[TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc.

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

Look into PDF Creator, which is a free application from SourceForge.net

It doesn't do everything the full blown Acrobat does, but it comes very
close, and the price is right!

73, ron w3wn

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Jim Lowman
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 7:38 PM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] OT: Old QSTs, CQs, etc.

That's fine, Rick, if you already have Adobe Acrobat.  The best price I 
can find on Amazon
is about $110, for a student/instructor edition of Acrobat 
Professional.  Going to the full-
blown product is about $400.

Aren't the individual issues of CQ, as well as the Zinio Reader, your to 
keep for all time?
The only upside that I can see to converting to PDF is the ability to 
read the magazines
on my Tablet as well as my computer.  And doesn't Zinio support the use 
on as many as
three devices?

BTW, unless I was dreaming, I recall that Ed Hare at ARRL mentioned on 
another list that
QST in digital format was a concept that was on the table.

73 de Jim - AD6CW

On 12/30/2011 3:11 PM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
> Well you're talking about one magazine, out of the past.
> I'm talking about now and the future.
> I'm talking about lots of magazines, going forward.
>
> You see, I do not get CQ magazine in paper form.
> I subscribe to it in the online format for just a fraction of the cost of
a
> paper copy sent to Europe.
> It's delivered through a service called "Zinio".
> So when the new issue arrived online, I clicked on "Print", chose "entire
> issue", and printed to my Adobe Acrobat.
> It took 3 minutes to execute and was 124 MB huge, but from the moment I
> received the file until I had it in PDF form was maximum 5 minutes.
>
> So, why should I pay extra for the paper copy, buy an expensive scanner,
and
> then scan all of the pages when all I need is 3 or 4 mouse clicks and 3
> minutes of wait time?
>
> I'm sold on the new media and online delivery.
> I hope all magazines go to that format soon.
>
> 73
> Rick, DJ0IP
>
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