On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 11:39:34AM -0400, W3HMS@aol.com wrote:
> Hi all....considering the points by Bernie, W4SW and Neil ,one could ask
> this:
>
> If activity and use of the frequencies is not considered important enough to
> the national amateur society to report same in its journal, QST, then it must
> not be important at all. From that one could conclude that QST is just
> another commercial radio magazine!!!
Please don't be taking the lack of contest scores in QST so personally. This
is affecting HF contests as well as VHF ones. This debate has run out on
CQ-CONTEST (www.contesting.com/_cq-contest) and doesn't need to be repeated
on these fine reflectors.
As far as writeups go - if you don't like what you see, why not volunteer to
do a writeup? Many of the HF writeups are now done by non-ARRL staff. If
you feel you have something to contribute - and have an angle on the contest
that might help activity in the future (by making it sound like it was
something fun to do) - then step on up.
Having lived in Europe, I can also confirm that VHF/UHF is a bigger deal
there. However, when I compare the population density there to what it is
here in Oregon... it is easy to see why.
Activity is the key. When people turn on their radio and don't hear
anything, they will turn it off. This is often the case here. We have
put up a beacon on 432 mHz to try to help this.
All of us as individuals can help encourage more activity. Get on the air
and make some noise. Encourage others to get on the band - perhaps by
loaning them some equipment. Setting up VHF/UHF stations at multi-operator
events is a great idea.
All of our individual actions will add up to something that can make a
difference.
Much more than filling out a form - or complaining on an e-mail reflector.
di-dah-di-dah-dit.
Tree N6TR / K7RAT
tree@kkn.net
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