Dave,

TU for the quick reply.  Was there not another preferred ad position elsewhere?  This is not playing well down here at all.

73

David A. Norris, K5UZ
Director Delta Division

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On Mar 14, 2015, at 11:49 AM, "Sumner, Dave,  K1ZZ" <dsumner@arrl.org> wrote:

> David, page 8 is a preferred position. The advertiser on that page pays extra for the placement.
>
> RHR has been on that page since the February issue.
>
> Dave K1ZZ
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> ________________________________________
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> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 12:45 PM
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> Subject: [arrl-odv:24057] RHR Add on Adjacent Page to K1ZZ  Artiicle
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> GM All,
>
> I have received a number if very angry complaints from some notable DXers in this division about this poorly placed add in April QST Digital Ed.  Was this done on purpose or by coincidence?  Many feel this to be a direct insult to their achievements in the DXCC program.   Further, this is giving legs to the false claim circulating around that  the ARRL is "selling out" to the commercial remote interests.
>
> This ad placement was not well thought out and now I have a good number of angry members demanding an apology and a one actually calling for an investigation.  This continues to be a hot button issue for many of us and inattentive actions like this cause more controversy and do not facilitate an environment where we can settle any outstanding differences in a calm and reasonable manner among our members.
>
> Who did this ad layout and page selection?  Does the hard copy April QST have the same page sequence?  Someone needs to start using a little more thought and common sense. "40 over 9! RHR ad adjacent to that remote operating editorial?  Really??  We're just asking for it!
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> 73
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> David A. Norris, K5UZ
> Director Delta Division
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