[HCARC] CQ Magazine Format Changes

[Gary J - N5BAA]

CQ Realigns Publications, Announces New  
"CQ Plus" Digital Supplement


CQ Communications, Inc. has realigned its roster of publications and is launching an exciting new online supplement to its flagship magazine, 

CQ Amateur Radio. 



"The hobby radio market is changing," said CQ Communications 

President and Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA, "and we are changing 

what we do and how we do it in order to continue providing leadership 

to all segments of the radio hobby." CQ Communications is currently 

the only publisher in the United States serving the broad radio hobby, 

from broadcast band DXing to amateur radio moonbounce and satellite 

communications. CQ itself has been amateur radio's leading independent 

voice for seven decades. 



Effective with the February 2014 issue of CQ, said Ross, content from 

the magazine's three sister publications, Popular Communications, 

CQ VHF and WorldRadio Online, will be incorporated into CQ's digital 

edition as a supplement to be called "CQ Plus." With this change, hobby 

radio enthusiasts of all types will be able to go to a single source - CQ - 

for articles on the broader aspects of hobby radio, from shortwave 

listening and scanner monitoring to personal two-way services and Internet 
radio, as well as amateur radio. Richard Fisher, KI6SN, currently Editor of both Popular Communications and WorldRadio Online, will be Editor 

of CQ Plus.

   

"Our primary audience is ham radio operators," explained Ross, "but very few hams began their radio involvement as amateurs. Most of us started out as shortwave listeners, broadcast band DXers, CBers or scanning enthusiasts.

Many continue to be involved in many different aspects of the radio hobby in addition to amateur radio." 



"By consolidating four specialized publications into one," Ross continued, "we will be better able to keep these multidimensional readers informed on all  aspects of the radio hobby while simultaneously exposing those who are  not hams to all the excitement and opportunities that amateur radio has to  offer. We see this as a win-win for all of our readers! 



The expanded material will be an integral part of the digital edition of CQ, 

and will be included as part of a standard digital subscription. Each month's 

digital edition will simply continue beyond where the print edition ends, 

offering supplemental material on all aspects of hobby radio communication

and will include selected columns carried over from the other magazines. 
The added digital content will make full use of the multimedia opportunities 

presented by digital publications. 



What happens to my Pop'Comm, WorldRadio, CQ VHF subscription?

Current print edition subscriptions to Popular Communications and CQ VHF and will be converted to CQ Amateur Radio print edition subscriptions, on an issue-for-issue basis - and receive CQ's digital edition (which includes CQ Plus) at no additional charge.



Current digital edition subscriptions to Popular Communications, CQ VHF and WorldRadio Online will be converted to CQ Amateur Radio's digital edition subscriptions (which includes CQ Plus) on an issue-for-issue basis.



Popular Communications, CQ VHF and WorldRadio Online subscribers who already have a CQ print and/or digital subscription will have their subscription's expiration date(s) extended accordingly. 

   
There's no need to wait to see the great variety of articles that will be 

featured each month in the new CQ and CQ Plus. 
Click here to preview the February issue's Table of Contents!


Gary J
N5BAA
HCARC Secretary 2013/14