[CQ-Contest] Effect of daylight savings on 160 meter contests

[K3ZJ David Siddall]

Since contest times are expressed in GMT, there is no difference in start
time wrt sunset/sunrise, and therefore this is no reason to consider
changes.
73, Dave K3ZJ

On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 8:04 AM Richard F DiDonna NN3W <richnn3w at gmail.com>
wrote:

> As many have heard, the U.S. congress is likely to pass legislation making
> daylight savings time (the time you see in Spring, Summer and Fall),
> permanent (no more standard time).
>
> Ive noticed that many 160 meter contests have a start time that seems to
> match that with sunset on the U.S. east coast and midwest.
>
> Any thoughts as to if we will see a change to 160 meter contest start times
> in 2023?
>
> 73 Rich NN3W
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