[NLRS] QST Content

[Scott]

I agree with Bill.  I was out of the league for probably 10 years.  Came 
back last year, mostly to get QST.  I've been dissapointed and my 
membership is up for renewal right now.  I can't justify a renewal at 
this point.  If I were "The League", I would offer members a 
choice...get QST OR QEX with membership.  Us techie types would probably 
go with QEX vs. QST and the people that aren't into "tech" could get 
QST.  Win, win, I would think.  Now they are not going to get anything 
out of me.  I'm not League bashing...they do good things, but I'm 
primarily in for a magazine to get building articles.

Scott
N0EDV

Bill Davis Jr wrote:
>
>  Today I celebrate my 54th year as a ham ... not as long as Wally W0PHD and a few others out there, but a pretty long time. I find QSTs from my early years more interesting to read than almost anything that has been published in QST for the last 10yrs or more. I took QEX for a year or two, but dropped it. Some interesting reading, but at this point in my amateur radio experience, not what I was looking for.
>
>   Bottom line is that I find the QST can be read each month in a couple hours, then it is put on the shelf to NEVER be pulled off the shelf in almost every case. "Building" microphones, mike booms and 2m vertical omni antennas of every type is just not my thing. I have 2feet of QSTs that I am going to get rid of soon. I get QST because of ARRL membership, not the other way around.
>
>   Could/would I do better if I were the editor... ARGH ... I'm not sure that "My QST" would be too much different, but I would try like heck to have ONE GOOD technical entry each month. Why could "My QST" look so much the same? From most of what I hear on the bands, the technical level of too many of "todays" hams is closer to the "rubber ducky on 80m" than I would like to believe.
>
>   Now ... QST IS in a position to do some EDUCATION ie KK7B entries and the "Doctor is In" etc. Sure hope it makes a difference even though it may not reach the top of the poll. TOO MANY of hams on the band today NEED EDUCATION on the tech side as well as OPERATION ... too much CB lingo.
>
>   73  Bill  K0AWU  EN37ed
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