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Posted by: Richard VE3OZW - Yesterday, 09:36:03 - Forum: Opinion
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Hate Clock Changes? This Expert Disagrees
By Sara Kornberg. Published 10-Sep-2024
The idea of “locking the clock” and eliminating clock changes is gaining steam. This expert wants us to reconsider.
Permanent DST failed the last time the US tried it. Most parents did not like to send their kids to school in the dark.
©iStockphoto.com/mikdam
In 2024, 71 countries use DST—and it seems that in each and every one of them, a sizeable portion of the population wants to get rid of it.
In the United States, as one example, several states want to “ditch the switch” and stay on either permanent DST or permanent standard time.
NEWS: DST ends in the US 2024
The Benefits No One Talks About
timeanddate.com has talked to Dr. David Prerau, an internationally recognized expert on DST.
“The current system is the best of both worlds,” says DST expert Dr. David Prerau.
In his opinion, the DST debate puts too much focus on the negative sides of seasonal clock changes:
“When people think about DST, they often think about the negative effect of losing an hour of sleep one day of the year when we set the clocks for summertime. What they don’t think about is that by doing that, we gain 238 days in the spring, summer, and fall with all the benefits of lighter evenings and 118 days in the winter without the very late sunrises,” he says.
Dr. David Prerau
[*]Has been called “The World’s Foremost Authority on Daylight Saving Time” by the New York Times.
[*]Expert consultant on Daylight Saving Time for the United States Congress and for the British Parliament.
[*]Interviewed by over 150 newspapers and magazines and appeared on over 200 TV and radio programs worldwide.
[*]The author of the book Seize the Daylight: The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time.
Dr. Prerau thinks the current system is overall an excellent compromise:
“It is the best of both possibilities since it provides the many benefits of DST for most of the year and yet avoids the negatives that winter DST would bring during the year’s darkest months.”
He argues that DST also has many other benefits:
“It reduces traffic accidents and crime, reduces energy usage, increases public health because it gets people out in the evening, and improves the quality of life for people who don’t like going out in the dark.”
Same as Traveling between Time Zones
Despite all this, there’s no shortage of voices in the US expressing discontent and a determination to cancel the practice.
If you’re one of many people who only see the turning of the clocks as a hassle, he reminds us that traveling between time zones is really no different from switching the clocks for DST:
“Losing one hour of sleep when changing the clocks is no different than going one time zone to the east, from Chicago to New York, from London to Paris, or from Bejing to Tokyo–and people do that constantly. The difference is perhaps that people plan more when they’re traveling. Travelers know they are going to a different time zone, so they often make some preparations for it; they get a little more sleep or avoid making a lot of plans at night or early the next morning,” he says.
Quote:“If people made the same preparations before changing the clocks as when traveling between time zones, many of the negatives would be minimized. I propose a national campaign to prepare people ahead of the DST switches to make adjusting easier.”
Dr. David Prerau, DST Expert
Is It Time to “Lock the Clock”?
Even though all US states, with two exceptions, use DST, they have different opinions on the best DST practice going forward.
Currently, 19 states want to “lock the clock” and stay on [/url]year-round summer time.
Many US states, specifically nineteen, would like to stay on permanent Daylight Saving Time (DST). Out of these, a few—three states—are also considering permanent standard time. In total, five states are interested in adopting permanent Standard Time, along with one Canadian province, British Columbia (BC).
©timeanddate.com
One of the senators who has [url=https://www.timeanddate.com/time/us/daylight-saving-usa.html]argued for this solution is Florida Senator Marco Rubio, the man behind the Sunshine Protection Act:
Quote:“This ritual of changing time twice a year is stupid. Locking the clock has overwhelming bipartisan and popular support. This Congress, I hope that we can finally get this done.”
Marco Rubio, Florida senator
Mr. Rubio said this in a press release in March 2023. He was not available to answer any further questions from timeanddate.com. Neither was Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey, one of the original sponsors of the act. In November 2023, he released a statement on making DST permanent:
“When we ‘fall back’ and lose the extra hour of daylight saving time on Sunday, we are sacrificing energy savings, crime reduction, and economic benefits for darkness.”
In 2018, as Governor of Florida, Senator Rick Scott was one of the first to sign the bill:
“It’s time to lock the clock. Floridians are sick of changing their clocks because we all want more sunshine,” he states on his website.
Will the Sun be setting on DST in the US for good? 19 states have passed legislations to get rid of the practice, but Congress still needs to give final approval.
©iStockphoto.com/Daniel Lange
Historically an Unpopular Solution in the US
Dr. Prerau is skeptical of the idea of permanent DST.
“Year-round DST is actually not a new idea,” Dr. Prerau explains.
“It was in use in the US in 1974. There was an energy crisis, and one thing proposed to help it was to extend DST from the then standard six months per year to instead have permanent DST for two years. When it actually happened, a lot of people found all the negatives and didn’t like it at all,” he says.
“They didn’t like getting up in the winter in the dark, going to work in the dark, and especially sending their kids to school in the dark. The sunrises in the winter got very late, around 08:30 or 09:00 am, in places like Minneapolis and Seattle. It became unpopular very quickly, and Congress repealed it after the first year.”
Keeping Daylight Saving Time all year would move sunrise and sunset times 1 hour later in the day, resulting in darker mornings and more daylight in the afternoon.
Quote:“In my experience, during winter, people want daylight after waking up in the morning rather than later in the day.”
Dr. David Prerau, DST Expert
Light has been proven to powerfully influence our body clock and the day-night cycle, known as the circadian rhythm.
The Case for Permanent Standard Time
“Solar time is the most honest clock, defined by the Sun’s apparent position in the sky,” says Jay Pea, president of Save Standard Time.
In 2022, the Sunshine Protection Act was unanimously passed in the Senate but failed to make it beyond the House of Representatives. And since the bill needs to be signed into law, the 19 states that wants permanent DST still continue with the seasonal time change.
Because recent permanent DST bills have stalled in the US Congress, there have been more recent efforts to focus on a move to permanent standard time instead. Any move to year-round standard time does not require national-level approval.
We turned to Jay Pea, president of Save Standard Time, a nonprofit lobby group, to hear more about this option:
“Permanent Standard Time eliminates both the acute harm of clock change and the chronic harm of DST itself. If individuals continue to prefer DST, they can simply wake themselves earlier to allocate more daylight after their workdays.”
Pea claims that standard time (also known as normal time or winter time) is an approximation of solar time.
“Solar time is the most honest clock, defined by the Sun’s apparent position in the sky, wherein “high noon” corresponds to 12 pm, he says.”
Quote:“In our opinion, history, science, and common sense point to permanent Standard Time as the healthiest, fairest, safest, and most lasting solution.”
Jay Pea, Save Standard Time
When it comes to what Pea calls “the most honest clock,” Dr. Prerau argues that we already accept three artificial changes when it comes to time:
“The first one is mean time, the second is time zones, and the third is DST, with the clock changes twice a year.”
He sums up:
“So, we’re willing to accept a change from the actual solar time to make it better and easier for us. That’s what DST does; we accept the change because we think it benefits us.”
More Cons than Pros to Permanent Standard Time
Dr. Prerau explains that there are many cons to Permanent Standard Time in the US:
“Permanent Standard Time would give very early sunrises in spring and summer, including sunrises before 4:30 in places like New York and Chicago. With such early sunrises, almost no one gets the benefit of that hour of sunlight because most people will be asleep. So, instead, we take that hour of sunlight in the very early morning and move it to the evening when it’s more useful.”
He argues that any state can opt to have Permanent Standard Time just by passing the law, but only two states have chosen it, Hawaii and Arizona:
“This is for a very particular reason. Hawaii is the southernmost state and closest to the equator, so sunrise and sunset don’t change that much year-round. In Arizona, it’s so hot in the summer that people don’t want an extra hour of daylight in the evening. Because of the temperature, they look forward to the Sun setting so that they can go outdoors in the evening.”
A hot day in Monument Valley Tribal Park, Arizona.
©iStockphoto.com/YinYang
No DST in most of Arizona
Why DST Is Still Such a Hot Potato
There’s no doubt that DST both engage and divide us. We ask Dr. Prerau why he thinks this is:
“Because it has a direct effect on each person. Some people love to have that extra hour of light in the evening and feel positive about it, some people don’t like the dark in the morning and feel negative about it. And no one likes changing the clocks; that’s an inconvenience.”
Babies and DST: Adjusting your baby’s sleep
So, what will happen with DST in the future? Will more US states “lock the clock?” According to Pea in Save Standard Time, it’s only a matter of time:
“Modern society runs 24/7 in terms of computation, communication, commerce, and travel. Biannual clock change today has become excessively confusing and expensive. DST costs both money and lives to no objective benefit. Citizens across the US are increasingly calling on legislators to ditch the switch.”
Dr. Prerau is not as conclusive in his response:
“A lot of countries have gone up and down, back and forth between the options, and sometimes, if they have an energy crisis, like the US had in 1974, they put it in, and when that goes away, they put it out. So it’s a constantly changing situation. In the US, we’ve been pretty stable. For now, almost all US states, with two exceptions, use DST, which I think is good. It makes it uniform.”
No matter what happens in the future, we here at timeanddate.com will keep you updated on the latest changes.
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RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for October 19, 2024 |
Posted by: Richard VE3OZW - 2024-10-19, 08:32:00 - Forum: ISED, RAC Bulletins
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This is V_3___, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada with
this week's bulletin.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. RAC Insurance Program - 2025 Applications Now Open
RAC is now accepting applications for insurance coverage for the 2025 calendar year.
Like in previous years, information about the program, including more details about coverage and fee structure, is available at http://www.rac.ca/insurance/
--- rac bulletin
2. IARU Region 3 Proposal Moves Forward on 40m Band
The IARU's proposal is the result of a recent consultation by the Wireless Institute of Australia with the goal of finding band plans for various modes that could ultimately form the basis of a global agreement. The proposal noted that very little spectrum is set aside for digital modes and discusses the potential use of channelisation of the bands for digital modes. To deal with the challenge of allocations that include SSB and CW, the committee studied, among other things, activity shown on ClubLog.
Full proposal can be found at https://www-iaru-r3.org
ONTARIO SECTION NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
3. WRTC 2026 Announces UK Event Headquarters
Organisers of the prestigious World Radiosport Team Championship have announced that its headquarters will be Wyboston Lakes in Bedford in the east of England. Mark MØDXR, chairman of the UK organising committee, said that anyone interested in attending the event as a spectator will be able to book their place through the WRTC 2026 website starting in 2025. The WRTC will feature 50 competing two-person teams operating throughout the counties of Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk.
-- IARU 2026 committee -via ham radio newsline
4. The Internet Archive Has Been Hacked
Most would put the Internet Archive in the category of the library — with its aim of preserving and providing knowledge for the aid of all who might call on it. Sadly, it appears this grand institution has been hacked.
At the time of writing, it appears the Internet Archive has restored the website to some degree of normal operation. As is always the way, no connected machine is ever truly safe, no matter how much we might hope that’s not the case.
--- hackaday.com
This concludes this week's bulletin. Does anyone require repeats or clarifications?
Hearing none, This is V_3___ returning the frequency to net control.
Bulletin sent from Official Bulletin Manager VA3PC
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Amateur Radio Weekly 19OCT2024 |
Posted by: Richard VE3OZW - 2024-10-19, 08:29:54 - Forum: Radio News
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Issue 352 October 19th, 2024
Top links
Turn your Android phone into a modern Ham Radio transceiver
Free, open source software & hardware homebrew VHF radio.
KV4P
NASA, NOAA: Sun reaches maximum phase in 11-year solar cycle
This announcement doesn't mean that this is the peak of solar activity we’ll see this solar cycle.
NASA
Scientists say they've figured out a way to intercept alien radio signals
It could be used to pick up on communications that weren't intended to reach deep space.
The Byte
How Ham Radio endures - and remains a disaster lifeline - in the iPhone era
When disaster strikes, and conventional communication systems fail, Amateur Ham Radio operators step in to bridge the gap.
ZDNet
Radio towers causing problems for residents of northern Kentucky neighborhood
Residents of a northern Kentucky neighborhood said radio signals from nearby towers are causing all kinds of issues.
Spectrum News 1
USA Radio Orienteering Championship concludes
Medals were awarded to the top three finishers in each class of competition.
The Sun Times News
The future of emcomm
There are two important technology disruptions showing up in North Carolina: satellite-based internet (Starlink) and mobile-phone-to-satellite text messaging.
K0NR
Do you name your radios?
Lucy and Linus, the brother and sister, are both Yaesu VX-7s that were my workhorse HTs during the 2013 Southern Alberta Floods.
QRPer
Jamboree On The Air brings Scouts around the world together
Jamboree On The Air is the world's largest Scouting event.
ARRL
Making your first simplex contact on Ham Radio
Simplex is essentially one radio communicating directly with another on the same frequency, with no need for repeaters or additional equipment.
Ham Radio Prep
Video
How net control radio operators saved lives after Hurricane Helene
Tonight I welcome Dan, K2DMG, and Thomas, K4SWL, who live in one of the several areas that were devastated by Hurricane Helene.
Ham Radio 2.0
The Truth about SWR: Debunking the myths and misunderstandings
Is there really such a thing as perfect SWR and does it really matter?
DX Engineering
Sunset flight over Mount Olympus with Ham Radio operations
Conducted 2-meter FM radio operations throughout the flight.
W7NY
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Jamboree On The Air / Internet: October 19-20 |
Posted by: Richard VE3OZW - 2024-10-18, 07:42:02 - Forum: ISED, RAC Bulletins
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Jamboree On The Air / Internet: October 19-20
Scouts in Trinidad and Tobago looking for JOTA/JOTI Contacts
https://www.rac.ca/jota-jamboree-on-the-air-october-18-20/
For immediate release:
The Jamboree On The Air is an annual event in which Scouts and Guides all over the world connect with each other by means of Amateur Radio. Short-wave radio signals carry their voices to virtually any corner of the world.
The JOTA 2024 starts at 00:00 h local time on Saturday, October 19 and runs up to 23:59 h local time on Sunday, October 20. Note that details for use of special radio licenses, operating times and allowance for Scouts to use radio transmitters may vary per country.
The JOTA/JOTI website describes it in this way:
"It's the shear excitement of having a live conversation with a fellow Scout or Guide at some other place in the world that attracts so many young people to this event. JOTA is a real Jamboree during which Scouting experiences are exchanged and ideas are shared.
The use of Amateur Radio techniques offers an extra educational dimension for Scouts. Many grasp the opportunity to discover the world of wireless radio techniques and electronics. Thousands of volunteer Radio Amateurs assist the Scouts over the JOTA weekend with their knowledge, equipment and enthusiasm."
Scouts in Trinidad and Tobago are looking for JOTA/JOTI ContactsRadio Amateurs of Canada have been contacted by Mr. Denylle Yearwood, the District Scout Commissioner of North-West Trinidad and Tobago for assistance during the JOTA/JOTI weekend on Saturday, October 19, 2024, from 14:20 to 21:00 UTC (10:30 to 17:00 EST).
Please review the event details below. If you or anyone you know is participating in this event, please keep these details in mind to support these young people in achieving their objectives.
Organization: The Scout Association of Trinidad and Tobago
Number of Group Participants: 350
Location: Trinidad & Tobago, Port of Spain
Call Sign: NWDTT
Email denylle.yearwood@gmail.com
Group JID: 6TT16H
Local Amateurs involved in Event:
Steve, 9Y4SH and Tommy, 9Y4T/AG7ZA, have committed to providing an Amateur Radio station at the event location. They are attempting to recruit two more Amateurs. They do not have a special event call sign and will be using personal call signs in portable mode (9Y4T and 9Y4SH)
Based on their experience over many years of JOTA/JOTI participation, Echolink works best, especially in RF-challenging locations.
These are the channels that we will be monitoring for QSOs with scouts on Saturday, October 19, 2024, from 14:20 - 21:00 UTC (10:30 - 17:00 EST)
1. Echolink Node 875603 in conference -- 9Y4T (JOTA Port of Spain TT)
2. Hotspots on D-STAR, DMR, YSF
3. RF only for in-country QSOs.
For more information please contact the District Scout Commissioner directly at denylle.yearwood@gmail.com.
For more information about JOTA/JOTI please visit:
https://www.jotajoti.info/
Alan GriffinRAC MarCom DirectorTCA Editor –marcom@rac.ca
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RAC Ontario Sections Bulletin for October 12, 2024 |
Posted by: Richard VE3OZW - 2024-10-12, 18:12:01 - Forum: ISED, RAC Bulletins
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This is V_3___, Official Bulletin Station for Radio Amateurs of Canada with this week's bulletin.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. Special Advisory Notice: Hurricane Milton Update
Radio of Amateurs of Canada has received a request from the Winlink Development team to issue the following statement about Hurricane Milton:
The Winlink Development Team from the United States has requested that all non-essential
traffic on the Winlink system be suspended, including tests, weekly nets, etc., until after
Hurricane Milton. They are still experiencing high volumes of traffic from Helene, so please
keep the gateways open.
Due to FCC part 97.221 American Amateur Radio regulations, band restrictions limit
frequencies that are used to transmit and receive Winlink traffic.
Finally, a US end-user may also use RMS gateways from other countries since they are present
as a control operator (not under automatic control). This would include the RMS gateways in
Canada, Mexico, ITU sponsored gateways in Central America and the Caribbean.'
Please respect that gateways will be operating at their best capabilities, but overuse of
non-essential traffic may impact their ability to provide support to storm-affected areas.
Thank you.
-- Jason Tremblay, VE3JXT, RAC Community Services Officer
ONTARIO SECTION NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
2. POTA Activity Weekend is October 19-20
The weekend of October 19th is Parks On the Air (POTA) autumn activity weekend. Four times
a year POTA encourages activators and chasers alike to support local parks by getting out
and having fun. The autumn activity weekend runs October 19th and 20th UTC.
The next activity weekend takes place January 18-19, 2025.
-- POTA (via amateur radio daily news)
3. COLORADO CHOSEN AS SITE FOR NEXT YOUNG AMATEURS' CAMP
As many as 50 licensed amateurs between the ages of 15 and 25 will be headed for Colorado
next June as the Youth on the Air Camp for the Americas enters its fifth season. The online
application period begins on December 1st and is open to young radio operators from North,
Central and South America. The camp will take place from June 15th through to the 20th.
Prospective campers living outside the United States are being given priority and are
encouraged to leave sufficient time to obtain the required passport and tourist Visa
where applicable. First-time campers are also being given priority. Attendees from past
years are welcome to apply to serve as leaders.
Meanwhile, plans are in the works to inaugurate two other camp experiences next year:
subregional camps and a YOTA Junior USA camp serving hams younger than 15.
Visit youthontheair dot org - For additional information, please contact Camp Director
Neil Rapp, WB9VPG via director at youthontheair dot org (director@youthontheair.org)
-- YOUTH ON THE AIR (via ham radio newsline)
4. FEDERAL FUNDS TO STRENGTHEN U.S. BROADCASTERS' RESILIENCY
With disaster resiliency on almost everyone's mind in the US, the Federal Emergency Management
Agency has made an additional $40 million available to public radio and TV stations to permit
them to upgrade their infrastructure. The money is being released through the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting. The funds are designed to permit radio stations' investments in new
transmitters, generators, backup power supplies, antennas and related equipment for handling
emergency messages. The equipment is capable of handling messages through the federal agency's
Integrated Public Alert and Warning System and its Common Alerting Protocol. For TV stations,
the funds are to support training their personnel in the use of new or upgraded equipment.
FEMA has already released two rounds of funding to public broadcasters - this third round will
mean that $136-million has been spent during the course of three fiscal years to assist public
media's capabilities during disasters.
-- RADIO WORLD (via ham radio newsline)
This concludes this week's bulletin. Does anyone require repeats or clarifications?
Hearing none, This is V_3___ returning the frequency to net control.
Bulletin sent from Official Bulletin Manager VA3PC
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