[VHFcontesting] time for Jan VHF contest??

[Eugene Zimmerman]

Dave is correct.  I just would like it to be warm and be daylight savings
time all year round.

A good reason to check the official rules and never trust the columnists :-)

73  Gene  W3ZZ
World Above 50 MHz
FM19jd  MD
50 => 10 GHz
Grid Pirates Contest Group K8GP
Member, CQWW Contest Advisory Group

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave" <VE2ZP at rac.ca>
To: <VHFcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] time for Jan VHF contest??


> According to the official rules posted at
> http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2003/01vhfss.html
>
> "2. Date and Contest Period: The weekend before the NFL
> Super Bowl. Begins 1900 UTC Saturday, ends 0400 UTC Monday
> (January 18-20, 2003)."
>
> The June and September contests run from 1800GMT to 0300GMT.
> It appears that all three ARRL VHF contests are scheduled
> according to local time (2pm Saturday to 11pm Sunday in the
> Eastern time zone of North America), then translated into
> GMT and adjusted for daylight savings or standard time.
>
>
>
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