[TowerTalk] March QST cover

[Kelly Taylor]

One thing you learn after almost 30 years in publishing is, let he who is without sin…

The uninitiated would be blown away by how easy it is for major gaffes to slip through even the most professional organizations. Anybody remember “Dewey defeats Truman”? As I recall, that wasn’t exactly the Podunk Gazette behind that one.

It was a mistake. It wasn’t the publishing world’s first and it certainly will not be the last. It is also unlikely the ARRL had anything to do with the composition of the photograph.

The tenor of the quoted tower industry magazine item was startlingly unprofessional, and violated a key tenet of journalism.

73, kelly, ve4xt 


> On Feb 27, 2017, at 2:26 PM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> I think that given how fundamentally important antennas and towers are to
> ham radio, the lack of anyone who knows what they are looking at reviewing
> the picture for proper safety procedures is unexcusable.  It's the cover for
> cripes sake.
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> The ARRL is not a volunteer organization.  The staffers are paid and we pay
> for the publication and services.  People treating this like it's a mistake
> in a club newsletter are way off base.  It's a national paid publication.
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> 73
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> 
> Ed  N1UR
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