[ARC5] [National] [Boatanchors] Wayne Green, W2NSD, Dead at 91.

[Glen Zook]

Wayne told me, in an E-Mail a year, or so, ago, that towards the end of 73-Magazine, the office manager was writing cheques to herself and marking the "books" that the author had been paid.  Virtually all of the articles that I had published in 73 were paid upon acceptance.  Towards the end, payment came when the article was published.  There was one article for which I never received payment.

CQ Magazine was infamous for very slow pay and even no pay.  I ceased writing the FM Column when they got about $1000 behind in payment.  CQ never paid me the amount.  However, in some ways, I got revenge.  When I stopped writing the column, a number of full-page and half-page advertisers immediately cancelled their ads.  The Cowans could have paid me with just one month's payment for a single full-page advertisement.  As such, they lost a LOT of money because they failed to pay a relatively small amount!  When the Cowan family sold CQ, it was hoped that things would improve.  I haven't written anything for CQ since the magazine changed owners.  However, I have heard through the "grape vine", that payment is still pretty slow at times, at least to some authors.  But, since I do not have any personal experience, I cannot say that this is absolutely true.

I never got paid for an article that was published in Ham Radio Magazine just before CQ bought the magazine.  I attribute that to the CQ staff.
 
Glen, K9STH


Website:  http://k9sth.com


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Subject: Re: [ARC5] [National]  [Boatanchors] Wayne Green, W2NSD, Dead at	91.
 

I only published twenty notes and/or articles in 73 and four in 
Microcomputing. In the beginning, Wayne would always pay on acceptance. In 
the end, it was only through Joyce's help that I was paid.