73 to 73 Magazine [Archive]

K8YS

10-22-2003, 08:02 AM

I subscribed in 1976 or so, and back then, it was a good magazine... lots of tech stuff, Wayne was a real badger when it came to FM & Repeaters, Computers, Satellite TV (what ever happened to that 5 lander that moved out to the middle of the ocean so he could continue to play with his dish and not have to answer to the FCC???)... but the magazine drifted away from being a fine technical journal to one big product review.

Wayne was always interesting... sometimes I wonder what drug he was taking before he wrote some of his stuff.

Over the years, there have been a couple good issues, but for the most part, 73 died a long time ago and they are just now back filling the grave.

10-22-2003, 08:17 AM

I haven't seen a new copy of 73 in several years, so I can't comment about recent issues of the magazine.

Back when I was reading 73, I remember liking the construction articles there, most of all. Sometimes I read the editorial stuff, but only if I had a lot of time on my hands.

Charles Brabham, N5PVL

n6nr

10-22-2003, 01:03 PM

73 magazine, like its publisher, can best be described as both enigmatic and provocative. #It still amazes me that Wayne would ask me - an ARRL Technical Advisor and proponent of the status quo - to become a "contributing culprit" (contributing editor) to write the DX Column and do product reviews, but I am very honored and happy that he did. #

Beneath the countercultural surface of the magazine beats the heart of a man that dearly loves amateur radio, and devoted a significant portion of his life and resources to it. #As each of us contributes our own eulogy of 73 Magazine, let us not forget that, and agree as well that it left an indelible impression upon the landscape of our beloved hobby.

Rick Olsen, N6NR
former editor
The DX Forum
73 Maagazine

WA2CFN

10-22-2003, 01:03 PM

Wayne always got the masses thinking, I started my ham career when 73 was first started. 73, & W2 Never say die, became as important as QST on my monthly reading list. More then one project was attempted. All, I'm happy to say WORKED !! I will miss the second thoughts, projects, opinions. And wish Wayne "GOD SPEED"

kc2kuk

10-22-2003, 01:54 PM

One thing I think they missed in the article was the magazine 'Kilobaud' that Green published after he left "Byte". The article said that he had sold "Byte", but as I recall it wasn't so amicable (part of a divorce settlement or something with his ex-wife holding onto "Byte") and "Kilobaud" was his way of staying in the game. "Kilobaud" was published until sometime in the mid-80s, I think.

K2WH

10-22-2003, 04:45 PM

Another reason to support ARRL. With 73 mag gone, QST can and should fill in that wound.

Join ARRL and subscribe to the magazine if you do not already get it.

K2WH

WF7I

10-22-2003, 05:04 PM

My first memories of 73 were in the mid '80s. It was my first ham magazine.

In those days, I recall Wayne bringing light to the whole issue of cell phone company growth and the fight to keep our frequencies. I also remember a good number of interesting articles and viewpoints. I carried the magazine until the early 90s, then dropped it due to lack of time to read it.

I picked it up again 6 months ago just out of curiosity. The mag was a shadow of its former self. Very thin, most advertisers long gone. And Wayne's editorials had become really kooky (more than usual!http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif. Looks like I won't quite get my year subscription out of it.

I'm sad to see it go but it may just be a sign of the times. Apparently other electronics mags are going down as well. Poptronics, I'm told, is now being absorbed into Nuts 'n Volts.

KD5VHF

10-22-2003, 05:45 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (K2WH @ Oct. 22 2003,09:45)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Another reason to support ARRL. #With 73 mag gone, QST can and should fill in that wound.

Join ARRL and subscribe to the magazine if you do not already get it.

K2WH[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
QST, 45% advertisements, 45% contesting. No thanks. I could care less about contest and new equipment/reviews/brocures are on the web or at the local candy store for free. Why pay for advertisements? IF the "rag" were better or IF you could join the ARRL WITHOUT being forced to pay for the "rag" then maybe. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

w6th

10-22-2003, 06:22 PM

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Sad day when mags go out of style and fade away. #Going back to the good old days where you could get an engineering degree from all the knowledge you could get from the QST mags and the amateur radio handbooks.

From day one into ham radio up until the start of ww2, the greatest mag you could buy was the QST. Let us hope that the ARRL will go back to the years of 1921 through 1942 and give more on the fundamentals of ham radio.

You could buy and split the price with a ham partner, that is what I do, half the price and let the partner keep the books.

Then again, may be that we don't need the knowledge as it is now dumbed down to a hobby. You know ads, contests and that #sort of fun thing.
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # ...

KO6LG

10-22-2003, 07:04 PM

Whether you were a fan of "73" and/or Wayne Greene, please remember, another Large piece of our great hobby is now GONE FOREVER, replaced on the magazine rack by more mindless drivel, I became a reader in 1978, and met Wayne at the Dayton Hamfest the next year, Though his opinions often departed from the mainstream, he was probably the single, greatest promoter of Ham Radio since Hiram Maxim. Please support & promote ham radio whenever you possibly can, lest the FCC allocate away everything we hold dear in this truly great American privilage!
73! Jim WA7JV

K2WH

10-22-2003, 07:08 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KD5VHF @ Oct. 21 2003,11:45)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (K2WH @ Oct. 22 2003,09:45)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Another reason to support ARRL. #With 73 mag gone, QST can and should fill in that wound.

Join ARRL and subscribe to the magazine if you do not already get it.

K2WH[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
QST, 45% advertisements, 45% contesting. No thanks. I could care less about contest and new equipment/reviews/brocures are on the web or at the local candy store for free. Why pay for advertisements? IF the "rag" were better or IF you could join the ARRL WITHOUT being forced to pay for the "rag" then maybe. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Mike,

If you bothered to check, you can join ARRL without the magazine. BTW, learning is a big part of being a ham, and reading articles, ads and looking at the pictures is part of it.

But, join ARRL and don't get the mag. It is allowed.

K2WH

W3IME

10-22-2003, 07:17 PM

I have been an avid reader of 73 and will miss it. I have been a lifetime subscriber to 73 since somewhere back in the 60's. I first subscribed year to year, but sent in my $40 for the lifetime subscription eventually. I first got my ham license in 1959 and did take QST for a few years, but found that 73 was more to my liking.

I hate to see it go, but can understand why it happened: In general, people and companies in this country want everything for nothing and refused to pay their bills that they agreed to pay 73 for the advertising that they had purchased. In turn, he was unable to pay the writers that wrote such good articles for his magazine. #

I will be watching the http://www.waynegreen.com website for any future rambelings from wayne.

k5ahh

10-22-2003, 08:09 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KO6LG @ Oct. 22 2003,14:04)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Whether you were a fan of "73" and/or Wayne Greene, please remember, another Large piece of our great hobby is now GONE FOREVER,[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif Yeah, how true. Though probably not the best analogy, one might say it is comparable to losing Kenwood or Ten Tec (the amateur radio divisions). The end of an era.

K8YS

10-22-2003, 08:26 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KD5VHF @ Oct. 21 2003,11:45)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (K2WH @ Oct. 22 2003,09:45)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Another reason to support ARRL. #With 73 mag gone, QST can and should fill in that wound.

Join ARRL and subscribe to the magazine if you do not already get it.

K2WH[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
QST, 45% advertisements, 45% contesting. No thanks. I could care less about contest and new equipment/reviews/brocures are on the web or at the local candy store for free. Why pay for advertisements? IF the "rag" were better or IF you could join the ARRL WITHOUT being forced to pay for the "rag" then maybe. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Perhaps you do not understand the reason behind QST. Think of QST as the club newsletter. Nothing forces you to read the newsletter. Join the ARRL and leave the QST at yout local high school libraury.

n8vd

10-22-2003, 10:01 PM

KD5VHF

10-23-2003, 12:00 AM

http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif8--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (K2WH @ Oct. 22 2003,12http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif8)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">[Mike,

If you bothered to check, you can join ARRL without the magazine. #BTW, learning is a big part of being a ham, and reading articles, ads and looking at the pictures is part of it.

But, join ARRL and don't get the mag. #It is allowed.

K2WH[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">A member of the immediate family of a League member, living at the same address, may become a League member without QST at the special rate of $8 per year. Family membership must run concurrently with that of the member receiving QST. Blind amateurs may join without QST for $8 per year.

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Well no one in my family is a member and luckily I'm not blind.I agree on the articles and projects. I just wish there were more than 1 per mag. More like the CQ mags of the 70's. I guess it's going to more the "plug-n-play" today. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

K2WH

10-23-2003, 12:13 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KD5VHF @ Oct. 21 2003,18http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (K2WH @ Oct. 22 2003,12http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">[Mike,

If you bothered to check, you can join ARRL without the magazine. #BTW, learning is a big part of being a ham, and reading articles, ads and looking at the pictures is part of it.

But, join ARRL and don't get the mag. #It is allowed.

K2WH[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
I agree on the articles and projects. I just wish there were more than 1 per mag. More like the CQ mags of the 70's. I guess it's going to more the "plug-n-play" today. <!--emo&<!--emo&http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Mike,

I am looking in my new issue of November QST.

Articles:

1) #The Dangers of cathode Keying (You should understand tube circuits since you are a product of the 70's)
2) #The Simple Superhet
3) #The Plumbers Half Square
4) #My Big Hombrew Rig Project
5) #Two Bands From One Dipole
6) #AO-40 for Appliance Operators

So, you were saying something about only (1) article per issue. #I don't see it here.

If the above articles do not interest you, then you are one of the following:

1) #Not really interested in ham radio.
2) #Just making alot of noise with frivolous postings
3) #Being really disingenuous in your comments.
4) #An ARRL hater.
5) #Just too cheap to join ARRL.
6) #A freeloader in the amateur fraternity.

One of these must be correct.

K2WH

W4CNG

10-23-2003, 01:06 AM

QST is the official publication of the ARRL. It took them 10+ years to figure out what the 2 Meter Repeater Revolution was in the early 1970's. 73 Magazine was there and up and running with the current happenings. I met Wayne W2NSD at the Atlanta airport in the mid 70's and talked with him about lots of things on the way to the Atlanta Hamfest. He was very knowledgeable about all of the current and upcoming rule-making events.
Thanks Wayne for 73 Magazine and your support to Amateur Radio!
Steve W4CNG

AC7RG

10-23-2003, 03:12 AM

The Empire executes another independent stronghold. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

KL0XK

10-23-2003, 03:41 AM

Oh crud, it went under and they still owe me over $800 for published stories....

Maybe it went under when folks quit writing for the rag. Was good once, now gone - oh well.

w6em

10-23-2003, 04:17 AM

Wayne: #Thanks for all of the years. About 40 (of your 81) years of contribution to our great and glorious hobby.

First and foremost, thanks for your opinions, comments and points of view which often differed with or challenged the ARRL. #

And, thanks for the excellent technical articles, practical construction projects and the like.

The League always seemed too focused on DXer issues, and the weight of contesting statistics seemed to consume 30% of each issue of QST. #Or, at least it looked that way to me. #Remember the League's "dis-incentive" licensing (to give DXers more spectrum)? #Yep, I'll never forget the takeaway. #I'd much have rather looked at more advertisements for gear and parts and the like than page after page of contest statistics. Ick!! #That sort of junk needs to be hidden someplace on the ARRL's website server, not filling up my mailbox.

While your magazine is going away, there are boat loads of important issues and threats to the continued existence of amateur radio. #Not the least of which are spectrum giveaways, BPL, and an FCC that now views itself not as a regulatory body, but as a "group of cheerleaders" for new "competitive" services. #Those spectrum auction dollars sure must do good work from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on down..... #

So, don't be silent. #Amateur radio still needs your input!!!

73,

Lee McVey
W6EM

k9po

10-23-2003, 02:00 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KD5VHF @ Oct. 22 2003,04:45)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (K2WH @ Oct. 22 2003,09:45)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Another reason to

K2WH[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
... or IF you could join the ARRL WITHOUT being forced to pay for the "rag" then maybe. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>

You can join the ARRL without getting QST. Join as a 'Blind ham' for only $8/year and you do not get QST. Here is the link to the application, http://www.arrl.org/member.pdf, Check out foot note 4 if you don't beleive me.

So now all you reasons for not joining have been removed and I am glad to see that you will become an ARRL member now.

73
Scott

K2WH

10-23-2003, 03:06 PM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (kf5jq @ Oct. 22 2003,08:00)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (KD5VHF @ Oct. 22 2003,04:45)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (K2WH @ Oct. 22 2003,09:45)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Another reason to

K2WH[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
... or IF you could join the ARRL WITHOUT being forced to pay for the "rag" then maybe. #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>

You can join the ARRL without getting QST. Join as a 'Blind ham' for only $8/year and you do not get QST. Here is the link to the application, http://www.arrl.org/member.pdf, Check out foot note 4 if you don't beleive me.

So now all you reasons for not joining have been removed and I am glad to see that you will become an ARRL member now.

73
Scott[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
Thank you Scott.

K2WH

K2WH

10-23-2003, 03:11 PM

It's on the very edge in this posting, but surpisingly, no ARRL bashers just yet. Give it time. I know you guys are out there.

I know you are just trying to find a way to blame ARRL for 73's demise.

K2WH

WA9SVD

10-23-2003, 04:16 PM

It IS sad to see another "HAM" magazine bite the dust. But I purchase a magazine for it's "on topic" conteit, meaning AMATEUR RADIO. Not the editor's ramblings about pseudo-science, and such. So I lost interest in the magazine. The various conspiracy theories, health myths, etc. that were advanced by the editor/owner/publisher were just too bizarre to accept. Perhaps, rather than the mag folding due to lack of reader support, perhaps the lack of reader support was due to the lack of material that was actually related to Amateur Radio.) (HINT: If somebody started a forum asking about Amplifier design, and somebody posted about "a conspiracy to fake our landing on the moon" wouldn't you consider that off topic? And NOT at all related to Amateur Radio???)
Mr. Greene may well have contributed much to Amateur Radio, and for that, I will thank him. I am sorry tosee his magazine disappear, but I wish it had been more focused on Amateur Radio, rather than being more of a personal soapbox for it's publisher/owner for issues not related to Amateur Radio.

W5MMX

10-23-2003, 06:32 PM

That self-agrandized 8-ball Wayne Green killed 73 magazine. He's always been a ledgend in his own mind. He masturbates with his keyboard. My subscription termination was ignored until I called them three times. The remaining credit refund request was also ignored.

W5MMX

w6th

10-23-2003, 09:06 PM

... # ...

To be successful in any type of business is to let the people have what they ask for whether it being good or bad.

It is therefore seen today with ham radio and go for the no code and no tests. This will bring the buyers into the ball park even though they don't like ball playing.

I could bring back the 73 rag and run circles around the ARRL with my promotion of mind over matter.

Although whether ARRL is good or bad, we do need some form of representation to survive and as of now we have no other choice.

So ARRL do what you have to do to save our great hobby as the world is depending on you whether it is good or bad.

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # 73

k1fpv

10-24-2003, 12:42 AM

I bought my first issue of "73" Magazine in 1965 to suppliment my amateur radio reading of "QST" and the former "Ham Radio" Magazines. It had many superb construction articles which I really enjoyed. A number of the projects I built.

But, like the hobby, over the years, the magazine changed. It will be missed. Unfortunately, with the exception of "QST" and "CQ", there isn't much else out there unless you are into a specialty phase of ham radio where there are a number of newsletter type publications.

Farewell "73" !

K1FPV

K0ZZE

10-24-2003, 01:29 AM

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I know you are just trying to find a way to blame ARRL for 73's demise.

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n2obm

10-24-2003, 03:23 AM

It saddens me that amateur radio has lost yet another "stone" that makes up "our house". Our foundation, walls, and doorstep are chipped away every day.

73 was an asset even if #one #prospective amateur picked it and became interested in the "art".

And with all these 'brilliant' mudslinging posts...well I could think of a better venue to expend my energies.

Integrity...lost...to join the ARRL as "blind". And to SUGGEST as much! If you want to help save our natural resource (spectrum), send money to the 'Spectrum Defense Fund'. You don't have to join or subscribe.

wb6fql

10-24-2003, 05:40 AM

When I was growing up (early '70s), my three favorite magazines were Playboy, Car and Driver, and 73. Interestingly, Jean Shepherd appeared in all three. All three have/had a "libertarian" viewpoint the interests of their particular audiences, a viewpoint which has had a great influence on who I am today. (As an aside to the person who wondered what drugs Mr. Greene had been doing before writing his editorials, that person might want to look at his website. He tells just what he did there.)

With 73 gone, I wonder if there is a market for a new start-up publication?

k0ru

10-24-2003, 11:53 AM

Hmmm,

Collins, Hammurland, Drake, Heathkit etc. Names I can remember, find some equipment here and there.

Code - NO Code

Now 73 magazine...

There is probably alot more everyone could add to this list. #But there is a point being made here!

With our continued bashing, lack of support, and broaden education of the (service, hobby) everyone is a looser.

If we continue the direction in which were heading, with the lack of support as an organization, the writing is on the wall.

Stay tuned, its only a matter of time when BPL will have its impact on us as well. #Yet you can sit in the corner and complain about it or

You can standup and support all the effort any organization is trying to do to minimize the impact the future will bestow on Ham Radio.

The days of passing a test, learning the code, getting a license and having fun without fear of loosing the priveleges we've all worked for have all gone.

Like sands through the hour glass, so are the days of our lives, time will change, and people will come and go. #The only thing we can do now, is protect the pleasures were having so that others in the future can enjoy them as well.

What will be next?

Stop complaining and begin to do something about it!

W8YRB - Rob

k8cpa

10-24-2003, 01:39 PM

you mean K1MAN and W2NSD ain't brothers?

Same Difference!

73 to all!

K8CPA

-Chuck

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zs2bl

10-24-2003, 06:47 PM

It's sad to mark the end of yet another pillar of amateur radio. 73 was most certainly responsible for introducing and keeping many of us active in the hobby.
The W2NSD column was always one of my favourites.
Let's see what (if anything) fills the vacuum.

w6em

10-24-2003, 09:39 PM

If nothing else, remember Wayne's phonetics, whenever the existence of our hobby is threatened.....Never Say Die....... He had the guts to speak his mind, and wasn't afraid of criticism for opposing the League on occasion. (which still should happen on occasion).

So, when BPL or CC&Rs or WiFi threatens our turf, think NSD!!!

Nine out of ten emails, letters, or appeals may get ignored, but the tenth one usually gets heard, if they have substance. Especially if you don't just say, "I agree with the ARRL's comments on XYZ."

I made an attempt to revisit the FCC's denial of the ARRL's petition to pre-empt CC&Rs, and instead of supporting my action, the ARRL did absolutely nothing.
The FCC added two way wireless internet to its existing OTARD (over the air receiving device) regulations, which effectively permitted my appeal. When the FCC denied my appeal, the ARRL wrote their own description of what I had filed, and what my intentions were without ever communicating with me. Imagine that. At least Bill Pasternak (of Amateur Radio Newsline) had the courtesy to discuss why and under what terms I had submitted my appeal.

73.

ve8nsd

10-24-2003, 10:50 PM

I feel very sad that 73 is no more. I was and still am such a Wayne Green fan that I picked my call (VE8NSD) in honor of him. I have a huge stack (and I mean huge) of old 73 mags that I still read a lot.
Nobody ever fought harder then Wayne did to keep Amateur Radio vital and growing. Sure his editorials were long and frequently boastful. So what? They were facinating reading and surrounded by some of the best technical articles ever. I have'nt seen a new copy of 73 in years, so I can't comment on their content. But the issues that I have from the seventies to the mid nineties were terrific reading. It is also eerie to read some of Waynes editorials predicting a lot of the things that we now take for granted. Satellite TV? Yup,
he had tons of articles on that and said that anyone who wanted to get rich should learn as much as they can about it. Cel phones, lap tops, home computers, the internet, it's all there.
So 73 is gone. There's nothing that can replace it. The same could be said for Wayne.
73
Garth Carman VE8NSD

v73god

10-24-2003, 11:08 PM

I was surprised to find a copy a couple years ago and tried to subscribe online. I didn't find a website so I gave up. I grew up on it, Ham Radio, QST (Cliff Note Size) and CQ. 73 was a labor of love and there was no one with that passion to carry it forward. How many family businesses that thrive under the founder, flounder under the next generation because it was handed to them. Quite a few! Thanks for the help, the thoughts, the view from a different prospective. Enjoy some time off, you deserve it. Kommoll Tata (Thank You) from the Marshall Islands.

K2WH

10-25-2003, 12:56 PM

Hmmm. While it is sad to see the mag gone, I can't help but wonder why the mags was named "73".

I wonder if that was prophetic.

K2WH

kb7rky

10-25-2003, 05:29 PM

A terrible shame #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

73 was one of, if not the best, amateur radio magazines I regularly picked up during my 11+ years as an active ham. Yeah, though CQ and QST are okay, they're not as involved and to the point as 73. I was fortunate enough to be featured one year, mere days after receiving my license, in the Letters column. I had assisted at a vehicle accident, in which I had used my radios to call for help. It seemed to be a big deal to my place of employment at the time, as cellphones were just coming to the forefront of technology. They couldn't understand why my radios worked, and their $1000 cellphones wouldn't #http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif I just grin every time, even to this day, when someone whines about their cellphone not working, when I can dial up an autopatch without a problem http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

It is a very sad day...73's, W2NSD. Your magazine will genuinely be missed.

Doug, KB7RKY

Tommy

10-25-2003, 07:08 PM

I've have always enjoyed reading Wayne's editorials, even though many times I didn't agree with them. Always enjoyable and thought-provoking, sometimes engaging, often enraging. Best of all, done in Wayne's unique style.

W7DJM

10-27-2003, 04:54 AM

From where I sit, Wayne Green was his own worst enemy. I don't see what's worse--pages and pages of ads in QST that don't interest me, or pages and pages of "editorial" in 73.

Some of the tech articles were interesting.

While you're all crying over this, remember, we also lost "Ham Radio" magazine--probably THE best technical magazine the amateur service ever had.

wb9yrr

10-27-2003, 07:41 PM

I remember Wayne from the early '70s. A friend worked for him and I heard a lot of went on up there. Quite a character. Mensa, wives, planes, your name it he did it. Very interesting person. Sorry to see the mags passing.
GT

K0RGR

10-28-2003, 04:20 PM

I've been accused of 'rampant Wayne-Greenism' at times, and I wear the epithet as a badge of honor.

Wayne was wrong about the moon landings, but he was very right about repeaters. 73 constantly pushed new modes and ways of converting surplus military or commercial gear into useful ham rigs.

73 will be missed!

N3XG

10-29-2003, 02:55 PM

I will miss the technically intricate articles that appeared in the magazine. #I cannot, however, morn the loss of what some of you are calling a cornerstone to ham radio. #I enjoyed 73 Magazine up until the time good old Wayne went totally over the edge. #The guy lost it. #Let's face it, you can't survive accusing everyone of cover up's and hypocracy when you yourself are forecasting the end of the world as we know it and still sending out renewal notices. #I did send Wayne a note with my last renewal request. #It states that he could send me the magazine for free for the year of 2003. #If planet X did show up, then there would be no harm or foul, because my cash would not have mattered anyway. #If the mysterious planet X did not appear and destroy the universe, I would then send him money for a lifetime subcsription. #I never recieved another magazine, nor a response. #I guess when it comes down to it you can't call the bluff of the World Weekly News of ham radio. #(my appologies to the other publication)
You want to respond? # feel free to email me directly... zaphoid77@hotmail.com
73 old chaps!
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kb9mwr

10-29-2003, 04:52 PM

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I'm not an ARRL basher, nor did I intend to steer this away from the topic of 73 magazine.

But I also agree that QST is kind of disappointing. I too am in favor of less contesting and product reviews. Unfortunatly there seem to be only an average of about two magazines a year as of late that are worth keeping. I always enjoy good project write-ups, articles of local club activities displaying ham radio and those sorts of things.

If a membership option was to not receive QST, and or to apply your portion to other ARRL publications, I think I would rather do that.

KG6ITC

10-29-2003, 08:55 PM

Wayne is great. He got me into HAM Radio.
Also an Amazing Mind!

Craig

W8FAX

10-30-2003, 10:40 PM

It is sad that all these companies and magazines that are/were part of ham radio tradition are slowly falling by the way side. I also enjoyed 73 during it's entire run, and met Wayne twice. Only to shake a hand but still........good luck Wayne and thanks for the fun over the years.........Al/W8FAX

wb8wka

10-31-2003, 06:07 AM

In the early to mid 80's I was an avid 73 subscriber and in my early 20's. The first thing I read was Wayne's editorials. In it, he often chastized and challeged ham's to rise above themselves and start a technical venture. I did, and I attribute alot of that to some of the challeges Wayne laid down in his editorials. He also introduced me to the writings of Don Lancaster, ("Incredible Secret Money Machine") which can be the cornerstone of any microbusiness.

One of my biggest thrills was meeting Wayne at the 73 booth and shaking his hand. After the magazine was sold, I drifted away from it and ham radio for some time.

Wayne and 73 will be missed.

Jeff King
wb8wka

4X1MK

10-31-2003, 09:02 PM

73 and MAD magazine

After MANY years, I picked up a copy of MAD, and was
sorely disappointed to see how it had degenerated... just a cheap imitation of its old self. Sadly, the same with 73, a magazine that I treasured and grew up and matured with.

I received my first 73 magazine in 1963... it was indeed great for many decades. Later I was a regular contributor to its international column for over a decade.

Things seemed to get a bit strange about 5 years ago, when they never sent me the payment for an article I had written for them and published (The El-Cheapo - a collinear dipole for HF). Another ex (verteran) columnist confirmed for me that there was definitely a problem in getting payed, and as such he "resigned".
(I remember Wayne editorializing in the old days about how he got writers for his mag by paying promptly, something which he accused CQ Magazine, of which he was once editor, of not doing.)

The last straw for me was about half a year ago when Wayne wrote in his editorial that the terrorist attacks of 9-11 occurred on the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, so that Jews would "coincidentally" not be hurt in these attacks. Actually Yom Kippur was on another day entirely, and as people of all nationalities were hit in these atrocities, so were those of Jewish ethnicity... I wrote him about his erroneous statement, which I said added fuel to those who blame the Jews for all the world's troubles.

Something so volatile and untrue like that should have been carefully researched before printing, and this casts a big question on the reliability and truth of all his other statements.

Indeed it could be that Wayne has been "losing it", going "off the wall" during the last while and in spite of all his self-congratulatory statements, there may well have been some problems.

Having said that, it is sad indeed to see the changes of good things going under. The demise of 73 was a process underway as observed by anyone who continued to receive the mag.

I remember fondly the "old 73", all the great articles that enriched my ham radio activities, and am very grateful for.

As George Harrison's (of the Beatles) song goes, "All Things Must Pass", and so it is.

New and good things will continue to arise nourished from the compost heap of the past!

73 to you all,

Ron 4X1MK

N9ESH

11-02-2003, 04:46 AM

I’m sorry to see 73 go. But I still can’t bring myself to subscribe to QST. It’s too painfully politically correct. The boring articles and stories seen to come right out of an old military tech manual!

NF2C

11-09-2003, 11:07 PM

Sorry to hear 73 is no more. I used to get it back in the early 80's and enjoyed most aspects of it. I also subscribed to QST and CQ at that time. Each mag seemed to have assets in particular areas. As an ARRL Life member QST is all I get right now, and it generally satisfies my ham needs. I echo a few others on this posting to join ARRL to support OUR ham community. The mag is a plus and I am sure most of you will enjoy parts, if not all, of its contents. Just my thoughts......... 73, CHRIS NF2C

N5NU

11-12-2003, 05:01 AM

OH Pullease guys on the Code.

I was doing 20wpm when I was 9. If I could do it when I was in the 3rd grade, you have NOOOO right to whine guys.

Hush up and start learning.

Jason N5NU

k9pep

11-21-2003, 04:15 AM

I was surprised to read this evening about 73 magazine. I had been a continous subscriber since 1962. I still have all but 1 copy which I "loaned" and didn't get back.
I had elected to not resub this spring when it came due. I am sure you regular readers know why.
I also told Wayne why.
I had even offered to write a couple of articles for the magazine, but he never replied to my mail.
so 73 to 73 mag. Sad to see you go.
Paul K9PEP

SM0JHF

01-03-2004, 01:28 AM

Does anybody know the whereabouts of owners/publishers of 73 Amateur Radio Today magazine ? I have written a few letters, faxes and e-mail messages but no response. The e-mail address available at qrz.com is no good - my message was returned. The publisher(s) owe(s) me a few hundred dollars for published stories and cover photographs. I guess they are not hiding in a hole somewhere in the wilderness, nor have they defected to North Korea. On the other hand, a man with dignity, calling himself "El Supremeo" does not want to be remembered as "petty thief". Publishing and selling stories or photographs without payment is called theft. Any clue ?