CQ Amateur Radio
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| Editor | Richard Moseson, W2VU |
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| Categories | Amateur radio |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 60,000[1] |
| Publisher | CQ Communications, Inc. |
| First issue | January 1945 |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.cq-amateur-radio.com |
| ISSN | 0007-893X |
CQ Amateur Radio (also known simply as CQ or CQ magazine) (OCLC 310821852) is a magazine for amateur radio enthusiasts. The magazine has a worldwide readership base for its English language edition. A Spanish language edition is published in Spain with some translations of articles from the English language edition and some original European content. Since its inception in 1945, CQ Communication, Inc. has published over thirty paperback books that address most major aspects of the amateur radio hobby, which are frequently promoted through the magazine.
CQ Amateur is published by CQ Communications, publishers of CQ VHF Magazine magazine, WorldRadio magazine, and Popular Communications magazine.
CQ Amateur Radio is not associated with the similarly named Japanese magazine CQ ham radio.
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[edit] Contest promotions
CQ Amateur Radio organizes, adjudicates, and publishes the results of several annual radio competitions, including the CQ World Wide 160-meter Contest, the CQ World Wide WPX Contest, the CQ World Wide RTTY Contest, the CQ World Wide RTTY WPX Contest, the CQ World Wide DX Contest, and the CQ World Wide VHF Contest. All of these contests allow participation by amateur radio operators in any country of the world.
[edit] References
- ^ CQ Amateur Radio (2010). Advertising Rates and Schedules.
[edit] See also
- Worked All Zones
- Friedman, Neil (N3DF), CQ "Small Format" Books, 1947-1984: An Annotated Bibliography, in The AWA Review (Vol. 19, 2006).
