[MilCom] Pop Comm magazine going away

[Ken]

So likely that will increase the subscription overall once everyone that 
has subscriptions to Pop Comm expires (and they go to get a new 
subscription)?

I always thought that Pop Comm seem to stay in the very basic 
information side of the hobby, and with internet research much of what 
was published could be found.  HOWEVER, it was around for a long time 
and when Tom K was editor, it was basically the only publication 
available for the monitoring hobbyist for many years.

Overall other publications seem to be going more to a digital format 
rather than printing, so that is how the industry itself is going 
overall.  Even TV reviewing habits no longer are constrained to the 
scheduled time BUT can be found on the web at any time the individual 
has time to review it.

Unfortunately with the new magazine "Spectrum Monitor" there's no 
dedicated monthly military communications column, although there is a 
fed communications, aero comms, scanner (regular), and HF utilities 
columns, so I guess it is possible that milcom related 
frequencies/information might show up in any of those columns.

Ken
Springfield MA Monitoring Area


On 12/26/2013 11:36 AM, Larry Van Horn-N5FPW wrote:
> Actually Al PopComm magazine is not going away per se just the printed version. It is being merged with CQ’s WorldRadio and CQ VHF mag into a new electronic only magazine to be called CQ Plus.
>
> So as of February 2014 we will no longer have any printed magazines devoted strictly to the radio listening hobby published here in the United States.
>
> Truly a passing of an era.
>
> 73 all de Larry
>
> Larry Van Horn, N5FPW
> President, Teak Publishing
>
> From: allanstern at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 9:52 AM
> To: MidWestUHFVHF at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MidWestUHFVHF] Fwd: [HFmonitors] Pop Comm magazine going away
>
>    
>
> Pop Comm will be merged into CQ magazine.
> http://www.arrl.org/news/view/cq-to-realign-publications-launch-digital-supplement
>
> AL STERN Satellite Beach FL
>