[Boatanchors] GMT vs UTC, when did it change?

[Philip Atchley]

Lee,

While I don't know what year it was (I think it may have been a gradual 
turnover), I would have to say that if it's a "period" station of ANY 
boatanchor gear, GMT would be TOTALLY appropriate.  In fact, IF it has 
Military Surplus gear (R-390, SP-600 etc, etc) the term "ZULU" would be even 
more appropriate as that is what we used in the 20 years I was in the USAF. 
I'm sure nearly everyone here has heard the term "Zulu Time".

We always had large clocks throughout the comm. center that were all synced 
together and were labeled "Zulu", and even on remote sites where there were 
usually only one or two personnel on duty at night, one of the duties of the 
Night shift was to set the clock to WWV at the top of the hour (a pushbutton 
synced it).  Syncing that clock was the PRIMARY reason that we usually had an 
SP-600 (or rarely a R-390A) on the Tropo or Microwave relay site.  Ahh, how a 
simple Email can bring back memories ;-)

73 de Phil,  KO6BB
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> About what year did the terminology switch from GMT to UTC?
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> BTW this isn't a trivia question, I'd really like to know.  I'm assembling a
> "period" station and would like to label the station's clock correctly.  I
> couldn't think of a more appropriate reflector to ask this question.  Thanks 
> in
> advance for your help.
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> 73
> Lee WB6SSW