KD4SBY
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« on: April 03, 2014, 06:38:00 AM » |
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I am a little confused in figuring out the time expressed in ZULU. If a contest runs from 1400Z to 2300Z what is the actual LOCAL time for people in California? Or in the NY area?
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W8GP
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« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2014, 07:11:32 AM » |
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The internet is your friend....
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K9YLI
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« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2014, 07:19:03 AM » |
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go to 'alphaclock'
download the digital clock to your computer.
set for UTC or GMT or Zulu.. al lthe same.
set the colour you like.
You may get a 'cant load all files' message. but
it extracted the clock and it shows up on the top line of your screen
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check to start on boot up etc.
drag it to the left a few inches or it covers up the minimize and cancel blocks.
its not straight forward loading as aclock has lots of different downloads.
the clock was down the list a bout 3 or 4 .
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N4RSS
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« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2014, 08:19:48 AM » |
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I am a little confused in figuring out the time expressed in ZULU. If a contest runs from 1400Z to 2300Z what is the actual LOCAL time for people in California? Or in the NY area?
Zululand is below Swaziland so Zulu time is 9 hours ahead of California |
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K8AXW
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« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2014, 08:39:06 AM » |
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Does that mean Swazi time is one hour earlier or later than Zulu time?
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KB2WIG
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« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2014, 08:53:54 AM » |
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Well, what about half time?
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AC5UP
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« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2014, 09:16:09 AM » |
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The way this thread is going it's about to be Miller Time......... W8GP nailed it.  |
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AA4PB
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« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2014, 09:29:11 AM » |
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Zulu time is also called Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).
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SWMAN
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« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2014, 10:12:24 AM » |
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Ok, but what about bean time ?
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KS2G
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« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2014, 10:32:38 AM » |
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I am a little confused in figuring out the time expressed in ZULU. If a contest runs from 1400Z to 2300Z what is the actual LOCAL time for people in California? Or in the NY area?
Since none of the smart-alec replies actually answered the question... Look here for a UTC-to-local-time conversion chart for U.S. time zones: http://weatherarc.com/utc-time-conversionAnd here's a world-wide on-line UTC conversion tool: http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzcIf you use a contest-logging computer program, it usually will contain a provision to tell it your local time zone, and it will convert the time-and.date to UTC (ZULU) automatically. 73, Mel - KS2G |
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KI6LZ
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« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2014, 01:03:49 PM » |
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UTC=Coordinated Universal Time or Tems Universel Coordonne'. The French got involved.
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AE4RV
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« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2014, 01:34:36 PM » |
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Four hours ahead of the US East Coast during Daylight Savings Time, five hours ahead if Eastern Standard Time is observed..
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N4NYY
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« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2014, 05:10:28 PM » |
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I am a little confused in figuring out the time expressed in ZULU. If a contest runs from 1400Z to 2300Z what is the actual LOCAL time for people in California? Or in the NY area?
There is a Hamclock program that you can run on your desktop in zulu time. Then you never have to worry again. |
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KE6EE
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« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2014, 07:58:04 PM » |
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Just ask WWV. To be found every 5 mHz or so.
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