[PBARC] 73 Magazine Says "73 and QRT"

[E. Glenn Wolf, Jr.]

73 Magazine Says "73 and QRT"

NEWINGTON, CT, Oct 10, 2003--After completing 43 years of publication,
73 Amateur Radio Today magazine is calling it quits. Plans to publish a
joint October/November issue fell through this week, and the September
2003 issue was the magazine's last. According to self-proclaimed "El
Supremo and Founder" Wayne S. Green II, W2NSD, it was a simple matter of
economics.

"After failing a last minute effort to collect on some larger accounts
receivable we decided yesterday to throw in the towel--that the
September issue will have to be the last," Green told ARRL October 9.
"SK after 43 years of publishing."

The decision to pull the plug apparently did not come easily. After
telling the League and others a few days earlier that 73 would cease
publication because of insufficient advertising revenue, Green rebounded
with plans to put out an October/November issue if 73 could collect the
delinquent accounts. "With the hobby slowly dying, these are difficult
times," he said. "But then, we've been through difficult times before."

Green's October 9 statement appears to be the final word on the matter,
however. It also seems to leave remaining staff members and contributing
editors--freelancers--out in the cold. One columnist reports not having
been paid for several months of contributions. 


73,

E. Glenn Wolf, Jr.
N5RN