> How many times have you had to root through a huge, dusty pile of QSTs to
> get a chronological picture of results in the same contest -- say, the SSB
> portion of the ARRL International DX Contest from 1994 to 2001?
> Putting detailed contest results on the ARRLWeb and allowing people to
> download data files for their own analysis sounds like a great
> benefit to me
> in the proposed realignment of QST. Leaving out the detailed listings but
> writing some really compelling stories that make contesting sound
> like great
> fun (and a great place to train operators) in QST sounds like good
> "marketing" of this particular aspect of our hobby.
> And I'd like to see some cool audio clips from contests added to that
> ARRLWeb site too.
My feelings exactly, Dean. Thanks for voicing them.
I much prefer seeing/reading the data online than in the magazine.
And don't stop with audio clips; include video clips and still images, too.
The contest stats and data are important to us, but to the average ham, it's
all meaningless. Let's replace the columnar data in QST with the barebone
results and more contest pictures and stories to better attract those who
may need only that encouragement to jump into a contest and make some
contacts.
73,
dale, kg5u
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