Contest Time Setting Issue

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W2PMC
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Contest Time Setting Issue

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First time use of the Contest function this weekend for Winter Field Day.

In the Contest Setup screen the Start and End times were fixed at 12hr time format, I could not find a way to change it to 24. My Station location is set correctly (New York EST time zone UTC-5).

Timeframe for this particular contest was “2p - 2p” so that’s what I set. Without warning the Contest Log stopped tabulating & dupe-checking contest entries several hours before Contest end. Incrementing the Contest Setup End Time a number of hours past 2p restored the missing entries, although it was then apparent I had unknowingly generated a number of dupes during the time the Log wasn’t functioning correctly.

Could find nothing in the Manual to resolve this, what am I missing?

73!
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Re: Contest Time Setting Issue

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OM,

Check your windows time settings. Log4OM will use that format. Recommend you change the Windows settings to 24 hour clock.

73,
Doug - W7DRM
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W2PMC
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Re: Contest Time Setting Issue

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Thanks Doug, that did the trick! Win10 now displays 24 hr format. Just to confirm - Do Contest Start/End set times conform to the Win Time Zone setting, ie. Local or UTC?
Thx & 73,
Paul W2PMC
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The times should all be UTC.

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Re: Contest Time Setting Issue

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I don't find Winter Field Day in the list of contests. How is it listed? Thx
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Re: Contest Time Setting Issue

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Add it!

Settings/resources editor

select Contest and add then save
73 Terry G4POP
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