Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement - the next version

2015-03-09 Thread Edward R Cole
: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement - the next version Message-ID: 54fce451.4000...@foothill.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Not all of AZ. A Native American reservation [Navajo, I think] does observe DST. All of KH6 doesn't. Not sure about KL7, been

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement - the next version

2015-03-08 Thread kev...@coho.net
It appears I have missed the change to daylight savings time. Why in the world did they change it so early? At any rate stick with the local times and change the Z time. The sunspot number is low but the solar flux is over 100 which bodes well for this afternoon's nets. 73,

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement - the next version

2015-03-08 Thread Phil Wheeler
They moved the length of DST due to energy conservation issues, Kevin: The current schedule was introduced in 2007 and follows the Energy Policy Act of 2005 http://www.timeanddate.com/laws/us/energypolicyact2005.html, which extended the period by about one month. Today, DST starts on the

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement - the next version

2015-03-08 Thread Fred Jensen
Not all of AZ. A Native American reservation [Navajo, I think] does observe DST. All of KH6 doesn't. Not sure about KL7, been 50 years since I was stationed there for a year. On 3/8/2015 3:27 PM, kev...@coho.net wrote: It used to be: Spring ahead, Fall back. Now it is Winter ahead, Fall

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement - the next version

2015-03-08 Thread kev...@coho.net
It used to be: Spring ahead, Fall back. Now it is Winter ahead, Fall back. Except in parts of Indiana and the entire state of Arizona. I once crossed the Hoover Dam to have a two hour time difference at the other side. That was odd! Kevin. KD5ONS On 3/8/2015 3:06 PM, Phil Hystad

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement - the next version

2015-03-08 Thread Phil Hystad
You can tell I'm having a slow day :-) Today, Sunday March 8th, 2015, is the DST Transition day, so-called Spring Forward, so today has only 23 hours. Count them, 23 hours. In the Fall, we have a day with 25 hours. So, is today a slow day? If you pile in the same activity and number of

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement - the next version

2015-03-08 Thread Richard Solomon
Not the entire state of Arizona !! There is part of an Indian Reservation in the Northeast corner of the state that does observe DST. Now this is really OT !! 73, Dick, W1KSZ On 3/8/2015 3:27 PM, kev...@coho.net wrote: It used to be: Spring ahead, Fall back. Now it is Winter ahead, Fall