CQ Amateur Radio

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CQ Amateur Radio
OCLC
310821852

CQ Amateur Radio (also known simply as CQ or CQ magazine, and formerly as CQ: The Radio Amateur's Journal) is a magazine for amateur radio enthusiasts first published in 1945.[2] The English language edition is read worldwide; Spanish language edition is published in Spain, with some translations of articles from the English language edition, and some original European content. The magazine was also published in France with partial translation of the original edition between 1995–2000 (ISSN 1267-2750). Published by CQ Communications, the title is based on the radio call "CQ".[3]

Contests and awards

CQ Amateur Radio previously organized, adjudicated, and publishes the results of several annual radio competitions:

  • CQ World Wide 160 m Contest
  • CQ World Wide WPX Contest, the CQ World Wide
    RTTY
    Contest
  • CQ World Wide RTTY WPX Contest, the CQ World Wide DX Contest
  • CQ World Wide
    VHF
    Contest.

All of these contests allow participation by amateur radio operators in any country of the world.[4]

While CQ has sponsored these contests, the administration of these contests is now done via independent contest committees under the auspices of the World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF). WWROF administers the infrastructure for contest log submission, log checking, and performs other services in support of the contests.[5][6][7][8]

CQ Amateur Radio is also associated with a number of amateur radio awards, of which the best known is

Worked All Zones. Others offered are the WPX and the "USA Counties" awards.[9][4]

Suspension of publication

In December 2023, Moseson had communicated to some subscribers via e-mail that publication of the magazine had been suspended. [10][11]The last issue published was October 2023 in digital format on Zinio. Since then, digital subscribers were issued partial refunds for the balance of their subscriptions. CQ magazine had been seeking funding to continue operations.

See also

  • Worked All Zones

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-59963-240-7
    .
  2. ISBN 978-1-119-45482-3
    – via Google books.
  3. ^ Mosenson, Rich (January 2015). "Seventy Years of Amateur Radio and CQ, Part I: 1945-1980". CQ Amateur Radio. 71 (1–2): 10–14.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-87259-109-7
    .
  5. ^ "CQ WW - Organization". cqww.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  6. ^ "CQ WPX - Contact Us". cqwpx.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  7. ^ "CQ 160 - About Us". cq160.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  8. ^ "CQ VHF Contest - Contact Us". www.cqww-vhf.com. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  9. ISBN 978-1-56898-281-6
    .
  10. ^ "Status of CQ Magazine". www.arrl.org. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
  11. ^ "CQ Magazine Publication "Temporarily Suspended" – This Week in Amateur Radio". Retrieved 2024-04-24.

Further reading

  • Friedman, Neil (2006). "CQ 'small format' amateur radio books, 1947-1984: An annotated bibliography".
    The AWA Review
    . Vol. 19.

External links

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