EV>I forgot to mention to Holger about when I was aboard ship in the
EV>Pacific Ocean the Main Radio Room called "Main Comm" had a UTC Clock
EV>that the Boatswain Mate had to come into Main Comm periodically to put
EV>a Key in the Ships Clocks to Wind Up the clock.
EV>So he was a regular visitor to Main Comm.

EV>It was also His Duty to change the Time on all ships clocks when the
EV>ship entered a different Time Zone.

EV>One day he wound the UTC clock and moved the time back an hour on it.

EV>A few hours after he left Main Comm the Watch Supervisor noticed two
EV>outgoing messages with the same Date Time Group when he was looking
EV>through the Outgoing Traffic Log.

EV>He discovered that the UTC clock had been set back and had to call the
EV>Captains Mast on the intercom and ask the Boatswain Mate to come down
EV>to Main Comm and reset the UTC Clock.

EV>That Clock in Main Comm had a piece of paper taped to it saying it was
EV>showing UTC Time.

EV>I guess it was just a routine thing for the Boatswain Mate to wind the
EV>clocks when ever he had to change the Time Zone on all of the clocks on
EV>the ship.
EV>He probably had 100 or 200 clocks to set each time he made his rounds.
EV>It was just an honest mistake, but it caused some extra trouble for the
EV>Radio Room to send out Error Messages about the mix up.
EV>73

They are also supposed to set their comparision watch by getting a WWV
time tick before resetting the clocks.

EV>... I started out with nothing & have most of it left.
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