Well......... Compare the present QST with those of some 2 or three
decades ago. Nothing but pablum in the recent issues.
Dave - WØLEV
On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 12:48 AM Michael Martin <mike@rfiservices.com>
wrote:
> Hey guys you have to remember that a lot of the people you deal with are
> human and we can accept the fact that sometimes they make mistakes.
> Sometimes explainable sometimes not. I find it hard to believe that someone
> with technical knowledge and possibly average or above level of
> intelligence could possibly find a reason to bash an organization because
> of one issue that occurred that was obviously a mistake made by someone and
> probably not one with the authority to do it. I don't doubt that it
> happened at all but I doubt highly that the right person was answering
> questions and replying to messages. That is a mistake not on your part but
> certainly a mistake. I think I've made a couple of my time.
>
> Could we do better than the ARRL? Possibly, but we aren't. I see so many
> times that what they do has been so helpful and I think it's hard not to
> remember that when I discover a mistake that they may have made.
>
> I would advise everyone that has an interest in amateur radio to make
> their donation to The ARRL one way or the other. This hobby would most
> definitely not be doing as well without them.
>
> Michael Martin
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> On Tue, Dec 20, 2022, 7:08 PM David Eckhardt <davearea51a@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Don't feel bad, Kurt! I have had submissions rejected by ARRL for being
>> "too technical". These days, they just want pablum for publication.
>>
>> If I were not a life member (thanks to my ex-wife many decades ago), I
>> would not pay annual dues. But, ..........having access to this RFI site
>> possibly makes it all worth it.
>>
>> Dave - WØLEV
>>
>> Dave - WØLEV
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 9:57 PM KD7JYK DM09 <kd7jyk@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> > The following was posted to a longwave forum yesterday. I found it
>> > interesting:
>> >
>> > "When LED bulbs first came out, I did a lot of testing for different
>> > brands/models (now gone). All produced interference if close enough. I
>> > wrote an article for QST on the results. They rejected the article and
>> > said "Do not resubmit it or a similar article to QST or any of ARRL's
>> > publications" and stated they would not discuss why nor give a reason.
>> > Totally bizarre. I later met the president of the ARRL and he was
>> > dumbfounded when I told him about this. (I have been an editor and
>> > reviewer of an optics technical publication, rejecting more papers than
>> > accepting, but ARRL's behavior was extremely nonprofessional.) A
>> > letter in a shortly later issue of QST years ago mentioned the need for
>> > research on this and QST replied that something was planned but I never
>> > saw anything. (I always question why I stayed a member.)"
>> >
>> > Kurt
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