[SEDXC] CQ CQ where are you?

[Jim Worthington]

Ian,

While you do need the Zinio app to read digital CQ, it does not limit you to reading just on a desktop/laptop. There are Zinio versions for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows 8, and more. I read CQ on my iPad. I don't mind having the app, because it covers several of my subscriptions (Consumer Reports, Newsweek, CQ, ...), organizes them in ones place, and gives me a consistent reading experience. It also downloads the current issue for me each month so it's already there when I want to read it. I wish QST used Zinio instead of their own, proprietary app. Unlike the QST app, the Zinio one remembers your place in the magazine when you are away from it a couple of days.

BTW: I just subscribed to another year of CQ via the iPad Zinio app for $11.99. I've been able to get that price for each of the past 3 years (vs. $27 on the CQ website and $38.95 for print edition). I know some people have a strong preference for the print version and I'm fine with that.

73,
Jim AD4J

On Jun 13, 2014, at 3:03 PM, Ian - Ham <km4ik.ian at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jim, I agree with you.  It would be a shame to lose those contests.  And,
> I'd be happy to stay with CQ in digital format, if it were a format I could
> easily put on my tablet/e-reader and take with me (pdf, epub, etc.).
> However, CQ's digital edition requires the installation of a special reader
> application that requires it be read on a desktop/laptop.  For me, that's a
> non-starter.
> 
> 73 de,
> 
> --Ian
> Ian Kahn, KM4IK
> Roswell, GA  EM74ua
> km4ik.ian at gmail.com
> 10-10 #74624, North Georgia Chapter #2038
> K3# 281, P3 #688, KPA500 #1468
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Worthington [mailto:jimworth at me.com] 
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 2:47 PM
> To: Ian - Ham
> Subject: Re: [SEDXC] CQ CQ where are you?
> 
> I'm curious what will happen to the CQ contests, if the magazine goes under.
> It would be a shame to lose the DX, 160, and WPX contests, among others.
> 
> Jim AD4J
> 
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