[UK-CONTEST] RadCom IOTA QRP

[G3SJJ]

Interesting. Reports on 2003 and 2004 IOTA Contest both had 7 pages 
allocated, yet 2005 only had 5 pages even though there was around a 10% 
increase in entrants over 2003. The tabulation was definitely squeezed. 
This is going to get more and more difficult. I have always felt (and 
fought for) contest results including report and tabulation should be 
published in Radcom in full since this is the official journal of the 
Society and therefore contains historical information for future 
reference and research. Perhaps IOTA needs to be a treated as a 
different case since as Bob says 5 pages is probably all we can expect. 
I think what makes it worse for us to accept is the continued waste of 
space on non ham-radio content.

A couple of other points - left justification has been used for several 
years, and likewise RSGB logo hasn't appeared for a long time either, so 
we can't blame the new editor for those! As yet I haven't put any 
comments to Don XTT, but just to remind everybody :

" Alex Kearns, the new RadCom editor, has offered me a meeting at 
Potters Bar, wearing my new "Board Member for Sport Radio" hat, to talk 
about contest and DX coverage in the magazine. I don't expect miracles, 
for the reasons Lee laid out in his post. And, in any case, detailed 
results, photos, soapbox, etc. can be posted on websites much more 
quickly than they appear in a magazine (and in much cleverer ways 
allowing, for example, searching results by category, country, etc.). 
But I would be interested in any input from members of this reflector. 
Can I suggest you write directly to me, please, and I will synthesise 
the views as best I can (though I am sure they will not all be on the 
same "frequency"!) - g3xtt at lineone.net

Chris G3SJJ


Bob G3PJT wrote:

>Hi
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>I couldn't agree more with Dave's comments on the limited tabulation and 
>the inclusion of  us QRP entrants with the other QRO ISOs.
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>Also it is not possible to do even a trivial analysis on the results - 
>yes you can do that on the web I know but its easier with paper tables. 
>(Especially as I had tried a new tactic for me this year.)
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>5 pages in RadCom for a single contest - I don't think we will ever get 
>more.
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>Well done, Don and the team for building this contest up to a premier 
>event.
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>73 Bob G3PJT
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