73 (magazine)

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73
73 Amateur Radio September 1975
Editor	Wayne Green
Categories	Amateur radio
Frequency	Monthly
First issue	October 1960
Final issue — Number	September 2003 Issue 514
Company	Wayne Green Inc
Country	United States
Language	English
ISSN	1052-2522

73 Magazine (also known as 73 Amateur Radio Today) (OCLC 22239204) was a United States-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.

[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 to found several of the early personal computing magazines, including "Desktop Computing", Kilobaud _Microcomputing, and 80 Micro, among others. Green was involved in the founding of Byte Magazine, another early and influential microcomputer magazine, later published by his wife, Virginia Londner Green.

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 advertisements, articles and commentary. Heading each issue was Green's editorial column, "Never Say Die", in which he often criticized the American Radio Relay League and his magazine's competitors for their perceived shortcomings. The title "Never Say Die" was a backronym for Green's amateur radio call sign, W2NSD.

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