[UK-CONTEST] GM4FDM (& Radcom)

[Dave Sergeant]

I read with interest the comments on the new RadCom. My first 
reactions were rather in the negative, but I accept that change is 
welcome and may come to live with the new appearance over time.

I could tell something had changed before I even took it out of its 
wrapper, and it was a negative first impression. I grant that there 
may have been print quality issues with this first one with the new 
printers, and hopefully they will improve. Certainly the photo 
rendering is far too dark, and at least in my copy the general 
quality varies between pages. The fonts on the EMC page are very 
dark, on other pages they are too light.

In fact I found the new font to be very tiring on my eyes - and I 
don't normally have problems. Perhaps it is a contrast between the 
relatively small font used for the text,  the bright coloured 
enormous fonts used in the headings, and the bold fonts of 
annotations. Whatever it was, I needed several sessions to digest the 

whole mag. I don't call that progress.

I agree also that the amount of page taken up by the headings is 
excessive. Also, in the case of the IOTA results, I failed to see the 

opening text at the bottom of the title page, started reading staight 

overleaf and wondered why it opened mid paragraph.

I expect there will be quite a mix of opinions on the new look. I 
hope that Steve and the rest of the editorial team will accept all 
comments and criticisms and make changes as appropriate to address 
the issues.

73 Dave G3YMC

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