[UK-CONTEST] RadCom letters

[Lee Volante]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the comments. I completely agree that the ardent non-contester 
may skip over Steve's column and their views won't change. But it's the 
undecideds and those without strong views that we wish to communicate with, 
and hopefully there are far more of those than the grumbling die-hards. We 
hope they will read more or all of RadCom, even if they don't turn straight 
to 'Sport Radio' when the magazine drops through the letterbox.   I read 
RadCom cover to cover - I probably won't be building a Pic-A-Yagi, nor do 
any GHz operating any time soon, but it's still very interesting to read 
about and I'll learn some new things.

As an example of what I was thinking of, on page 68 Andy G4JNT opens the 
August Data column with "If you don't normally read 'Data', this is aimed at 
you."  Andy tries to dispel confusion between on-air data mode operating and 
internet linking.  The keen Data operator will know all of this already, but 
a gentle education and removal of confusion for other amateurs is the 
intent. Some people who really need to read that content will skip over it 
sadly, but at least some others should learn from it.

I'll send a few words for the Last Word - let's see what happens.

73,

Lee G0MTN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Lawley" <dave at g4buo.com>
To: "UK Contest Reflector" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] RadCom letters


>I always enjoy your contributions to any debate on this reflector Lee,
> always well-considered and sensible. The only part I'd take issue with
> is "Maybe Steve G3ZVW could devote a future RadCom column to it -
> debunking some myths especially for the non-contester?" because I'm sure
> the letter-writers positively don't read Steve's column! That's why I
> think some letters giving a different point of view are called for.
>
> Yes, the Editor has definitely let us down and I think we need to test
> her impartiality.
>
> 73, Dave G4BUO