[RTTY] thats very sad Gert

[Robert Chudek]

Before we get too far off track and ramp up the "League bashing"... what's the point if 66% of the officers don't use LOTW? You don't have all the facts.

Of those 66%, what percent are on the air? If the ham is not active, what's the point of LOTW?

Of those 66%, what percent QSL the olde fashioned way, via the mail? What's the point of LOTW?

Of those 66%, what percent are casual commuter VHF/UHF operators? What's the point of LOTW?

What would the "acceptable" percentage of League officials using LOTW be anyway? I don't think 33% is unrealistic out of the cross section of radio men.

As a matter of fact, 98.7% of all hams do not use 1296 MHz or above. And surprisingly, 66% of all hams do not operate RTTY. Should all these non-conformists be cast as not being fit to represent the broad interest of the amateur radio community? Come on, what's the point?

I'm not defending the response from Frank, N2FF. But the reality of life is we all set our priorities and obviously LOTW is not very high on his list. But to take a broad brush and paint the other 66% officials as questionable in their ability to represent the amateur radio community is disingenuous.

73 de Bob - K0RC


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Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:48:45 -0600
From: Peter Laws <plaws0 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] thats very sad Gert
To: RTTY <rtty at contesting.com>
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On 1/25/06, Terry Gerdes <terry at ab5k.net> wrote:

> I find it very alarming that 66 percent of out ARRL officials do not use
> LOTW.

You're confusing two groups of individuals.  ARRL members vote for
Section Managers and Division Directors and Vice-Directors.  The Board
of Directors then decides who will be President/VP, etc (much like the
US Senate once elected the President).  They also decide who will be
*hired* as CxO.  I know it *seems* like K1ZZ is King of All Things
League-related, but he really isn't.  :-)

Nonetheless, it is interesting to see how many do not participate.  I
think identifying members of the DX- and Contest Advisory Committees
who don't participate (or who aren't good QSLers) would be much more
relevant than whether or not folks like Mary Hobart are in LoTW (give
her a break -- she wasn't even a ham until she was hired :-)

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