[WSWSS] Re: QST contest results

Tue, 23 Jul 2002 22:05:01 -0700

The following is my opinion on the issue:

There may be some people who have reasons they don't like the ARRL, but 
there are far more reasons to support the ARRL than not.  There are no 
other groups out there that are fighting for Amateur Radio with the 
Government.  If the ARRL wasn't around, I think that Ham Radio would be a 
long lost memory.  The Government would have sold all our frequencies to 
the commercial interests.  I don't agree with a lot of the things that the 
ARRL has done in the past.  But, I still support the ARRL because overall, 
they are the best friends to all amateurs!  Who else is going to lobby 
Congress on Amateur Radio issues?  Who else is going to take companies to 
court over radio issues?  What other organization is going to stand toe to 
toe with the FCC on amateur radio issues?

I love contesting and it is cool to see your call in print but come on, big 
deal.  QST is about 85% ads anyway.  How many of you actually read the 
magazine.  I consider it a fringe benefit of my membership with the 
ARRL.  I am sure that the web version of the contest results will be a heck 
of a lot nicer.  And, I would be willing to bet that we wont have to wait 
quite as long for the results to appear on the web versus the 
magazine.  And, I am not pointing any fingers, but for those of you who 
only contest for your ego, now even non-subscribers to QST will be able to 
see your scores, all over the world.  So what is the big deal if they don't 
print your score in the magazine?  If they are going to save $100,000 a 
year by eliminating the printed contest scores, think about how much more 
they can do for radio on the governmental front!

Let's not lose sight of the important role that the ARRL plays in Ham 
Radio, especially over something like contest results printed in QST.  If 
you are a ham and not a member of the ARRL, I would recommend that you go 
out and join today.  If the ARRL goes away, there will be no future in Ham 
Radio!

73,
Neil - N6VHF

At 05:55 7/23/2002, John Geiger wrote:
>That's just great!  Reason #101 not to like the ARRL.
>And what is so special about Field Day?  If they want
>to promote the public service side of radio, at least
>they could leave the results of the Simulated
>Emergency Test in.
>
>73s John NE0P
>--- Jack/W7PW <[email protected]> wrote:
> > FYI...the ARRL hierarchy has decided to cease
> > publication of contest
> > line scores, except for Field Day. Look at the ARRL
> > web site for the
> > skimpy details.
> >
> > Jack, W7PW
> >
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