[Hallicrafters] QST articles

[RICHARD SOLOMON]

There was a chap on e-Bay selling CD's of the complete Ham Radio issues.
Price was quite reasonable.
The QST CD's were way over-priced and I expect sales were not that brisk.
 
73, Dick, W1KSZ> From: ianwebb5 at comcast.net> To: kt4ae at bellsouth.net; hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net> Subject: RE: [Hallicrafters] QST articles> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:36:26 -0800> CC: > > My understand from something I read or heard quite a while ago is that the> early CDs were produced by a third party company that has the rights to> them. Thus supposedly ARRL didn't have the right to rescan or make anything> better. Perhaps that's changed but, I agree that the scans I've seen aren't> very good by today's standards. I did appreciate having an index for Ham> Radio though. I must admit though that I wish I'd kept my complete> collection of Ham Radio. I found it to be the best of all the publications> during the era that it was published.> > Ian, K6SDE> > > -----Original Message-----> From: hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net> [mailto:hallicrafters-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Harry Vaught,> KT4AE> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:28 PM> To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net> Subject: [Hallicrafters] QST articles> > I recently rejoined ARRL just for access to the QST archives..> > With a sample of Hallicrafters searches, I have to say I'm disappointed. > The scans from those days are poor, which they warn about. Also, only > titles are searched and you can't access articles in QEX, for instance. > You have to buy the CD.> > I tried all of the Halli equipment I own, and probably got QST hits on > 50-60% of them.> > If I'd known then...> > Harry, KT4AE> Maryville, Tennessee> ______________________________________________________________> > ______________________________________________________________
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