''CQ VHF'' was a

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

that served the

ham radio operator An amateur radio operator is someone who uses equipment at an amateur radio station to engage in two-way personal communications with other amateur operators on radio frequencies assigned to the amateur radio service. Amateur radio operators hav ...

s whose operational and technical interests lie above 50 MHz. The magazine focused on radio technology, products, and activities that exist on 6 meters, 2 meters, 440 MHz and above. CQ VHF covered a broad range of skill levels, from the new Technician to the Extra Class microwave experimenter, and included operating, technical and construction articles. ''CQ VHF'' was published by CQ Communications, publishers of ''

CQ Amateur Radio ''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 enthusiasts first published in 1945. The English language edition is read worldwide; Spani ...

'' magazine, ''

WorldRadio ''Worldradio'' was a monthly amateur radio enthusiast magazine published in Sacramento, CA, United States from July 1971 to January 2009. The magazine was published in English and drew its subscription base primarily from the America and Canada, a ...

'' magazine, and ''

Popular Communications ''Popular Communications'' was a magazine with content relating to the radio hobby, including scanners, shortwave radio, CB, amateur radio, AM and FM broadcast band listening, radio history, and vintage radio restoration. The magazine existed bet ...

'' magazine. In late December 2013 CQ Communications announced that they would cease publication of the printed version of ''CQ VHF Magazine'' and ''Popular Communications''. These two magazines were combined with ''WorldRadio'' in a single digital publication called ''CQ Plus'' starting in February 2014.

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CQ-VHF article index
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