[CQ-Contest] ARRL DX CW Contest in QST

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Sorry, I meant to refer to the just-published ARRL Phone DX Contest 
results in October QST, now available via the ARRL homepage. 


The page count doesn't concern me, but the content just doesn't make 
any sense on so many levels. ARRL and its volunteers do a terrific 
job with their contest related content on the ARRL web pages, but the 
QST editorial leadership needs to get engaged. This kind of QST 
content just doesn't serve anyone's interest. 


73 
Frank 
W3LPL 

----- Original Message -----

From: donovanf at starpower.net 
To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com> 
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 6:23:14 PM 
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL DX CW Contest in QST 

The DX Contest results article in September QST (now available via the 
ARRL homepage) is just as awful. 


Someone at ARRL HQ needs to undertake a serious review of how contest 
results are reported in QST. IMHO contest results articles should not be 
directed at the committed contester audience, every one of us knows where 
to look for the on-line results. The articles should be written to attract the 
interest of the not-yet-committed. 


73 
Frank 
W3LPL 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "John Geiger" <af5cc2 at gmail.com> 
To: "robert" <wa1fcn at charter.net> 
Cc: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com> 
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2019 5:39:00 PM 
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL DX CW Contest in QST 

I received my August QST the other day, as the original one was returned to 
the ARRL for some reason and they sent another to me, and other than the 
poor coverage of the ARRL CW DX contest, I thought it was one of the more 
interesting issues I have received recently. Both articles on Mount Athos 
were well written, and the article on the Collins KWM-380 was also a nice 
read. "The Doctor is in" also had some intelligent questions this time. 

73 John W5TD 

On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 12:18 PM robert <wa1fcn at charter.net> wrote: 

> GM Ria 
> 
> Thank you, there are many many others like Ed N1UR who feel the 
> same way. 
> 
> Many big and little guns spend a lot of effort/money/time 
> getting ready 
> 
> through out the year for this event. We all deserve better. 
> 
> Ed's comment about advertisers all being in the back of the 
> magazine also 
> 
> is correct. In all honesty I rarely look at these. I am 
> sure I am not alone in 
> 
> this . A few advertisements scattered through out the 
> magazine I believe 
> 
> would get a better return to the advertisers 
> investment . 
> 
> 73 BoB WA1FCN 
> 
> 
> On 8/26/2019 8:49 AM, rjairam at gmail.com wrote: 
> > I’ve made an inquiry at HQ to get a better understanding of the issue. 
> > 
> > 73 
> > Ria, N2RJ 
> > 
> > On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 9:41 AM WW3S <ww3s at zoominternet.net> wrote: 
> > 
> >> Where’s the LIKE button !!! 
> >> 
> >> Sent from my iPad 
> >> 
> >>> On Aug 25, 2019, at 6:57 PM, Edward Sawyer <EdwardS at sbelectronics.com> 
> >> wrote: 
> >>> I am not sure if anyone else was struck like I was as to how sad it was 
> >> that QST was down to 2 pages for the ARRL DX CW coverage in the August 
> >> magazine. No write-up, just some top 10 totals boxes and plaque 
> winners. 
> >>> I never understood why QST dumps virtually all of its adds in the back. 
> >> It's an advertiser's nightmare. Why not allow a couple of advertisers 
> to 
> >> sponsor a 6 page spread per contest on the 2 ARRL DX contests and get 
> their 
> >> ads conspicuously displayed? I am thinking they would be interested. 
> >>> Ed N1UR 
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