[CQ-Contest] Proposed QST changes

[Kenneth E. Harker]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 09:15:10PM -0000, K0HB H. Brakob wrote:
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Aycock" <baycock at HIWAAY.NET>
> 
> > Mr. Butler,
> > I have heard, (mostly on the internet) of certain changes in QST that are
> > being considered. The specific changes will have the effect of down-playing
> > the role of the Contesters, and the reporting of the pertinent activities,
> > in QST. I am not a regular or dedicated contester, but, I MUST enter my
> > protest at this further degradation of the role of QST in the activities of
> > many Hams
> 
> A senior level headquarters person has emailed me with the following.
> It provides a more palatable view of the issue which would have been
> welcome as an initial way of introducing the issue to the folks down
> here on the ground.
> 
> ------
> 
> Contest results are already available to members via the Web prior to their
> receipt of QST in the mail. From feedback we know that many of the members
> who are interested in the contest results take advantage of this. We also
> know from survey after survey that contest rules and results are the most
> disliked content in QST; when we ask what members would like more of, and
> what they would like less of, in QST the contest results and rules rank dead
> last. Even so, encouraging operating skills and station performance is an
> important part of the ARRL's mission. In short, while the contest community
> is a significant constituency within the ARRL membership, the amount of QST
> space committed to reporting of line scores and detailed rules is out of
> proportion to the overall interests of the membership. At the same time, we
> can provide much more in-depth coverage of contest results via the Internet
> and the Web than we could possibly provide in QST. For example, we can
> provide band-by-band contact and multiplier information for each entrant,
> not just for the high scorers. We can let contesters download the data so
> they can perform their own analysis. With some of the space freed up by
> moving line scores to a more appropriate medium we plan to expand editorial
> coverage of contest activities in a way that we hope will be more favorably
> received by the members who are not themselves contest participants. 

This sounds to me like the decision has already been made.

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>From K0HB H. Brakob" <HHBrakob at msn.com  Wed Jan  9 21:43:37 2002
From: K0HB H. Brakob" <HHBrakob at msn.com (K0HB H. Brakob)
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 21:43:37 -0000
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Proposed QST changes
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker at cs.utexas.edu>

> 
> This sounds to me like the decision has already been made.
> 

I understand that it is a committee proposal (A&F or MSC?) which
will be presented to the BoD at the upcoming board meeting.

73, Hans, K0HB


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