[UK-CONTEST] Ending time

[Keith Maton]

The computer runs other stuff 24/7 so it can't be TAKEN OUT OF THE TOWER.

I don't care about making a point, I'm simply saying that we adapted to ensure we abide by the rules.  The rules are there, they've been explained and I really don't understand why people are unable to follow the rules.

The rules say that all QSOs should be completed by the end of the contest, why is that so hard to follow?


73
Keith.


On 23 Jan 2011, at 11:11, Tom GM4FDM wrote:

> Assuming its not a main frame, the computer could be TAKEN OUT OF THE TOWER for setting up purposes, perhaps to one of your homes.
> It seems to me that your more interested in making a point than solving what is a very easy problem - like a few more others who are arguing the same point.
> 
> Tom
> GM4FDM
> 
> On 23/01/2011 11:07, Keith Maton wrote:
>> 
>> The computer is in the tower all the time, there is no signal, phone or MSF inside the tower and there's also no internet connection in the tower.
>> 
>> The point I'm demonstrating is that we're in an awkward situation for keeping the computer time accurate but we've found a workaround.
>> 
>> 73
>> Keith.
>> 
>> 
>> On 23 Jan 2011, at 11:04, Tom GM4FDM wrote:
>> 
>>> Ummm - why set the time on your phone and then transfer itr to your 
>>> computer,  why not, before you go to the tower, via one
>>> of the many available internet time servers, set up the computer you 
>>> intend to use during the Contest????
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Tom
>>> GM4FDM
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 23/01/2011 10:56, Keith Maton wrote:
>>>> My group always took the "I've started so I'll finish" attitude in the UKAC contests but since the long discussion on this reflector last year when the rules were clarified we've adapted and now follow the rules as they were explained.
>>>> 
>>>> Our shack is in a tiny room at the top of the Martello Tower with huge thick walls.  There's no way an MSF clock would work in the shack and we don't have an internet connection.  Before we go in the tower I load an app on my phone which uses multiple time sources on the internet to display an accurate clock and then once we're in the shack, I set the computer clock by that display.
>>>> 
>>>> It's not difficult to abide by these rules really.   I wear a mechanical watch which isn't accurate enough to set the computer time so I found a work-around using the iPhone.   I'm quite sure that the majority of people use quartz watches and surely it's no great hardship to set a watch before the start of a contest and use that as an accurate time source.
>>>> 
>>>> If the rules say that the last QSO must be finished before the clock ticks over to the finish time then why is that so hard for people to accept.  It's a rule, it's been explained multiple times and if you don't abide by the rules and get caught out then it's your own fault.
>>>> 
>>>> 73
>>>> Keith, G6NHU
>>>> Martello Tower Group, G0PKT
>>>> http://www.martellotowergroup.com
>>>> QSO365: A QSO per day in 2011 http://qso365.co.uk
>>>> 
>>>> 
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