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VE6EX
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 23, 2007 10:34
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slow to remember, quick to forget
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Wow!!!
I remember 73 as a great read and have a stack of them that still rare 5's; particularly against whats playing today.
Pretty easy to call the pot black when you got the heavy shades on. Who cares about the heavy duty editorials. All the mags play that tune, who cares.
73 just never evolved and played todays tune. In the long run it still rates a 5 with me....
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VA6SZ
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Rating: 1/5
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Feb 23, 2007 08:27
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Thank goodness!
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Time owned: months
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Yep, I agree. 73 was a decent publication in its hey-day. But Wayne did turn into a "crack-pot", as some have said. I actually met him once and he really didn't seem that nutty.
But, thank goodness it's sk. For those of you who miss the irreverance, look no further than the usenet groups.
de Andrew VA6SZ/VA6TTT
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K4SFC
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Rating: 2/5
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Feb 23, 2007 08:23
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An Ex-Subscriber
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Wayne Green kept me angry about the morse code and how EASY it is to learn. I quit smoking easier than I learned morse code. I DID learn it but it was VERY difficult for me. Also Wayne came across like he thought he was the smartest guy in the world...actually I AM! The magazine got worse each year with more ads and less content. And the articles became too repetitive in the latter years of "73's".
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KG6AF
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Rating: 1/5
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Feb 22, 2007 21:18
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A sad devolution
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Back in the late 60's and early 70's, this was an entertaining and occasionally daring magazine with good technical content. At the time, 73 served as an important counterpoint to the ARRL, which become sclerotic and out of touch. Had I been writing this review then, I'd have rated 73 a 4 or 5, easily.
But there's a dark vein of paranoia and crackpottery that pervades certain corners of ham radio (take a look at some of the rec.radio.amateur Usenet groups if you don't believe me), and for whatever reason, Wayne decided to mine it. Reading his later editorials--if they can be called that--was like spending time with an old friend who had gone into a serious mental decline. Sad, really.
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KJ5KX
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Rating: 4/5
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Feb 14, 2007 18:17
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Liked it when it was still "73"...
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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...before the name change to "Amateur Radio Today". Or, thereabouts. It was a great resource when I was first learning about Amateur radio, and it made the hobby seem wildly fun (which it is, of course). "73" really motivated me to go for that first ticket.
I met Wayne Green at Dayton on several occasions, and I always enjoyed his forum there. However, as someone else mentioned, he was not the most personable fellow I've ever met - but I didn't dislike him. I admired him for his accomplishments, not the least of which was the longevity of "73 Magazine".
As you might imagine, I was sorry to see the downward spiral the magazine took in later years, that mirrored, I suppose, Wayne's changing mental state (for lack of a better term). "73" became solely a platform for his latest epiphany. The snake oil pitches, paranoia, and conspiracy theories were painful to endure. Maybe he was suffering from the onset of senility, but the degradation in the magazine was patently obvious -- and permanent.
So long "73". SK
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K6TPL
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Rating: 4/5
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Dec 23, 2006 16:07
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Liked It Very Much
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Over the close to 50 years that I have been a ham, it was my favorite Magazine. Wayne Green really made me think with his editorials. Not that I often agreed with him. I had a chance to meet him at the National ARRL convention when it was in Portland. He was not at all friendly so I dropped my subscription!!!! But missed it. So after a number of years without it I subscribed again! Then Puff after my third issue, no more! Blast It! Not only was Wayne rude, he rips me off!!But I still miss 73 Magazine. And Waynes Editorials.
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SWL377
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Rating: 3/5
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Dec 23, 2006 14:18
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used to be good, then...
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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It is now defunct but in the old times it was a great ham mag, full of interesting articles. I like surplus radio and he continued publishing articles on the subject long after CQ stopped. Unfortunately, in its last few years, 73 was more a chronicle Of Wayne Greene's deteriorating cerebral logic than it was a ham radio magazine. Wayne loved bizzare non mainstream stuff, believed every conspiracy theory and promoted absolutely crackpot alternative medicine stuff, like the use of silver (which admittedly does have some antimicrobial properties)to cure or prevent virtually every malady. Too bad he wasn't still publishing on 9-11. I am sure he would have had some way out theory on the World Trade Center crashes... perhaps 767s piloted by space aliens dressed as middle eastern terrorists or remotely controlled from CIA HQ at Langley VA. To his credit he was pioneer, a visionary, seeing VHF FM and HF SSB's potential long before his peers did. He was also a PC pioneer and started BYTE magazine. Despite his crackpot tendencies, I actually miss the guy's editorials. He now runs a website www.waynegreene.com and its chock full of the bizarre, so I can still get my fix. Who knows, if his medical stuff really works he may be around for another century.
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WB5MHA
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Rating: 4/5
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Nov 19, 2005 12:35
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73 collection
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have a collection of 73's from the 1960's. I used to wait for each new quirky issue to come out. It was truly "outside the box" thinking before the term had been coined.
Over time Wayne, who I corresponded with frequently, got more and more off course........so to speak.
Whatever, it was different and fun in it's prime. A 1963 issue is on my desk right now. I'll read it for the fun of Wayne's wry wit and 60's controversy. Ah, for a more simple time.
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OLDFART13
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 12, 2003 21:01
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It was great.
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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It was a great magazine that we no longer have. Instead we are stuck with magazines like CQ who will sell out what is best for ham radio for the almighty dollar that they worship. I wish we had 73 magazine back.
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W0FM
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Rating: 3/5
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Nov 5, 2003 19:48
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Long, slow death
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I began reading 73 in the mid 60's and was a long time subscriber. Recently, however, the writing was on the wall. As Wayne's editorials moved farther from amateur radio (albeit some of them interesting) the mag got smaller and smaller.
Hearing now that some of the contributing authors had not been paid for a long time, I suppose it's futile to inquire about a refund on my recently-renewed subscription.
73 to 73.
Terry, WØFM
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