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I'd agree you need a printed journal. My local contest club did away
with a paper newsletter a couple years ago to save costs. It did save
costs (I'm the treasurer and so I know this), but it also killed the
newsletter. I don't remember when the last one was published and put
on the web. And even when they were published, I think I may have read
and downloaded one of them.
I see no problem with putting pdf's or whatever on the web. But AMSAT
should not stop publishing the journal.
73,
Jon
NA9D
On Friday, Jul 11, 2003, at 18:00 America/Chicago, Arthur H Feller
wrote:
> [3] Many people prefer the print edition, especially those without
> computers and those who prefer reading in the bed or bathroom (really,
> we've heard these comments). Many would prefer an electronic version,
> if it were available, because it saves space, could add color, and
> could be delivered much more quickly. Some see a printed Journal as
> having a better archival value and appearance (and this doesn't even
> begin to speak to formats which we produce today being readable in 20
> years). At the same time, we've been producing a searchable CD-ROM
> version of the Journal. (See Martha for copies.)
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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
Citizen of the People's Democratic Republik of Illinois
Life Member: ARRL, NRA
Member: AMSAT, DXCC
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"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
- Oscar Wilde
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