14-07-2019, 11:15 AM
Around the time of the WIA conference in Sydney I inquired as to the commercial rates for advertising in the mag, and I am still waiting for that quote, which might explain why the magazine lacks commercial matter! The magazine info on the WIA website needs an editors look over itself, being a dogs breakfast when it comes to what clubs can do and contacts etc.
I also believe it needs better content regardless of recent events, the recent review of the Icom 9700 is a case in point as it left many wondering if it indeed as an all mode rig, the review was by no means all mode in its scope! Their deadlines are also long, which means content is often old by the time it hits the presses, which does not help.
It shouldn’t be hard to look at what is published in other mags for the WIA to get an idea of what’s needed, although I am not sure we will be seeing an Australian article on why a clean shack is a good shack like the one I saw in a recent copy of Japan’s QST magazine!
I also believe it needs better content regardless of recent events, the recent review of the Icom 9700 is a case in point as it left many wondering if it indeed as an all mode rig, the review was by no means all mode in its scope! Their deadlines are also long, which means content is often old by the time it hits the presses, which does not help.
It shouldn’t be hard to look at what is published in other mags for the WIA to get an idea of what’s needed, although I am not sure we will be seeing an Australian article on why a clean shack is a good shack like the one I saw in a recent copy of Japan’s QST magazine!