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

[Les Elliott]

Set 'Morse Runner' going for ten minutes.........see if you can complete a 
'qso' at 10:00:01!!

73
Les  G4OGB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Kirby" <chris at g4fzn.co.uk>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Contest end time - a consensus please.


> Personally, I would expect the whole exchange needs to be completed before
> the published "end of contest" time. If time catches up and the QSO isn't
> complete, then it should be abandoned. It is not beyond the means of 
> anyone
> to have a timepiece accurate to a couple of seconds - if you can't trust 
> the
> laptop's clock, then use a watch instead!
>
> Chris, G4FZN
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Roger Thawley
> Sent: 03 November 2010 00:59
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Contest end time - a consensus please.
>
>
> My contest buddy and I have become regular entrants of the RSGB 6M, 2M and
> 70cms Tuesday evening activity contests. For logging a 'retired' laptop is
> used with Minos logger. This evening, while trying to complete the last
> contact of the evening, deliberate interference was received from a G4
> station, whose view was that the contest had ended, however, according to
> the laptop, when the contact was initiated, the contest still had a minute
> to run. In the end, I felt justified in persevering for a further 30 
> seconds
> to complete the contact, partly because I'd started the contact before the
> end of the contest and, partly, because of the deliberate interference.
>
> The view I take regarding contest timing is that I start and finish
> according to the time shown by the equipment I have. I accept that it's
> possible that the equipment is out by a minute or two - this is a 
> limitation
> of the equipment. I operate for the duration of operation allowed by the
> contest rules and what I gain or lose at the start of the contest, I loose
> or gain at the end.
>
>
>
> In the end, this is just a hobby! What's the consensus is my view of the
> world reasonable?
>
>
>
> Roger
>
> G0BSU
>
>
>
>
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