73 (magazine)

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73
73 Amateur Radio Today Issue 514, cover dated September 2003
Editor	Wayne Green
Categories	Amateur radio magazines
Frequency	Monthly
First Issue	October 1960
Final Issue — Date — Number	September 2003 Issue 514
Company	Wayne Green Inc
Country	United States
Language	English
Website
ISSN	1052-2522

73 Magazine (also known as 73 Amateur Radio Today) (OCLC 22239204) was a U.S.-based amateur radio magazine that was published from 1960 to 2003. It was known for its strong emphasis on technical articles and for the lengthy editorials in each issue by its founder and publisher, Wayne Green.

1 History
2 Trivia
3 Notes
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

Green, a former editor of CQ Amateur Radio Magazine, published the first issue of 73 in October 1960. At that time the magazine was headquarted in Brooklyn, New York. Among contributing editors was author and radio personality Jean Shepherd, K2ORS.

The magazine was a pioneer promoter of SSB, FM, solid-state, easy construction projects and the marriage of personal computing and Amateur Radio. His interest in microcomputing led Green in 1975 to found Byte, a magazine devoted to the then-nascent and largely do-it-yourself computer hobby. He sold the magazine three years later, and it continued publication until 1998.

Since the summer of 1962, 73 was based in Peterborough, New Hampshire. At the peak of its popularity in the 1970s and 1980s, individual issues of 73 totaled more than 300 pages of ads, articles and commentary. Heading each issue was Green's editorial column, "Never Say Die" in which he often criticized the ARRL and his magazine competitors for their perceived shortcomings.

After completing 43 years of publication, 73 Amateur Radio Today magazine ceased publication in October 2003.^[1]