[CW] ARRL MUST GET BETTER

[Winston Rogers]

Many of us have more than a few issues with the League these days, this just
being one example.  I personally feel that they do not support my mode, CW.
That is a major issue for me.  It also does not escape me that homebrew
articles in QST are limited, in many cases so as not to offend advertisers
who think homebrew products compete with their sales..

Over the years I watched the AARP go from being a great lobby for a group of
people, to being little less than a big business.  The ARRL seems to be
moving in that direction.  I think BPL was a done deal from the beginning
and that the League knew it.  They also new they had to fight it, to keep
their members.  That probably doesn't make it a token effort, but it sure
wasn't a great effort.

As an amateur, I want the ARRL to support me, at least proportionally.  If
they can not do this, what good are they and why do I owe them any
allegiance.

Each year when I re-up, I give it a lot of thought.  There will probably
come a time when I can no longer see any benefits to membership. When that
day comes I will take my money and subscribe to a better magazine.

Win, W0LZ