I would read qst, but the iPhone app is not accessible, and I am not a member of Bard.
On Jul 15, 2013, at 4:46 PM, COLLEEN ROTH <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello,
> I haven't read much of QST lately. The only I have read in the past ten years is the Public Service Info and Descriptions of Emergency Communications Events.
> I never read the Technical Articles. I also do not read anything about building something.
> I do read things about accessible radios though.
> Colleen, N8TNV;
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Thurman <[log in to unmask]>
> ,to3 [log in to unmask]
> Date: Monday, July 15, 2013 1:36 pm
> Subject: Re: qst
>
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>> hamfest calendar IS read, and some of the contests have been read, =
>> although in the pas thy the time they did so the contests were over, tha =
>> tight be better now that the lag time is much less. i hav enot found =
>> any actual articles that are not read. the only things omitted are =
>> advertisements and contest stuff that would deb irrelevant due to lag =
>> time. why bother to read about a contest that happened 3 weeks ago?
>> I believe els does an exceptional job of reading qst and the other =
>> magazines I listen to. I refuse to cal that reading though :were you read =
>> with your eyes or with your fingers not with your ears unless it is on a =
>> radio :were
>> On Jul 15, 2013, at 12:01 PM, COLLEEN ROTH <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Hello,
>>> Handihams just gives a synopsis of some of the articles.
>>> Bard reads some of the articles but doesn't read Advertisements =
>> because it is against Federal Law to do so.
>>> Bard also does not read some of the standings for contests.
>>> I do not believe that Hamfest Schedule is read either.
>>> The problem with QST in Digital format is that the platform used to =
>> produce it is not accessible with screenreaders.
>>> Colleen Roth, N8TNV;
>>> for20
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>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Richard Fiorello <[log in to unmask]>
> @> @> 1to#c [log in to unmask]
>>> Date: Monday, July 15, 2013 10:05 am
>>> Subject: qst
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>>>> Hi;
>>>> A couple trivia questions. Firstly, I occasionally read qst =
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>>>> from nls because it is simple to move around using daisy. Although =
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>>>> is on nls and handihams reads it, nls leaves adds and other items =
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>>>> are probably of more interest than the articles out. I wonder if the=20=
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>>>> digital version is 100% the same as the printed version or do they =
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>>>> omit some things? Finally although I haven't investigated, since =
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>>>> magazine is on line courtesy of arrl what is the hang up with=20
>>>> downloading and reading? Do they use scanned images, to many =
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>>>> or where do we run into a problem? It seems more than a bit =
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>>>> to have three organizations trying to produce some form of an =
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>>>> magazine.
>>>> Thanks
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>>>> richard
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