ARRL teaches hams to tell time...

[Dan Romanchik KB6NU]

Up here in the northern climes (Michigan), we love DST, whether or not it saves energy. The heat of the day is generally not so oppressive that we look forward to the cooler evening hours, and we have plenty of daylight to enjoy outdoor activities such as bicycling, golfing, and other social activities after work. Not only that, Michigan is situated at the far western end of the Eastern time zone, so in late June/early July, it's light until nearly 10pm here.

73!

Dan KB6NU
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On Mar 8, 2015, at Mar 8,9:02 PM, Tom Azlin W7SUA <tom at nilza.org> wrote:
> Yea, here in Arizona we want to have less evening Sun!  Makes evenings more enjoyable. Still a couple members of the AZ legislature proposed putting us on MDT and got blown out of the water by their own party members. So it was a "never mind" moment that was pretty funny.
> 
> and I have read as much saying going on daylight savings time actually cost more and does not save any thing.
> 
> 73, tom w7sua
> 
> On 3/8/2015 1:23 PM, Richard O'Neill wrote:
>> On 3/8/2015 3:47 PM, Tom Azlin W7SUA wrote:
>>> At least here in AZ there is no daylight savings time.
>> 
>>  Ah, if only it were so for the rest of the country. At least we'd know
>> what time it really is without mental pause. In the sixties, after
>> 'Johnson Time' became the law of the land, a lot of people were upset at
>> the prospect, even worried that their flowers and gardens couldn't take
>> an extra hour of heat. Also, no one really knew anymore when to come
>> inside for supper? Something was sorely amiss in the land and it's been
>> that way ever since.
>> 
>>  Prior to national bias time, darkness use to descend in time for
>> people to actually enjoy the cool refreshing breezes of evening for a
>> few hours before sleep. Now, thanks to a floating standard of dubious
>> value, long gone are the days of drive-in theaters and Summer evening
>> social activities that had previously begun at a reasonable hour. I miss
>> the good old days. Sniff. :'(
>> 
>> Richard