Maybe an argument can be made that the ARRL review was done in some
justifiable way. However it can also be argued that at least some ARRL
leaders are lost in the past. Take a look at some of their shack photos.
The de facto leader for life, Dave Sumner, makes no secret that he confines
his operating to cw contesting. There's nothing wrong with engaging in a 70
year old activity as long as he does not influence official rule making on
activities he is out of touch with, something he is evidently doing anyway.
But as for reviews, I have seen some fairly objectionable lapses in such
things as reviewer assignments over the past two or three years so I am not
willing to reject the original complaint without some consideration. I
remember a review of several "legal-limit" feedline matching networks in
which the author wrote that he had no way of producing more than 500 w., so
was unable to determine whether or not any of the tuners could actually
handle the u.s. legal limit. To me, that in an official QST product review
was unacceptable. Whether you like ARRL or not, QST is I think generally
recognized as the de facto American ham journal of record for news and
activities and as such, has a high standard to meet.
I think there are hams, many on this reflector, who are doing more, learning
more and thanks to the power of PC computing, have access to more
sophisticated test equipment and modelling software, and are advancing ham
radio to a state unimagined 20 years ago, and many at the ARRL, maybe not
all, but many, particularly on the Board of Directors, have some catching up
to do.
73,
rob / k5uj
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