On 4-14-2011 01:01, John KD5YI wrote:


I kinda thought that was what I was doing by being a member.

I've been paying:

ARRL membership $39
QEX for members $24
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Total $63

If I drop my ARRL membership the cost would be:

ARRL membership $00
QEX non-member $36
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Total $36

Almost a 43% reduction in cost to get the cream of publications. Of
course, I'd be giving up QST. Somehow, that doesn't bother me too much.

John

I re-joined ARRL a few years back after having let my membership lapse
because of what I considered a lack of technical articles in QST. I was
primarily a member to get QST. After my membership expired again, I got
boatloads of mailings from ARRL, begging me to come back and even
offering a choice of a book to get me to come back. I mailed back their
letters with a hand written note saying I wasn't interested. They asked
me why. I said QST isn't nearly technical enough for me anymore. They
suggested I get QEX. So I made a "counter-offer"...I asked them to
substitute QEX for QST. They basically laughed and said they couldn't
do that. Seems it would have saved them some money as QEX only comes
out 6 timers per year versus 12 for QST. So, now they get NO money from
me...

N0EDV