[SBE] Time standardization idea

[Adrienne Abbott]

Add to the list of folks who don't get UTC: A nightside producer with whom I
worked several years ago who insisted that the Greenwich Royal Observatory
was in Switzerland. She'd call me at home whenever she needed a satellite
window because she couldn't juggle a 24-hour clock and the eastern time
zone.
Adrienne

-----Original Message-----
From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Ron
Castro
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 5:23 PM
To: sbe member discussion mail list
Subject: Re: [SBE] Time standardization idea

Folks like the ones in the east who call us here in California at 5:30 am 
because they think it's three hours *later* out here?  Good luck!

         Ron Castro
 Chief Technical Officer
    Results Radio, LLC
               N6IE
      www.N6IE.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "k7cr" <k7cr at blarg.net>
To: "sbe member discussion mail list" <sbe at sbe.org>
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [SBE] Time standardization idea



> Adding to the problem is the issue of daylight time and last years

> changes that have required manual changes to many items.

>

> Thanks Ray for the interesting observation about the FCC.

>

> I agree that getting folks to read clocks is another issue.

>

> cf

>

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "David R. Wilson" <david at wwns.com>

> To: "sbe member discussion mail list" <sbe at sbe.org>

> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 3:49 PM

> Subject: Re: [SBE] Time standardization idea

>

>

>> The only fly in the ointment is operators that have to read the time.

>>

>> I would much rather go with UTC.  It makes life much easier.  In a

>> previous job the crew I worked with finished changing all the clocks

>> about 5 months after the time change.  It was a major pain finding all

>> of the clocks that needed to be modified.

>>

>> Dave

>>

>>

>> On Fri, 2009-03-20 at 15:39 -0700, k7cr wrote:

>>> You have to wonder why this was not done long ago.

>>> Love it !

>>>

>>> Clay Freinwald

>>> ----- Original Message ----- 

>>> From: "Chris Murray" <crmurray at clearwire.net>

>>> To: "'sbe member discussion mail list'" <sbe at sbe.org>

>>> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 8:00 AM

>>> Subject: Re: [SBE] Time standardization idea

>>>

>>>

>>> >

>>> > I love the idea.

>>> > In fact it would be a no brainer to put a clock at the control point 

>>> > of

>>> > the

>>> > station or near the EAS decoder set to UTC time. It would help train

>>> > operators of the amount of shift.

>>> >

>>> > Chris Murray

>>> > -----Original Message-----

>>> > From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of 

>>> > Cowboy

>>> > Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 7:32 AM

>>> > To: rzeigler at krvn.com; sbe member discussion mail list

>>> > Subject: Re: [SBE] Time standardization idea

>>> >

>>> > On Friday 20 March 2009 10:24 am, R. V. Zeigler wrote:

>>> >>  What do others on the list think of the idea of the FCC 

>>> >> standardizing

>>> >>  all times to UTC? All licensed power/pattern changes would be in UTC



>>> >> and

>>> >>  EAS messaging could be standardized to UTC. We only change the 

>>> >> operator

>>> >>  interface to reflect local time, but the equipment would be time 

>>> >> zone

>>> >>  and DST agnostic in it's actual operation. Off the top of my head it

>>> >>  seems like this could be a remedy to a number of problems.

>>> >>  Rod Zeigler

>>> >

>>> > Personally, I see no problem with the standard being the current 

>>> > standard

>>> > time.

>>> > UTC , standard time, I fail to see a significant difference in 

>>> > practice.

>>> > DST, now THAT's a problem no matter how you slice it, and more

>>> > a waste of time in my opinion.

>>> >

>>> > -- 

>>> > Cowboy

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