[CQ-Contest] QST vs. NCJ vs. CQ

[Barry]

Steve,
Quoting you from another thread, do you have facts to back that up?
I've always had the impression (mine and others) that CQ isn't worth the 
paper it's printed on, and the only reason it survives is the contest 
results.
73,
Barry

On 12 Jan 2002 K7LXC at aol.com wrote:

> 
> In a message dated 1/12/02 5:16:36 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
> gm3poi at btinternet.com writes:
> 
> > If CQ Magazine get there act together they could effectively poach the 3
> >  main ARRL contests with a promise to publish the result in CQ.  But are 
> they
> >  shrewd enough to see an opportunity.
> 
>     Shrewd? I don't think that's a term that's ever been used to describe 
> anyone in the amateur radio publishing business. 
> 
>     I'll just throw this on the fire. CQ magazine reluctantly publishes 
> contest scores because they take up so much room in the magazine (it costs 
> money). The contest results issues are the least liked by the majority of CQ 
> subscribers and have the lowest monthly sales so there's not much incentive 
> for ANY magazine to put them in their magazine. CQ would love to abandon 
> publishing contest scores just like the ARRL would like to do.  
> 
>     And I don't think it's necessary to cross-post everyone that's made a 
> comment on this discussion that's from the League and doesn't subscribe to 
> cq-contest. Please check the addressees before hitting the 'send' button.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve      K7LXC
> 
> 
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Barry Kutner, W2UP              Internet: w2up at mindspring.com
Newtown, PA                     Frankford Radio Club
         


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