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Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL DX CW Contest in QST

To: donovanf@starpower.net
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL DX CW Contest in QST
From: WW3S <ww3s@zoominternet.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:19:55 -0400
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Well, NCJ is going the same route....if you can’t get complete results in the 
National Contest Journal, why would you expect more in QST ?!? Not sure if a 
NCJ subscription is even worth it now...

Sent from my iPad

> On Aug 26, 2019, at 2:23 PM, donovanf@starpower.net wrote:
> 
> The DX Contest results article in September QST (now available via the 
> ARRL homepage) is just as awful. 
> 
> 
> Someone at ARRL HQ needs to undertake a serious review of how contest 
> results are reported in QST. IMHO contest results articles should not be 
> directed at the committed contester audience, every one of us knows where 
> to look for the on-line results. The articles should be written to attract 
> the 
> interest of the not-yet-committed. 
> 
> 
> 73 
> Frank 
> W3LPL 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> From: "John Geiger" <af5cc2@gmail.com> 
> To: "robert" <wa1fcn@charter.net> 
> Cc: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com> 
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 5:39:00 PM 
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL DX CW Contest in QST 
> 
> I received my August QST the other day, as the original one was returned to 
> the ARRL for some reason and they sent another to me, and other than the 
> poor coverage of the ARRL CW DX contest, I thought it was one of the more 
> interesting issues I have received recently. Both articles on Mount Athos 
> were well written, and the article on the Collins KWM-380 was also a nice 
> read. "The Doctor is in" also had some intelligent questions this time. 
> 
> 73 John W5TD 
> 
>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 12:18 PM robert <wa1fcn@charter.net> wrote: 
>> 
>> GM Ria 
>> 
>> Thank you, there are many many others like Ed N1UR who feel the 
>> same way. 
>> 
>> Many big and little guns spend a lot of effort/money/time 
>> getting ready 
>> 
>> through out the year for this event. We all deserve better. 
>> 
>> Ed's comment about advertisers all being in the back of the 
>> magazine also 
>> 
>> is correct. In all honesty I rarely look at these. I am 
>> sure I am not alone in 
>> 
>> this . A few advertisements scattered through out the 
>> magazine I believe 
>> 
>> would get a better return to the advertisers 
>> investment . 
>> 
>> 73 BoB WA1FCN 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 8/26/2019 8:49 AM, rjairam@gmail.com wrote: 
>>> I’ve made an inquiry at HQ to get a better understanding of the issue. 
>>> 
>>> 73 
>>> Ria, N2RJ 
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 9:41 AM WW3S <ww3s@zoominternet.net> wrote: 
>>>> 
>>>> Where’s the LIKE button !!! 
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPad 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Aug 25, 2019, at 6:57 PM, Edward Sawyer <EdwardS@sbelectronics.com> 
>>>> wrote: 
>>>>> I am not sure if anyone else was struck like I was as to how sad it was 
>>>> that QST was down to 2 pages for the ARRL DX CW coverage in the August 
>>>> magazine. No write-up, just some top 10 totals boxes and plaque 
>> winners. 
>>>>> I never understood why QST dumps virtually all of its adds in the back. 
>>>> It's an advertiser's nightmare. Why not allow a couple of advertisers 
>> to 
>>>> sponsor a 6 page spread per contest on the 2 ARRL DX contests and get 
>> their 
>>>> ads conspicuously displayed? I am thinking they would be interested. 
>>>>> Ed N1UR 
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