[WriteLog] ARRL 10m Test Time question...

[Kevin Brown - KC0CZI]

Well...  Very good.  I understand 48 hours (more than I had requested
from wife!) I'll have to politic the activity - it gets harder to
schedule a contest around holidays!

Part of what had me cross-eyed was my own impression that it was a 24hr
test - and that I've never operated this test before.  I still think
something looks funny about that though.  Will be ready to go however.
Hope to work some of you.

73
Kevin, KC0CZI



-----Original Message-----
From: Les, VA7LC [mailto:va7lc@shaw.ca] 
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 9:14 PM
To: kc0czi@midmoskywarn.net; writelog@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] ARRL 10m Test Time question...


Perhaps it would not be so ambiguous if you look at it as starting 0001
on the Saturday and ending 2359 on the Sunday, a full 48 hours. You
would then need to adjust to your time zone, here on the Pacific coast
the contest starts at 4pm on the Friday and ends 48 hours later at 4pm
on the Sunday. We always used 0001 and 2359 in the military (RN) to
avoid this kind of error.

73
Les, VA7LC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Brown - KC0CZI" <kc0czi@midmoskywarn.net>
To: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 7:05 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] ARRL 10m Test Time question...


> I am planning on working the ARRL 10M test coming up in a couple of 
> weeks... However the ambiguity in the rules has me posing a question 
> that perhaps one of you might be able to clarify.
>
> The rules state:
>
> 2. Date and Contest Period: Second full weekend of December. Starts 
> 0000 UTC Saturday; ends 2400 UTC Sunday (December 14 -- 15, 2002).
>
>
> So...  Is it Saturday evening through Sunday evening (6p-6p local 
> Central time) or is it TRULY in UTC which would be 6pm Friday through 
> 6pm Saturday?
>
> The fact that they added the "UTC" in there, and then referenced a 
> date is confusing - especially to me who is used to dealing with 
> military DTG information such as 140000Z - 142400Z December 02 - which

> is seeminly what the ARRL has stated.
>
> I'm probably making it too complicated - but the times provided aren't

> clear.
>
> Just to keep it OT... I am planning to use Writelog :=)
>
>
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