I've been "off the air" for a few years playing soldier and am now back and reacquainting myself with ham radio.

I've been able to subscribe to "QST" and "CQ", but can't find "ham Radio magazine", "73 magazine" or "Communications Quarterly" addresses anywhere. Do they still exist? Are there any new magazines other than the above that I should consider, especially technical ones? My interest is mostly antenna designing, receiver designing, and contesting.

73, RDW

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:34:35 EDT, wrote:

I've been "off the air" for a few years playing soldier and am now back and reacquainting myself with ham radio.

I've been able to subscribe to "QST" and "CQ", but can't find "ham Radio magazine", "73 magazine" or "Communications Quarterly" addresses anywhere. Do they still exist? Are there any new magazines other than the above that I should consider, especially technical ones? My interest is mostly antenna designing, receiver designing, and contesting.

73, RDW



"73 Magazine" is defunct, stopped publication a couple of years ago. I don't
know about the other two.

ARRL publishes two special-purpose magazines: "QEX" for experimenters, and
"National Contest Journal" for contest enthusiasts.

CQ publishes "CQ VHF".

The page http://www.arrl.org/pio/handbook/contact.html contains a list of
ham-related publications.

73 de Dick, AC7EL

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:34:35 EDT, wrote:

I've been "off the air" for a few years playing soldier and am now back and reacquainting myself with ham radio.

I've been able to subscribe to "QST" and "CQ", but can't find "ham Radio magazine", "73 magazine" or "Communications Quarterly" addresses anywhere. Do they still exist? Are there any new magazines other than the above that I should consider, especially technical ones? My interest is mostly antenna designing, receiver designing, and contesting.

73, RDW

You have been away awhile.
73 mag stopped in 2003 with the last issue being September.
Ham Radio magazine was sold to CQ magazine and was integrated with it.
Communications quarterly was bought by the ARRL which continues to publish
it under the name of QEX magazine.
The pickings have become slim.

73 de VE3JUA

wrote:
I've been "off the air" for a few years playing soldier and am now back and reacquainting myself with ham radio.

Welcome home.

--
73,

Bill W1AC

Danang Joint Customs Detachment, 8 MP GP(CI), 18 MP BDE, USMACV 1971-72

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On Apr 25, 4:34�pm, wrote:
I've been "off the air" for a few years playing soldier
and am now back and reacquainting myself with ham radio.


Welcome back!

I've been able to subscribe to "QST" and "CQ", but
can't find "ham Radio magazine", "73 magazine" or
"Communications Quarterly" addresses anywhere. Do they still exist?

"ham radio" ceased publication years ago.

"Communications Quarterly" was bought by ARRL and made part of another
magazine (QEX).

Are there any new magazines other than the above that I should consider,
especially technical ones? My interest is mostly antenna designing, rec
eiver designing, and contesting.

For contesting, there's "NCJ", the National Contest Journal, published
by ARRL.

For experimentation, there's QEX, published by ARRL since 1981.

Info on both at www.arrl.org

73 de Jim, N2EY

wrote in message
...
I've been "off the air" for a few years playing soldier and am now back
and reacquainting myself with ham radio.

I've been able to subscribe to "QST" and "CQ", but can't find "ham Radio
magazine", "73 magazine" or "Communications Quarterly" addresses anywhere.
Do they still exist? Are there any new magazines other than the above
that I should consider, especially technical ones? My interest is mostly
antenna designing, receiver designing, and contesting.

73, RDW

In addition to those that responded, there is:
Worldradio URL:
http://www.wr6wr.com/

On Apr 25, 12:34�pm, wrote:
I've been "off the air" for a few years playing soldier and am now back a
nd reacquainting myself with ham radio.

I've been able to subscribe to "QST" and "CQ", but can't find "ham Radio
magazine", "73 magazine" or "Communications Quarterly" addresses anywhere
.. Do they still exist? Are there any new magazines other than the ab
ove that I should consider, especially technical ones? My interest is m
ostly antenna designing, receiver designing, and contesting.

"Ham Radio" magazine stopped publication in 1990, "Ham Radio
Horizons shortly before that. They were sold to CQ Communications.
CQ - for a while - published some remnants from HR called
"Communications Quarterly" (a quarterly periodical).

The first 22 years of publication of "Ham Radio" is available on a
3-disc CD set for $150 from CQ and resold by the ARRL. Stuff
in there is still 'meatier' than in QST and most QEX issues.

"Commquart" merged with QEX a few years ago.

"73" magazine ceased a few years ago. The independent periodicals
(i.e., non-ARRL supported) existed on advertising space sales and the
competition (such as from the newer "Popular Communications")
caused marketeers to go to larger demographic base magazines and
the big-chain ham equipment vendors' catalogs.

73, Len AF6AY

[Former Associate Editor on HR]

On Apr 26, 12:13 am, Dick Grady AC7EL wrote:

ARRL publishes two special-purpose magazines: "QEX" for
experimenters, and "National Contest Journal" for contest
enthusiasts. CQ publishes "CQ VHF".

Thanks, Dick, (and everyone) for the updates. "QEX" looks good, and
I've subscribed. A captain who worked for me in YI-land had shown me a
copy, but I'd forgotten about it.

73, RDW