[SBE] Time standardization idea

[k7cr]

Ron -

I love to return the favor by calling folks on the 'right-coast' at about 5 
PM
our time....at home of course.

You'd think this would be something that everyone would learn in school...
Ooooops - I forgot - Telling time by using an analog clock (the old type
with 'hands' and not digits) is no longer a priority...why should I be
surprised that time zone conversion would be an issue.  Just how many
radio jocks could back-time into a network feed these days?

The older you get the more you long for the good old days.

The more technical you are, the worse it is.

Clay (a really old guy)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Castro" <ronc at sonic.net>
To: "sbe member discussion mail list" <sbe at sbe.org>
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 5:22 PM
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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>>>> >

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