[CW] ARRL MUST GET BETTER

[David J. Ring, Jr.]

Hello Scott,

Hey, It's always nice to meet someone who agrees with me!  I know Jim was 
just wondering if it wasn't my "education" that made my "QST" appear 
easier - something a kin to looking at the first grade desks and wondering 
"did I sit there - they're so small?" !!!

And to boot Scott is someone who wants Life Members to have the choice 
between QEX and QST.  I'd like that.

I'd vote for "QEX", as I read "QST" and usually get so angry I throw the 
magazine in the trash.

I never did that with the old "QST" - those were keepers.

73
David N1EA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "scott mcmullen" <scottamcmullen at yahoo.com>
To: "cw" <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [CW] ARRL MUST GET BETTER



--- 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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