I'm replying to this a little late, but this is something we should investigate at a few different levels for a few different applications, including: 1) Archived QST, QEX and NCJ issues (complete) for sale (such as what CQ is doing to generate another revenue stream) 2) A searchable archive of these publications similar to IEEE Xplore (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/guesthome.jsp) where - in our case - a member can download past articles in PDF format. This may be a bit problematic for the ancient issues of QST, but I believe articles in recent issues may already be in PDF format. Or, they can be sold for a modest fee (a buck or two, much like songs on I-Tunes.though not quite at the volume I-Tunes enjoys). 3) A new and improved way to provide these publications on CD or DVD (which I understand the League is investigating now since the previous method had compatibility problems) 4) A way to provide these current publications on the web for members who wish to receive them in that fashion. This may present some savings to the League in the way of reducing printing costs. A great example is the alumni magazine from my alma mater Georgia Tech. Check out the really cool way they provide it (free example) in addition to a printed format at http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/gatech/alumni-winter07/ Of course the biggest challenge is security so user-names and passwords aren't shared by many, though there's always a dishonest person out there. But I'm sure other organizations like IEEE have found a solution to that since they provide their publications electronically. Food for thought! 73, Brian N5ZGT ARRL Director, Rocky Mountain Division www.RockyMountainDivision.org <http://www.rockymountaindivision.org/> _____ From: K8JE [mailto:K8JE@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 1:01 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:16562] Buckmaster ann0uncement Ladies and Gents, Some or you may already be aware of the following announcement by Buckmaster Publishing (I use their Ham Call service so get occasional news releases from them). I don't recall having seen any previous note about them putting CQ Magazine online, but they've obviously been working on the project for a while. It will be interesting to see how near "currency" they will come with this effort. "We've been working a long time on scanning CQ magazine and making it available on the Internet. As of now we are complete from the first issue in January 1945 up through 2003, 58 years worth! See it all at http://hamcall.net/cq." For any who do not receive these announcements, this was one of three services (and a commercial) they announced. The other two regarded posting of the number of sunspots and of calls of new hams on their web site. Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je@arrl.org; Tel.: 513-459-0142 ARRL - The Reason Amateur Radio Is! Members - The Reason ARRL Is!