''CQ Amateur Radio'' (also known simply as ''CQ'' or ''CQ magazine'', and formerly as ''CQ: The Radio Amateur's Journal'') is a magazine for
amateur radio
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enthusiasts first published in 1945.
The
English language
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edition is read worldwide;
Spanish language
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edition is published in
Spain
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, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
with some
translation
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s of articles from the English language edition and some original
Europe
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an content. The magazine was also published in
France
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with partial translation of the original edition between 1995 and 2000 (ISSN 1267-2750). Published by CQ Communications, the title is based on the
CQ call.
Contests and awards
''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.
''CQ Amateur Radio'' is also associated with a number of amateur radio awards, of which the best known is
Worked All Zones
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. Other awards offered are the WPX and the "USA Counties".
See also
*
Worked All Zones
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Further reading
* Friedman, Neil, ''CQ "Small Format" Amateur Radio Books, 1947-1984: An Annotated Bibliography,''.
The AWA Review
The Antique Wireless Association (AWA) is chartered as a non-profit educational organization in New York State and is an IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation based in Bloomfield, New York. It was originally established in 1952 by Bruce Kelley, Geor ...
Vol. 19, 2006.
References
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External links
CQ World Wide DX ContestCQ World Wide WPX Contest
Amateur radio magazines
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1945
Magazines published in New York (state)