[NLRS] Survey from N5AC

[W0ZQ at aol.com]

Hello NLRS land.   Seems like it's the  season for surveys !    N5AC from the 
NTMS has placed a link to a  survey on the NLRS reflector .... please see his 
email and link attached below.  Please be aware that I had no prior input nor 
knowledge regarding  this activity whatsoever.    After seeing the posting 
from Steve,  I did review the contents of the survey and thought that it asks 
good questions  that can be of value to us in helping to determining the long 
range future of  contesting.   Who can turn down data ?   Yes, some of the  
questions are biased, but all surveys are biased.   If you don't like  the way 
some of the questions are phrased you have an opportunity to comment on  that at 
the end.    If you have a moment of time, please support  N5AC's efforts and 
complete the survey.

73, Jon
W0ZQ


Fellow  VHF and Microwave Contester,

There have been numerous discussions in the  past about ARRL contest rules in
the VHF and up contests.  We all know  what it’s like to get beat in a
contest “fair and square” and we know what  it’s like to encounter situations
that make it frustrating to operate in the  contest simply because the rules
make it less fun or even unfair.

In  an effort to consolidate the opinions of the contesting community, we
have  created a survey to determine if a number of issues that have come up
are  really issues that require rule changes or not.  The more input we  have
on the survey, the better the data will be – even if you do not have  any
issues with the current state of the rules, we would appreciate your  input
on the survey to let us know this.

At the conclusion of the  survey period, the results will be tabulated and
provided to the VUAC as well  as the participants in the survey. Please take
a moment to answer the survey  and if you see a geographical region not
listed in the “to” line of this  email, please feel free to forward the
survey to other groups --- the more  input the better.  Here is the link for
the  survey.

http://phpesp.n5ac.com/public/survey.php?name=VHF_Contesting_Rules  

The survey will be active for one week, ending on NOVEMBER 1ST.   

Thanks & 73,
Steve, N5AC
VP, North Texas Microwave Society