I hope other VHF Men will join me in thanking Gene for his years of service to the high band community as editor of The World Above 50 MHz. Now that hes retired Im betting he posts some huge scores i
Sent a note as soon as I saw it on the ARRL website. As I said to him, for several years now WA50 has been my "go to" spot when a new issue comes. -- Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by
While I appreciate all the work done by QST columnists and authors, I'd have to agree. Reading about band openings and activity months after it occurred might have made since years ago. But in today'
One positive think about QST carrying reports of band openings is that it might catch the attention on the non-weak signal VHF operator, and show them what is possible. If they don't subscribe to the
John raises a good point. I'm not suggesting that the World Above 50 MHz abandon reports of band openings and distant contacts, but with 12 bites of the apple each year, I'd love to see the content e
Sorry, but I don't buy into the idea that it's the responsibility of operators to supply a columnist with submissions. The original criticism of the current column was that they were basically just s
FWIW. It seems pretty obvious that you've never been the editor of any sort of large monthly publication. You really don't have any idea of whats goes into publishing a good article every month, but
Author: Tim Marek via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 20:38:33 +0000 (UTC)
I don't "Buy In" to your rebuttal one iota! You obviously have no idea what it takes to do the job, how IMPORTANT reader input IS!, and the motivation for doing it in the first place..... You do the
For the record, I sincerely appreciate the effort that Jon Jones, N0JK puts into writing The World Above 50 MHz. It is a labor of love, and much appreciated by all VHF operators. Any criticism of the
I never said he was above reproach, but your comments should be addressed to him, not spewed in public as bitching about why don't you this and why don't you that.... Hold your calls ladies and gentl