[UK-CONTEST] Contest end time - a consensus please.

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

I also understood that as long as the contact was started before the end, that is ok.

On 3 Nov 2010, at 08:13, Paul O'Kane wrote:

> On 03/11/2010 00:58, Roger Thawley wrote:
> 
>> The view I take regarding contest timing is that I start and finish
>> according to the time shown by the equipment I have.
> 
> This is the "I'm special" argument.  Because I don't
> have the will or the means to set the correct time,
> I can bend the rules to suit my circumstances.


So, we all need atomic clocks so as to be sub-second accurate and be able to tell exactly when it is 22:30?

I too use a laptop and minos, it is only a couple of years old, but even with it using NTP, I'm sure it drifts out when not on the network (no network at my contest QTH).



> 
>> In the end, this is just a hobby!
> 
> All competitive hobbies have rules.  We do not have
> the right to claim credit for QSOs completed (logged)
> after the end of the contest, even when the QSO was
> started before the finishing time.


Strikes me Rogers argument that he starts late because he effectively shifts the time by a few seconds is reasonable.

73 de M0XDF