Here's the ARRL/QST membership application with pricing breakdown: http://www.arrl.org/membership_app.pdf
I'm looking around to see if I can find any QEX numbers. Pete, wa2cwa http://www.manualman.com On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:34:15 -0500 "D. Chester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Subject: [AMRadio] QEX > > > > Don, if you have the November or December issues of > > QEX, you might find a Post Office notice in there that > > lists the actual production numbers. One of the > > categories should be entitled something like "paid > > subscriptions" while other categories include "free > > distribution" and "spoilt in printing, returned from > > vendors," or some such. > > > > These numbers might provide some insight into QEX's > > place among the club's publications. > > Paul, > > I don't think I have any November/December issues of QEX (it comes > out > bi-monthly). I have never subscribed, but have picked up loose back > issues > at hamfests when I found that they contained an article on a topic > that > particularly interested me. But my reaction every time I thumbed > though an > issue was that as a paid up member, that information should have > been > published in QST as it always used to be. > > Regardless of the value (or lack thereof) of ARRL membership, the > fact > remains that a large portion of the $39/year dues fee lies in the > QST > subscription. How much does it cost to subscribe to any other > magazine of > comparable size, weight and paper quality these days? As I recall, > you used > to be able to get "family membership" in the League, for cases where > more > than one family member was a ham and/or wanted to join ARRL, so > that > several duplicate copies of QST wouldn't show up at the same mailing > address > every month. The dues for each additional family member was only a > few > extra dollars. I'm not sure if they still offer family memberships > or not. > > If you have seen a recent post office notice, I wonder what you > observed > about QEX's standing amongst the rest of the periodicals. > > Don k4kyv > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
