Let me "second" and underscore my support for getting NCJ (my favorite mag)
and QEX on digital for all ARRL members. It's a class move and does not add
much if any operating expense for the League. It does expose these two very
good special purpose magazines to many more members, thus makes the
information more widely available. I'd hope that some are like me in that
they are traditional readers ... print folks who like to make notes and to
keep the mags on a library shelf in the shack. Competitive radiosporting
and state-of-the-art technology are both key parts of amateur radio, and
the decision to make NCJ and QEX more widely available is first rate by the
League. Since this email reflector goes out to the contesting community,
I'd ask everyone to consider subscribing to the NCJ; it's such a good
magazine and it helps promote and advance radiosporting.
On another note, kudos to Scott, K0MD, for his role in keeping the NCJ
running so well. It's a labor of love for anyone, and especially for a
still-working Mayo Clinic MD.
Thanks and here's to a healthy and prosperous 2020 for all and their families.
Jim N3BB
At 12:20 PM 1/1/2020 -0600, Scott Wright via CQ-Contest wrote:
Jim Cain is a little cynical regarding the expansion of NCJ and QEX to
digital versions. QEX and NCJ have healthy subscription bases; QEX much
more so than NCJ. If the readers on this list serve want to strengthen
NCJ, subscribe for yourself, donate a subscription to new contester and
promote it at club meetings. Both the editor of NCJ (me) and QEX asked
to be put in line for a digital format after the League announced a new
digital journal for newbies. The approval decision happened quickly; I do
not know when the digital copies will be available. The reality of the
publishing world is that all journals are going digital slowly and in some
cases not so slowly. I am Associate Editor of one of the worldâ??s most
widely circulated medical journals. Our publisher is telling us that all
journals are preparing for the transition to digital and that we must soon
prepare ourselves. Our subscriber base is strong and our funding is
secure. It is not always a $$ issue which drives magazines to digital. I
am glad that HQ and Howard Michel decided to make NCJ digital on top of
the print edition. Ria N2RJ and others on the Board have been working to
help us with this expansion. It is necessary for many reasons, not the
least of which is the need to have more â??roomâ?? to publish great
content in a way that is economical. Every issue, we push several articles
forward due to page constraints. Secondly, subscribers need a way to
locate past material in a format that is searchable, storable and
retrievable. The last 40 years have taught us that paper copies do not
lend themselves easily to two of these criteria. Finally, no ARRL journal
is economical for non-US subscribers unless it is in a digital format. I
hope the European, South American and Asian contest communities will join
the ARRL to get NCJ, QST and QEX digitally; the annual dues are worth that
and more. As we enter 2020 and face the doldrums of poor propagation,
letâ??s not be cynical about contesting or its publications. Contesting
is alive and well; todayâ??s equipment exceeds anything we imagined in the
90â??s. Antennas are better and new modes allow us to communicate below
the noise level. This should be contestingâ??s finest decade in history;
it will be if we make that happen. Scott Wright K0MD Editor, NCJ
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