[Elecraft] 73 Mag

[Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604]

Err, Wayne was not alone in this practice- several publishers of the
time were known for their "pay on threat of lawsuit" practices.

73, doug

   From: w6jd at comcast.net
   Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 16:49:52 +0000

   Back in 1956 when I was a senior in high school I wrote an article for CQ describing a plate modulator I homebrewed for my Heath AT-1 (ah, the memories). Anyway, Wayne published the article and promised prompt payment (I can't remember the amount but it certainly wasn't a lot).
   Days passed, and weeks, and months and ..... despite several letters asking where the hell was the money (by this time I was a starving Stanford undergrad). No money, and to this day I've never bought another issue of CQ.

   Doug, W6JD

   -------------- Original message -------------- 
   From: Jack Smith <jack.smith at cliftonlaboratories.com> 

   > You say Wayne Green was a cheapskate. I take your word for that. 
   > 
   > I can provide a bit of personal experience. A few years ago, I wrote 8 
   > or 10 construction articles for 73 Magazine, all of which were duly 
   > published. Payment for the first article was made in about 6 months. The 
   > remaining articles were not paid when 73 Magazine folded (about a year 
   > after my last article was published). 
   > 
   > Wayne owes me about $2500. 
   >