APRS-SCS UTC Help

The UTC Box
The UTC Box is not directly editable by the User.
In APRS everyones station must have their PC clocks set to the correct time.
The correct time is an offset to the time that is in Greenwich England.
UTC stands for Universal Time. It is also know as GMT, or Greenwich Mean Time.

The offset that I spoke of eariler is the distance from your station and
Greenwich England measured in Longitude.
Stations located East of Greenwich have a positive offset.
Stations West of Greenwich have a negitive offset.

When a User sets his PC clock Windows asks what his Time Zone is.
This is the same as asking what his offset from Greenwich England is.
All a user of APRS-SCS has to do is set his PC clock to the correct time and
Time Zone for his location.
Windows also has a feature that will adjust the users clock for Day Light Saving
Time. If the user lives in a area that has Day Light Saving Time then just check
the box that says "Automatically adjust clock for day light saving changes"

The Windows clock setting application that I am revering to can be reached by
double clicking on the time that is shown at the right end of your Windows Task bar.

Once the User has done this then He or She never has to worry about setting the
Time in APRS-SCS. APRS-SCS will use the time that the PC clock is set to automatically.
The user will just have to from time to time adjust His or Her PC clock to the
correct time. This is because PC clocks are not very good time keepers.

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