Article published on September 29, 2024 By Dan KB6NU

  • ham_bitious
    8·
    2 months ago

    I let my membership expire after they unilaterally cancelled my paper QST. I’m still mad about that, and the steady trickle of other news doesn’t make me want to go back.

  • Onno (VK6FLAB)OP
    6·
    2 months ago

    I have to say, the information contained in this article raises significant concerns about the operation of the ARRL.

  • BenDoubleU
    5·
    2 months ago

    I feel like every year since I’ve been licensed and an ARRL member, I’ve become less enthused by the ARRL. To the point where this may be my last year as a member.

    Also a thought: I use a few ARRL links in our side bar I wouldn’t mind changing to non-ARRL links. Open to suggestions.

    • Onno (VK6FLAB)OP
      21·
      2 months ago

      Hiya, not sure how to see the side bar in a web browser, which reminds me, my account seems to be randomly logged out.

      • rudyharrelson
        1·
        2 months ago

        my account seems to be randomly logged out.

        Glad it’s not just me, lol. I’ve been wondering for weeks why I seem to almost always get logged out if I close the tab in Firefox. Not a big issue; I just log back in. But have been curious as to why that happens.

      • BenDoubleU
        1·
        2 months ago

        The general sidebar on the right has some links for how to get into amateur radio.

        Not a lemmy dev so I’m not the go to on issues. I had that issue on Firefox though.

        • Onno (VK6FLAB)OP
          1·
          2 months ago

          That’s interesting. I don’t see that on Safari on my Mac.

          Edit: fat fingers and autocorrect.

          • BenDoubleU
            1·
            2 months ago

            What do you see and what link are you using? On my Mac in safari at lemmy.radio I can see it. Not in a community

            • Onno (VK6FLAB)OP
              1·
              2 months ago

              Ah, I was in the Amateur Radio community when I looked. When I get back to my desk I’ll check.

              • BenDoubleU
                1·
                2 months ago

                Yea in a community you only see the community info. The “official” sidebar is only on the main feed

                • Onno (VK6FLAB)OP
                  1·
                  2 months ago

                  Yup, I can see this on Safari when outside a community.

                  I note that none of the three ARRL links actually load for me.

  • Mike@awful.systems
    1·
    20 days ago

    I was a member of the ARRL for a year just to get QST, and found that so much of the American outlook on amateur radio is so different to that here in Europe with allthe stuff about patriotism (what? no.) and prepping and massive amplifiers and driving your pickup truck to the park (here in Austria we do SOTA, not POTA :) ) that it held no real interest for me. The tech reviews were great, though.