When the Date and Time app opens, you will see a screen similar to the image on the left below. To configure the computer’s time, open your Windows Control Panel and select the “Date and Time” app. The Windows operating system makes this relatively easy. Proper configuration of your operating system and the computer’s clock is important when keeping an electronic logbook. When using electronic logging software, it’s important that both the computer and your logging software is configured correctly in order for the times to be logged correctly. The UTC time is the same worldwide and does not vary regarding the time zone or daylight-saving time.
Therefore, in a manner of speaking, all amateur radio operators, regardless of their location, are using the same clock! It is a universal "reference" time so amateur radio operators around the world have a "point in time" reference to a specific location. Midnight in Greenwich corresponds to 00:00 UTC, noon corresponds to 12:00 UTC, and so on. UTC uses 24-hour (military) time notation and is based on the local standard time zero-degree longitude which runs through Greenwich, England. This is the main reason the UTC time standard has been adopted by amateur radio operators worldwide.Ĭoordinated Universal Time (UTC), also referred to as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), Universal Time (UT), or "Zulu" is an international time standard (different from a time zone) used in Amateur Radio, astronomical aviation publications and applications, weather reporting, the military, NASA, and other organizations and documents.
The time of the QSO is especially important and must be within a certain time frame when the QSL is submitted to verify a QSO between two stations for an award credit such as those offered by the ARRL. Whether your located in the United States trying to setup a schedule for a QSO with a contact in Germany or your running an amateur radio network on the air and have operators logging in from all over the world, it’s necessary for everyone to be on the same time in order to coordinate the schedules.Ĭoordinated and relatively accurate time must be logged for each contact when QSLing. Solution home Knowledgebase Logbook Logbook Time ConfigurationĪccurate time keeping has always been a concern for amateur radio operators.
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