[CQ-Contest] ARRL DX Phone Results

[Steve London]

I agree with Ken on this one. I'm afraid that most contesters dig no deeper into 
QST than contest results and maybe high-end radio reviews. Isn't it time you 
broadened your horizons...put that sense of wonder back in that you had as a 
teenager ?

Let's look at August QST for an example. In addition to the ARRL DX CW writeup, 
there really were other contesting-relevant articles. Did you notice the article 
called "Obtaining Good Ground" ? This is arguably the best-written, most 
practical article on protecting your station against lightning damage I have 
ever seen. Surely that's relevant to contesting. How about the product review 
comparing antenna analyzers ?  Maybe you can do better than that 10 year old 
MFJ-259 analyzer ?  Or the reviews on butane-powered soldering tools - They 
actually tried to solder a PL-259 with them. Great information for contesters !

73,
Steve, N2IC


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth E. Harker
> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 9:35 AM
> To: CQ Contest
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL DX Phone Results
> 
> On Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 11:22:57AM +0000, Barry wrote:
>> I'm not a Life Member (but have paid a lot more than 20 years of dues) 
>> and have said the same thing.  I'd much rather get NCJ than QST as my 
>> membership journal.  On average, it takes me 5 minutes to read through 
>> QST before it gets tossed.  About once every 2 or 3 years, I find an 
>> article of interest, worth reading.
> 
>      With all due respect, this is probably because you have been a licensed
> 
> ham for a very long time :-)  I've been licensed for 15 years and an ARRL 
> member for about 12.  I still find plenty of interesting articles to read 
> in QST, and I fondly remember as a new ham devouring every column inch of 
> the magazine, as I'm sure new hams, even new contesters, must be doing
> today.
> 
>> Barry W2UP
>>
>> Shelby Summerville wrote:
>>> Or...publish the entire year, of ARRL contest results, in a separate
> issue, 
>>> similar to the DXCC yearbook? As I have often said: "As a Life Member, I
> 
>>> would gladly trade my QST subscription, for an NCJ subscription"!
>>>
>>> C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW 
>>>
>>>   
>> -- 
>>
>> Barry Kutner, W2UP             Newtown, PA   
>>
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