On 24 Jul 2002,, Billy Cox wrote:
> The other is our national organization that months ago stated these
> steps were needed for financial reasons ... yet ... there was NO mention
> of that in the recent release.
Yes, it was mentioned a few months back that the results were
being eliminated from QST for financial reasons, but the
announcement in ARLB046 stated:
"the Board agreed that the ARRL Web site now provides a better
medium to report the results of ARRL-sponsored contests, and line
scores no longer will appear in QST."
Which in no way confirms that this is a cost-
saving measure as they previously "advertised".
I would say that it gives reason for concern for
ARRL's continued sponsorship of contests,
possibly even their support of contesting as an
allowable activity on the bands - I would not be
surprised if they proposed a rules change to the
FCC which would prohibit contesting - if you
boil it down to membership numbers, I'm sure the
majority of members (not active $-spending
members, just numbers of members) would support
total elimination of contesting. It's only a
matter of time.
And I just bought another radio...dangit!
Lee
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Lee Hiers, AA4GA
Cornelia, GA
mailto:aa4ga@contesting.com
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