A reader e-mailed me this morning with a comment on my recent blog post, “The ARRL really needs to reach out more effectively.” He says,
I have been a life member for 46 years. The one thing I would like to see is a loose-leaf handbook. I would buy the upgrades, but at the price the charge for the book, buying a repeat of the same material does not make sense.
I really like this idea. Not only would readers only have to pay for material that’s been added or updated, the ARRL could sell other loose-leaf add-ins, such as logbook pages, lab notebook pages, Smith Chart pages, pages that held QSL cards and award certificates, and other useful kinds of things. A ham’s handbook would become not just a handbook, but also be his or her own personal ham radio history.
WATSA, ARRL?
Scott WZ0W says
Great idea. I recently bought my first copy of the handbook, and at $50, I won’t be buying another for a while.
grantbob says
How much should the yearly updates cost? It’s an interesting idea. I like the idea of being able to add your own pages wherever you may want too.