terry' ; 'CQ-Contest'
Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] How to be sure you have 60+ minutes off time

Hans
Of course  they have to game (rubber) the clock for a few seconds on each
end or they lose the 60 min .  Or they could just sit for that extra 15 sec
then the time will come out correct.

Quack

-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Radio K0HB
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 12:28 AM
To: Zivney, Terry; CQ-Contest
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] How to be sure you have 60+ minutes off time

"Game the rules".  Really!?!?!?!?

Any reasonable person would assume that after more than 60 minutes have
passed, he could make the next contact.

Now, of course, we know that the robot isn't too smart, so we must let up to
61-minutes pass (at least those few of us who read this thread now know
that).

The rest of the contest world who carefully wait only a full hour aren't
"gaming the rules", they are doing exactly what the rules specify that they
do.  Does the "spirit of the rules" require them to wait 61 minutes?

73, de Hans, K0HB


-----Original Message-----
From: Zivney, Terry
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 11:44 PM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] How to be sure you have 60+ minutes off time

My personal belief is that much of the grief that contesters have with the
rules is a desire by some to 'game the rules' - rather than understand the
'spirit of the rules.'


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