[NLRS] Rules & dates/times for the Fall Sprints

[Zack Widup]

In the Sprints I've operated in, I always thought I could work people
in Indiana and maybe Ohio after the ending time of their contest while
I still had an hour left in Illinois, and it would count for me but
not for them. However, in all past Sprints, the Indiana and Ohio
people all disappeared right after the Sprint ended for them! So I
never got to test the theory.

It's probably more of a concern for me, right on the edge of the
Eastern-Central time zone line, than it might be for someone in Iowa
or Missouri.

Almost all the people I've worked in past Sprints were in Illinois,
Wisconsin or Missouri anyway.

73, Zack W9SZ


On 10/5/10, Dr. Gerald N. Johnson <geraldj at weather.net> wrote:
>
>
> Its as if the rules creator didn't think about time zone differences
> except for 6m. I interpret the rules to mean that contacts count only
> for the station's contest period. That there's no restriction on working
> stations outside their contest period but the contacts don't count for them.
>
> An alternative allowing time zone overlaps would lengthen the time
> period going against the sprint idea. Yet it discriminates against those
> in working distance of another time zone. Effectively just east of a
> time zone boundary stations loose out on contacts the first hour of
> their contest period across that boundary and those stations just west
> of a time zone boundary loose out on contacts the last hour of their
> contest period at least across the time zone boundary.
>
> It might be more equitable to set the time beginning 7 PM Eastern (or
> Atlantic if there are participants that far east) and ending at 11 PM
> Pacific (or Alaska) with an operating time limit from first contact to
> last contact of four hours.
>
> Unfortunately the few stations I've heard during the best sprint has not
> encouraged me to spend the few pennies on electricity to run the rig for
> the evening or to listen to nothing much but noise for 4 hours. For that
> matter running this year with a limited antenna the September VHF
> contest wasn't all that inspiring.
>
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>
> On 10/5/2010 3:52 PM, lloydberg at charter.net wrote:
>>
>>
>> Rules say 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM LOCAL TIME
>>
>> What about contacts across time zones?  I didn't see this issue
>> addressed in the rules?
>>
>> Looks like if we work a Michigan or Indiana (or further east) station,
>> it would be disqualified if made during the first hour of their contest
>> time or the last hour of our contest time.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Lloyd N9LB
>>
>>
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