They could save quite a few pages by eliminating the
section news. Thats available as email already.
Gary - WB4SQ
--- Tom Rauch <w8ji@akorn.net> wrote:
> > Yes, Bill, the web site results are great -- if
> you are already a
> > contester!
> >
> > The Web is great for finding what you want, but
> one of the jobs of a
> > magazine is to present information that the reader
> may NOT be looking
> > for. A non-contester will never look up contest
> results on the web,
> > but he might browse through the published results
> and see a friend's
> > call, notice the number of DX stations that were
> active, admire the
> > success of the winners, become fascinated with the
> idea of working all
> > 50 states in one weekend, etc.
>
> I think perhaps you are expecting the wrong results,
> based on
> most of what is published in QST contest results.
>
> Put yourself in the position of a non-contesting
> person and read the
> contest results and soapbox. Honestly ask yourself
> what in all that
> meaningless data would push someone towards being
> interested in
> contests. Field Day is the exception of course,
> because it centers
> around groups having fun and testing skills.
>
> I agree it is interesting to read a summary and see
> how a friend
> does, but that person quite obviously already is
> aware his friend is
> in a contest. As such, he almost certainly has
> already heard all the
> bragging rights directly from his friend.
>
> What we really would need, if attracting people to
> contesting is the
> goal, are articles illustrating the what fun and
> what a challenge
> contesting is. We need more pictures of people
> having fun with
> small stations, more highlighting of SMALL or modest
> station
> results, and a little less head-lining about the
> biggest and most
> complicated stations.
>
> The focus of the column is wrong if the goal is to
> attract people to
> contesting.
> 73, Tom W8JI
> W8JI@contesting.com
>
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