I agree with Ken on this one. I'm afraid that most contesters dig no deeper
into
QST than contest results and maybe high-end radio reviews. Isn't it time you
broadened your horizons...put that sense of wonder back in that you had as a
teenager ?
Let's look at August QST for an example. In addition to the ARRL DX CW writeup,
there really were other contesting-relevant articles. Did you notice the
article
called "Obtaining Good Ground" ? This is arguably the best-written, most
practical article on protecting your station against lightning damage I have
ever seen. Surely that's relevant to contesting. How about the product review
comparing antenna analyzers ? Maybe you can do better than that 10 year old
MFJ-259 analyzer ? Or the reviews on butane-powered soldering tools - They
actually tried to solder a PL-259 with them. Great information for contesters !
73,
Steve, N2IC
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth E. Harker
> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 9:35 AM
> To: CQ Contest
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL DX Phone Results
>
> On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 11:22:57AM +0000, Barry wrote:
>> I'm not a Life Member (but have paid a lot more than 20 years of dues)
>> and have said the same thing. I'd much rather get NCJ than QST as my
>> membership journal. On average, it takes me 5 minutes to read through
>> QST before it gets tossed. About once every 2 or 3 years, I find an
>> article of interest, worth reading.
>
> With all due respect, this is probably because you have been a licensed
>
> ham for a very long time :-) I've been licensed for 15 years and an ARRL
> member for about 12. I still find plenty of interesting articles to read
> in QST, and I fondly remember as a new ham devouring every column inch of
> the magazine, as I'm sure new hams, even new contesters, must be doing
> today.
>
>> Barry W2UP
>>
>> Shelby Summerville wrote:
>>> Or...publish the entire year, of ARRL contest results, in a separate
> issue,
>>> similar to the DXCC yearbook? As I have often said: "As a Life Member, I
>
>>> would gladly trade my QST subscription, for an NCJ subscription"!
>>>
>>> C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW
>>>
>>>
>> --
>>
>> Barry Kutner, W2UP Newtown, PA
>>
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