Submitted 2 months ago by vk6flab@lemmy.radio to amateur_radio@lemmy.radio
https://www.kb6nu.com/the-arrl-elections-this-year-are-a-sham/
Article published on September 29, 2024 By Dan KB6NU
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.
Hiya, not sure how to see the side bar in a web browser, which reminds me, my account seems to be randomly logged out.
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.
The general sidebar 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.
I have to say, the information contained in this article raises significant concerns about the operation of the ARRL.
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 that a lot of the 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.
ham_bitious@lemmy.radio 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.