The same happened here in NSW Australia. We start in October and finish
last weekend in March. Whish really gets up my nose as I have little use of
the so-called extra time.
But my car's clock and a couple of others are set to Geographical Time not
Political Time. ie Plus 10 hours not Plus eleven hours.
73, John de VK2XGJ
Age doesn't always bring Wisdom.
Sometimes age comes first!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Scheper" <kenshep@one.net>
To: <wb2vuf@arrl.net>; "N4PY" <n4py@arrl.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec
Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Paragon II
> It was my understanding, that in all their infinite wisdom, the GOVERNMENT
> changed the date of the EDST changes per their own wishes. This means ALL
> the computers, and ANY electronic equipment that were "hard coded" to a
> date
> won't work until that date comes and goes. I have played hell with my
> older
> logging Dell computer vs the EQF software that I use for logging. The EQF
> software seems OK, but the Dell won't let it change to EDST!
>
> Anyway, the same goes for ANY hard coded chips, no matter where they are.
> I
> can only say keep checking daily on times/dates until May 1st. I have
> disabled all automatic updates on both, just to be safe. Long live the
> wisdom of beauocrats! I'm still checking ...
>
> 73
> Ken
> WA8JOC
>
>
> Ken Scheper
> President
> KS Consulting, Ltd.
> Tel. 513-490-1633
> Fax 513-598-6887
> ksconsultingLtd.com
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Bwana Bob" <wb2vuf@gti.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 21:30
> To: "N4PY" <n4py@arrl.net>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
> <tentec@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Paragon II
>
>> I have the original Paragon and the clock seems to change by an hour at
>> random times. I run it on GMT (UTC) and I have to reset it fairly often.
>>
>> Bob WB2VUF
>>
>> N4PY wrote:
>>> I wrote the firmware for the Paragon II. The clock chip is programmable
>>> with a daylight savings time option bit. This setting is always turned
>>> off
>>> in the Paragon II. So the Paragon II will never change its clock for
>>> DST.
>>>
>>> Carl Moreschi N4PY
>>> 121 Little Bell Drive
>>> Bell Mountain
>>> Hays, NC 28635
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "CSM(r) Gary Huber" <glhuber@msn.com>
>>> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 8:47 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Paragon II
>>>
>>>
>>>> Clock "problem" may be the daylight saving time spring advance and and
>>>> fall back times that are "hard coded" to execute based upon advancing
>>>> the
>>>> time one hour at 0100 the last Sunday in April and to fall back one
>>>> hour
>>>> at 0200 the last Sunday in October. This was verified (by me) during
>>>> research for the Millennium rollover. The clock chip is a Motorola IC
>>>> with
>>>> no options to deactivate the advance and set back.
>>>>
>>>> I'm a previous owner of a Paragon II. Great radio.... just run a
>>>> separate
>>>> clock for logging!
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> CSM(r) Gary Huber - AB9M
>>>> 9679 Heron Bay Rd
>>>> Bloomington, IL 61705
>>>> (309-662-0604)
>>>> www.csm-gh.com
>>>> glhuber@msn.com
>>>> gary.huber@us.army.mil
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "peter" <w8us@comcast.net>
>>>> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 6:06 PM
>>>> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
>>>> Subject: [TenTec] Paragon II
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Tentec Paragon II station for sale. Model 586. This is a highly
>>>>> desirable Paragon II model and is considered an equivalent to higher
>>>>> priced transceivers today. It has all the available filters installed
>>>>> and is supplied with the matching Tentec 961 power supply/speaker and
>>>>> Tentec desk mike. Also, the original boxes and manual are available.
>>>>> The station was operated in a non-smoking environment. The receiver
>>>>> is
>>>>> general coverage, 300 Khz to 30 Mhz. Modification to allow the
>>>>> transmitter to operate between 1.8 and 30 Mhz has been made, thus it
>>>>> covers the new 60 meter band.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Equipment is in excellent cosmetic and mechanical condition and has no
>>>>> scratches. The station clock is erratic at times, but this does not
>>>>> affect the operation of the transceiver.
>>>>>
>>>>> Will consider selling Paragon II by itself.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are a C.W. operator, this is your dream set-up. Price $900.00
>>>>> shipped and insured to lower 48 only. Contact Peter, W8US, at
>>>>> W8us@comcast.net.
>>>>>
>>>>> Peter
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