[UK-CONTEST] RadCom and contests

[paul at greenrover.demon.co.uk]

FWIW - copy of my mail sent to Radcom editor.



Editor,

I wish to protest at the truncation of the contest results table as 
published in the May 07 edition of Radcom (P67)

The club calls contest is a powerful tool in recruiting new contest 
operators within a club and the publication of the full results is 
essential.

I would imagine that most who take part in a contest would like to see 
their results tabulated in the societies magazine, particularly if its 
an RSGB sponsored event.

Perhaps your decision to truncate the results was intended as a 
subliminal anti contest message? If so, is that your personal view or 
that of the society?

Forgetting all about content, a quick measure here shows 40 inches of 
blank space which equates to approximately four complete pages of unused 
space. This is distributed throughout the mag to accommodate the new layout.

On the contest pages there was room to place all of the results without 
compromising font size by just using a little more care with the layout.

I believe the magazine has improved over the last year or so in terms of 
content but take care when alienating your readership. I have never felt 
the need to complain to the editor of QST.

Regards Paul

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73 de Paul GW8IZR IO73TI
http://www.gw8izr.com