Very well said, Mike.

My wife and I have a family membrership to the ARRL, but have the discounted 
rate because we don't take QST.

Now, with the digital possibility, things will probably change, and we all 
have to make the League aware of our needs, constraints, etc., when it comes 
to such digital material.

Again, let's try to work within the existing system to make positive things 
happen which, of course, is theoretically possible.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 6:21 PM
Subject: Regarding Digital QST Accessibility


> Before we burn down the neighborhood with this bonfire, let's at least
> roast the hotdog.
>
> The question of how many of us are ARRL members is quite relevant to
> this discussion, but I don't see people lining up to answer it.
>
> I am a member on the family rate with my wife, K5KKD. Thus, we receive
> one issue of QST each month, usually from 6 to 8 weeks ahead of the
> NLS download or cassette.
>
> Those of us who are ARRL members must, by all means, write to the
> members of the ARRL Board of Directors, to tell them that as paying
> members, we expect the digital edition to be accessible to us when it
> is rolled out. We should also volunteer to work with them to make this
> happen.
>
> While I suspect he has little to do with the digital edition directly,
> a copy of our letters should also be sent to QST Editor Steve Ford,
> just to let him know we are out here, and that we are serious readers.
>
>
>
> Mike Duke, K5XU
> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
>