Publicity is definitely the key. I have been pushing the VHF contest in the Portland area since I discovered VHF contesting 2 years ago. There are a LOT of people who have no idea when the VHF contes
another big problem that was just created by the ARRL ,IS THE LACK OF PRINTING THE RESULTS IN QST people like to see there name in print if it is not in qst and they are not a menmber how do they fin
They are still published, the ARRL is just trying to move into the 20th Century and is publishing them electronically on the Web. If someone needs it on paper, they can kill their own trees (print it
Seems like putting it in print is almost a moot point up here in Canada. For the past 2 months, I have not been able to purchase a copy of QST. I have heard that the ARRL does not put it on the newst
Let me add my personal view. (My professional responsibilities at ARRL HQ have no direct impact on contesting or the QST publications policy.) I agree, QST and the other magazines are a good outlet
Now, if the contest writeups were done more by contesters ON THE VHF+ bands, it might add a lot more reality to the coverage. I recall a rather lame UHF or 10 GHz contest write up that had more quote
It's called Restructuring! "With a higher proportion of VHF-only licensees than ever before, one might expect that VHF/UHF contesting would be experiencing a surge in popularity."
In 2001, the writeups for both the ARRL UHF Contest and the ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest were written by Dan Henderson N1ND, who runs the ARRL Contest Branch. Dan has written the vast majority of conte
Well, that lets me out, because though I have dabbled in VHF and up contesting, I will stick with RFI ans spectrum-protection work. But from what I have learned, significantly increasing the soapbox