Topband: 1999 ARRL 160M contest results publication

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Ahoy Topbanders:

Here is my question as asked to N1ND, the league contest manager.

>The '98 ARRL 160M results appeared in May '99 QST.  The '99 results, in the
>Aug 2K issue.  How come 3 months later and will August be the published
>month heretofore?

And....here is the right prompt answer:

From: "Henderson, Dan N1ND" <dhenderson@arrl.org>

>Log checking is only part of the reason the shift was made.  Decisions on
>when results appear are dictated by the number of pages available in QST.
>With the reduction of advertising,
>there are fewer pages in each issue of QST each month, so some juggling must
>be done.  Some contest results were moved to other issues.  DXCC and VUCC
>listings were removed from some issues.  Other articles were cut back to
>bi-monthly instead of monthly.
>Being a membership service organization, we have to do a lot of give and
>take to address the interests of all members - from the VHF community to the
>technical community to the contest community.  But the key factor is how
>many pages are available each month.
>
>Hope this answers the question.  Thanks and 73
>
>Dan Henderson, N1ND
>ARRL Contest Branch Manager


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