[CQ-Contest] QST Construction Articles

[Mike Clarson]

Ward: Point taken. Half an article is better than no article! But the WEB
based stuff is SO disposable. How often have you bookmarked the greatest web
site ever, only to find it gone next time you went there? Where will the web
based contest results/construction details be 10 years from now? (Next
question: Will anyone care?). Remember that famous (infamous?) picture of
President Clinton hugging Monica Lewinsky at a rally? The photographer
stated that the only reason he kept the picture is because he developed it.
If it was taken with a digital camera, he would have previewed it and erased
it. Sorry--getting off topic.--Mike, WV2ZOW

-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Ward Silver
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 12:56 PM
To: CQ-Contest Reflector
Subject: [CQ-Contest] QST Construction Articles


> Hey--no jabs at construction articles--they are 'webbing' those too--look
at that 1296 amp in the latest issue--all the construction details are on
the web, the
> article is just a fluff piece. --Mike, WV2ZOW

I can't let this go by unchallenged.  As a matter of fact, thank you very
much, *I* edited that article to make it fit a fairly tight QST budget.
Printing the entire article and all the necessary graphics would have *at
least* doubled its size, requiring a second issue's worth of space. If it
had to go completely and utterly in QST, it would not have been run. There's
no way that article could justify that much space in QST.  Take a look at
other magazines for construction-intensive hobbies and professions - plans
and lists and detail drawings are quite often placed on a Web site.