>From the ARRl Website:
Date and Contest Period:
2.1. CW: First full weekend in November (November 1-3, 2008). 2.2. Phone: Third
full weekend in November (November 15-17, 2008). 2.3. Contest Period: Begins
2100 UTC Saturday, ends 0300 UTC Monday. So I guess local time isn't important
here. The only thing I worry about is setting my alarm clock wrong and messing
up off times.
And for the record, I still think that daylight savings time is the second
stupidest idea we've ever come up with. (First of course is holding the 10
meter contest during the absolute darkest time of the year.)
73 and good luck yo everyone. Hope to see you all this weekend.
Steve K0SR
-----Original Message-----
From: James Cain [mailto:jamesdavidcain@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 1, 2008 08:19 AM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] SS CW today
Remember way back, when everybody in the U.S. switched from Daylight Saving
Time to Normal Time on Saturday night of the CQ WW SSB contest? Well, thanks to
the geniuses in the U.S. Congress, who extended Daylight Saving Time by a week
or so, SS CW starts at 5 p.m. Eastern Time (instead of 4 p.m.). I suppose it
starts later in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones, too. If I am
wrong/confused about this, attribute it to my having grown up in Indiana, where
time is relative to what county you live in. Does this mean that we can operate
only 23 hours instead of 24? Or is it 25 hours? Do we get more sleep overnight?
Does anybody really know what time it is? Maybe we should have an SS Practice
between 2000Z and 2100Z. If we all send CW near the speed of light, will SS
start later still? Jim Cain, K1TN Atlantic City NJ Time
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