[CW] ARRL MUST GET BETTER

[scott mcmullen]

--- N2EY at aol.com wrote:
>> I don't like the content of "QST", I'd rather 
>> get "QEX" than "QST".
>
>> The technical content of "QST" has gone from "some
>> extremely challenging", 
>> to some "quite easy" to articles which are 
>> written at 6th grade level.
> 
> Has it really changed that much - or has your
> knowledge grown to the point 
> that what was once challenging is now simple?

I think that it has changed. One thing that 
irked me is that I became a Life Member in 
about 1980. Then they created "QEX", and moved 
alot of the good stuff (that I thought I had paid 
for) to "QEX". I think they should let Life 
members choose between receiving "QST" and
"QEX".

One thing I don't particularly enjoy in QST is the
"Lifestyle Pieces". You know, like the retired
Doctor who goes on boat trip with ham radio, etc.
These seem kind of like "Trailer Life" type
articles, and I don't recall that they had this
kind of content when I was first licensed back in
the mid-1970s.

Then one that took the cake was the two page 
article on using the phonetic alphabet. You know, 
like "A" is "ALPHA", "B" is "BRAVO", etc. I 
couldn't believe that would warrant a two page 
QST article! Yet there is was!

We need another Doug Demaw.

>> I enjoyed the section news and would often read
>> about other sections as well as my own. 

I did, too. When this was moved to the web, we
were promised that more Section content would be 
made available than what had been in QST. In 
practice, some Section Managers do a better job 
of keeping this up to date than others. Without
a publishing deadline, I've seen some Section
managers let over 6 months elapse with no updates
to Section News.

>> I'd look at the Brass Pounders League (BPL) 
>> scores and try to remember the callsigns.

This is still printed in QST; and I read it, too.
Also read the public service honor roll. See 
several  calls I recognize from Section Nets.

73
Scott W5ESE



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Scott McMullen, W5ESE
http://www.geocities.com/scottamcmullen
scottamcmullen at yahoo.com
Dripping Springs, Texas

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