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<H1>CQ Amateur Radio magazine archive now on-line </H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>CQ Communications, Inc. of Hicksville, New York, publisher
of CQ Amateur Radio magazine, and Buckmaster Publishing of Mineral, Virginia,
jointly announce that Buckmaster's searchable online archive of CQ magazine back
issues, dating back to the magazine's first issue in January 1945, is<BR>now
complete. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The searchable archive may be accessed via the internet at
</FONT><A href="http://hamcall.net/cq" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://hamcall.net/cq</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana> or via a
one-click link from the CQ website at </FONT><A
href="http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/"><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com</FONT></A><FONT
face=Verdana>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>All issues through early 2006 are now online, according to
Buckmaster President Jack Speer, N1BIC. By agreement with CQ, issues are not
posted until two years after their publication dates, as paper copies are still
available from the CQ bookstore. Newer issues will be posted as the two-year
'window' expires.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Buckmaster, which produces the 'HamCall' CD and website,
and has for decades filmed back issues of CQ onto microfiche for use by
researchers and hobbyists alike, has applied its advanced scanning and searching
technology for online posting of documents to back issues of CQ. It has taken
nearly four years to get all back issues scanned and posted. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Pages are available to users as either low-resolution or
high-resolution JPEG image files, or as PDF files, which are more
'printer-friendly' than the JPEGs.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>'One of the great benefits to this approach is
Buckmaster's very powerful search engine,' which indexes every word on every
page, notes CQ Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA. 'It is far better than anything we
could put onto a CD.' Ross also noted that most readers looking for back issues
are seeking a specific article and don't necessarily want to spend the money for
a set of CDs, 'an amount which can really add up if you want access to nearly 65
years worth of magazines.'</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>On the HamCall archive site, pricing is based on the
length of time for which the user wants access. Searches are free, as is access
to the first ten pages of each issue, assuring that the table of contents page
will always be accessible. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Archive subscription pricing is as
follows:<BR><STRONG><FONT size=4>* Searching and access to the first ten pages
of each issue: Free<BR></FONT></STRONG>* 1-day "test drive": 5 USDs (same as the
cost for ordering a reprint of a single article from CQ)<BR>* 3 months: 20
USDs<BR>* 6 months: 30 USDs<BR>* 12 months: 50 USDs<BR>Views are limited to 300
pages per day to conserve bandwidth on the busy 'HamCall' server.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>CQ Communications, Inc. publishes CQ Amateur Radio, CQ
RadioAmateur (Spanish CQ), CQ VHF and Popular Communications magazines, plus the
CQ Library of books, videos and CDs. It is headquartered in Hicksville,
New<BR>York.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Buckmaster Publishing is a leading archiving and retrieval
service based in Mineral, Virginia. In the amateur radio world, it is best-known
for archiving all major ham magazines onto microfiche, and as the publisher of
the 'HamCall' amateur radio international callsign lookup CD and web
site."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>For more information, contact:<BR>Dick Ross, K2MGA,
Publisher, Jack Speer, N1BIC, President,<BR>CQ Magazine, 516-681-2922,
Buckmaster Publishing, 540-894-5777<BR>k2mga@cq-amateur-radio.com
speerj@buck.com <BR></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>