13-07-2019, 11:51 PM
G'day Doug,
Firstly, thanks for establishing, running and moderating this forum. It filled a gap when the VK Logger Forum went offline - but then returned last year. So now we have two similar forum sites and I guess like many others, I'm constantly checking both forum sites. But that's how it goes.
Re the AR-Mag, well here are my thoughts...
- The way that it was communicated from the WIA in recent times about the dismissal of the previous editor and from what I've heard from the previous editor, I suspect there's more to come on this as there are two sides to a story and I guess we've only seen one side of it thus far.
- I seem to recall that the previous editor on numerous occasions asked for technical article submissions. I guess not all submitted articles were suitable for publication for various reasons. Personally, I think the previous editor did a fine job for many years given the situation he may have found himself in.
- Is the future publication of AR-Mag relevant in 2019 moving forward?? These days it might just be a handy introduction to newbies and an update of what various clubs and members are up to - a handy tool for the WIA I guess...
- As we've all seen, there's been a great proliferation of technical articles posted on the this and the other forum over the many years. They can be posted instantly with various unlimited detailed diagrams, drawings, photos, etc and then questions, suggestions, improvements and feedback can be provided relatively instantaneously.
- There is of course things such as Facebook as well for various interest groups which may be catering for some radio interests. I've found many of these unsearchable for various radio topics and for at least two years haven't logged in to Facebook as I regard many segments of it as a wasteland and/or gathering place for trolls. But that may change, depends on how bored I become.
- I was listening to the latest VK6 News tonight after the footy and there was a short article based on a comparison of AR-Mag from 50 years ago to what it's been in recent years - mainly in regards to advertising... http://audio.vk6.net/20190714.newswest.mp3 If we look at a lot of print media these days, the amount of advertising is a lot less that what it may have been many years ago. These days we have the internet, search engines, etc.
- I'm no longer a member of the WIA, mainly in protest as to how the boards of recent years have conducted themselves and alleged mismanagement of WIA funds. Therefore I'm hardly in a position to make any suggestions to how the WIA should operate - hence I'll refrain on any further comment on this. But I'm a proud member of Amateur Radio Victoria as they take care of most of the repeaters in Victoria, which I'm a regular user of. I often advocate to those that aren't a member of a club but are users of many repeaters in VK3, that perhaps an easy way for them to contribute is to then become a financial member of Amateur Radio Victoria. But each to their own.
Again, these are only my opinions & thoughts. I look forward to hearing what everyone else thinks about the whole situation.
Cheers,
Firstly, thanks for establishing, running and moderating this forum. It filled a gap when the VK Logger Forum went offline - but then returned last year. So now we have two similar forum sites and I guess like many others, I'm constantly checking both forum sites. But that's how it goes.
Re the AR-Mag, well here are my thoughts...
- The way that it was communicated from the WIA in recent times about the dismissal of the previous editor and from what I've heard from the previous editor, I suspect there's more to come on this as there are two sides to a story and I guess we've only seen one side of it thus far.
- I seem to recall that the previous editor on numerous occasions asked for technical article submissions. I guess not all submitted articles were suitable for publication for various reasons. Personally, I think the previous editor did a fine job for many years given the situation he may have found himself in.
- Is the future publication of AR-Mag relevant in 2019 moving forward?? These days it might just be a handy introduction to newbies and an update of what various clubs and members are up to - a handy tool for the WIA I guess...
- As we've all seen, there's been a great proliferation of technical articles posted on the this and the other forum over the many years. They can be posted instantly with various unlimited detailed diagrams, drawings, photos, etc and then questions, suggestions, improvements and feedback can be provided relatively instantaneously.
- There is of course things such as Facebook as well for various interest groups which may be catering for some radio interests. I've found many of these unsearchable for various radio topics and for at least two years haven't logged in to Facebook as I regard many segments of it as a wasteland and/or gathering place for trolls. But that may change, depends on how bored I become.
- I was listening to the latest VK6 News tonight after the footy and there was a short article based on a comparison of AR-Mag from 50 years ago to what it's been in recent years - mainly in regards to advertising... http://audio.vk6.net/20190714.newswest.mp3 If we look at a lot of print media these days, the amount of advertising is a lot less that what it may have been many years ago. These days we have the internet, search engines, etc.
- I'm no longer a member of the WIA, mainly in protest as to how the boards of recent years have conducted themselves and alleged mismanagement of WIA funds. Therefore I'm hardly in a position to make any suggestions to how the WIA should operate - hence I'll refrain on any further comment on this. But I'm a proud member of Amateur Radio Victoria as they take care of most of the repeaters in Victoria, which I'm a regular user of. I often advocate to those that aren't a member of a club but are users of many repeaters in VK3, that perhaps an easy way for them to contribute is to then become a financial member of Amateur Radio Victoria. But each to their own.
Again, these are only my opinions & thoughts. I look forward to hearing what everyone else thinks about the whole situation.
Cheers,