[WSWSS] Re: Electronic vs. paper publication

Mon, 04 Mar 2002 18:27:01 -0800

There would be no point in doing that.  You don't have to be a member of 
the ARRL to enter or win the contest.  So why would they make you be a 
member to view the results?  Seems like they would just be shooting 
themselves in the foot on that one...

73,
Neil - N6VHF

At 09:39 3/4/2002, Dan Hammill wrote:
>Hi Kent,
>
>What about the statements made by an ARRL official in one of the
>northeastern sections to the effect that access to contest scores
>on the web will be limited to ARRL members only?
>
>Dan  KB5MY
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> > Behalf Of Kent L. Tiburski
> > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 09:21
> > To: [email protected]
> > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [WSWSS] Re: Electronic vs. paper publication
> >
> >
> > Pete,
> >
> >   I've been seeing lots of discusion over the change to QST.  Specifically
> >   theARRL wants to downsize the magazine to make up a $100,000.00
> > deficit.  On
> > the chopping block are the Section Manager news (small print in the back,
> > which I bet fewer than 5 percent reading this post even bother to
> > read) and
> > contest results.  Since becoming a League official I've been
> > getting lots of
> > information on this.  Good news for us contesters!  QST is limited in the
> > number of pages they can devote to a specific event.  The ARRL has stated
> > that the results will be published on the ARRL website and all
> > entrants, read
> > everyone that submits a log, will have his/her scores listed and
> > broken down
> > (unlike now where its the top ten).  This is great for those that like to
> > compare their results with the friends.  Another plus to the
> > website is that
> > scores would be published within a month or two after log submission
> > deadline.  No more waiting close to a year!  The other big reason
> > besides the
> > timeliness, more content can be put there, pictures, larger
> > soapbox, etc.  So
> > there are some advantages.  Yet there are those few folks that don't have
> > internet or a computer, yet they are the very small minority.  In my
> > section Ihave 80 year old guys that have internet and are
> > computer savy, who sez you
> > can't teach an old dog?
> >
> > 73, Kent, K6FQ
> > ARRL San DIego Section Manager
> >
> > > Actually my measly VHF/UHF scores, which are currently listed in "QST",
> > > are  the only way members of my 2 local clubs have to see that anyone
> > > they know  does anything other than handhelds/rpts or HF-PSK-31.
> > >
> > > Keep the 'little pistols' in print or further declines in VHF/UHF/HF
> > > activity  will be noted.
> > >
> > > btN6ZE (LM ARRL)
> > >
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