It sounds like QST is now run by magazine editors for
the benefit of the league rather than the benefit of
the members of the league.
I agree that the act of allowing manufacturers
unfettered smearing rights is disgraceful. This was
handled in a very unprofessional manner that caters to
the interests of advertisers and, therefore, the
league's revenue.
Despite whatever legitimate debate and investigation
that we might have concerning parasitics, this was not
a proud moment for ham radio or for any technical
endeavor. League officals should be ashamed. As a
league member I am certainly ashamed of them.
Mike wy6k
--- Jim Reid <kh7m@hsa-kauai.net> wrote:
>
> Paul wrote, in part:
>
> > Notwithstanding the ARRL's procedure for accepting
> an
> > article for publication in the first place, a
> professional journal
> > would have dealt with this issue in a true
> professional
> > manner...
>
> (and would have)
> >
> > The League's review board, functioning as an
> unbiased
> > mediator would, much like a court trial, review
> all evidence
> > presented by both parties and decide what, if any
> action
> > should be taken to correct any technical
> inaccuracies or
> > deficiencies based on prima-facia evidence.
> >
> > Instead, the League decided to form an ad-hoc
> review board (the
> > "contributors") without disclosing their rationale
> for selecting these
> > individuals. Several contributors were far from
> being financially
> > disinterested.
>
> This sort of action smacks of what happened to Walt
> Maxwell's
> material and his reputation as a result of an
> approach to the
> ARRL by a famous former Collins Radio amplifier
> engineer.
> This person asserted that Maxwell's material was all
> wrong.
> That actual SSB power amplifiers wanted to see high
> output
> SWR to be most efficient, and that Walt's claims
> that a
> conjugate match, applying the Conjugate Matching
> Theorem
> was all wrong!
>
> I, of course, thought it was the job of the
> typical Pi-L
> matching network to "match" the high Z from the
> amp to the low Z of the feedline coax; and from
> that
> terminal on, the Conjugate Match theory would be
> applicable....as I presume does Maxwell, but this
> belief is not shared by Maxwell's detractors. This
> former sentence is my thought, not anothers!
>
> The result was the removal of Maxwell's material
> from ARRL
> publications, and semmingly without printed comment
> about
> the removal in QST or any other publication, so far
> as I know.
> Evidently, in Maxwell's case, not even an "ad hoc"
> review
> board was consulted before just dropping Maxwell.
> Only the
> single complainer, with reputation, seemed
> needed.
>
> Also, the League did not reprint Walt's book,
> "Reflections".
> There has remained quite a market demand for the
> book.
> It is now about to be republished, as a new
> edition, by a
> different organization.
>
> Further, Maxwell has prepared material in support
> of his
> positions and has submitted same to the "new" QEX
> publication/editors. It would seem that, so far,
> he is
> still being "overlooked" by the ARRL!
>
> It really is too bad that Maxwell's material was not
> also
> peer reviewed in a professional manner rather than
> just
> evidently dropped and judged henceforth to be worth
> only
> ignoring.
>
> 73, Jim, KH7M
>
>
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