[CQ-Contest] September CQ arrives

[K4tmc at aol.com]

A trip by the PO box this morning on the way to work resulted in the latest 
CQ, and even a complimentary copy of World Radio.

Front cover photo of N9CAR in his shack holding the USA-CA All Counties award 
plaque number 1000.  The details are inside in the Awards column.

Contest related items:
Results - 1999 CQ WW DX SSB Contest
Antennas column - Slopers, The Lowest Cost Directional Antennas?, Part I
DX column - Here and There (with pictures of Trey, N5KO/4W and CT1EEB)
Contesting column - WRTC-2000, An Incredible Experience!
Rules - 2000 CQ WW DX Contest
Reader Survey results, from June issue, indicate that HF contesting is the 
5th most popular activity of CQ readers (DXing - 63%, ragchewing - 62%, VHF 
mobile - 56%, repeater operating - 48%, HF contesting - 38%.  VHF contesting 
was at 15%.)  This month's survey - computers and the internet.

Other interesting items:
Washington Readout column - The Role of Amateur Radio in the New Century
Modifying Small Wonder Labs DSW Rigs to Receive SSB
Uncle Sol's Solar Wind and the Earth's Magnificent Magnetosphere, Part II
Awards column - USA-CA All Counties #1000 (cover story)
World of Ideas column - Resurrecting Simple, Fun Rigs from the 1950s
Beginner's Corner column - The Art of the QSL
Computers and Internet column - Is the Internet Our Enemy, or Just a Tool?
How It Works column - A Closer Look at AF and RF Amplifiers
What's New column - features on the Ten-Tec RX-340 DSP receiver, K1FZ 
beverage transformers, RIGblaster interface unit, KM5KG Network Designer 
program, and more
Propagation column - Ionosphere Salted!

Ads:
M2 Antenna Systems has ad with actual pictures of the revised KT34 and KT34XA.
CQ has an ad titled "Hurry! Hurry!" indicating that their subscription prices 
are going up soon by approximately 12 - 15%, depending on subscription 
package you select.

73 and good reading,
Henry Pollock - K4TMC
Raleigh, NC


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