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National Contest Journal 
National Contest Journal cover, Nov./Dec., 2000.Editor Al Dewey K0AD Categories Amateur radio Frequency Bimonthly Circulation 2600[1] Publisher American Radio Relay League First issue Jan/Feb, 1973 Country 
United StatesLanguage English Website www.ncjweb.com ISSN 0899-0131 The National Contest Journal (also referred to by the acronym NCJ) is a bimonthly magazine published by the American Radio Relay League, with an independent volunteer editor. The magazine covers topics related to amateur radio contesting. The magazine is published in English and draws its subscription base primarily from the United States of America and Canada.
Contents
History
The National Contest Journal was founded by Minnesotan contester Tod Olson, K0TO. In his editorial for volume 1, issue 1 (January/February, 1973), Olson described the motivational purpose of the publication: "We believe that a genuine desire exists for more information about Radio Contests. Most of us have an interest in learning about other stations, operators, etc that we find in competition with us."[2] Olson relied upon the National Traffic System to gather claimed scores in order to print tables of likely competition winners months before the official results were published by the contest sponsors. Publication for the first three years was done with typewriters and offset printing. Each issue was 16 pages in 5" x 7.5" format. After printing, issues were assembled at Olson's home and mailed from a local post office.[2]
Editors
In 35 years of publication, the National Contest Journal has had 13 different managing editors. The first editor, and founder of the magazine, was Tod Olson, K0TO. Olson was one of two editors to have served multiple times in that capacity for the magazine.[2]
Editor Years Tod Olson, K0TO 1973-1975 Pete Grillo, W0RTT 1975-1978 Tod Olson, K0TO 1978-1979 Randy Thompson, K5ZD 1979-1980 Tom Taormina, K5RC 1981 John Crovelli, W2GD 1981-1982 Rick Niswander, K7GM 1982-1983 Randy Thompson, K5ZD 1983-1984 Dave Pruett, K8CC 1985-1987 Randy Thompson, K5ZD 1988-1989 Trey Garlough, N5KO 1990-1994 Bruce Draper, AA5B 1994-1996 Dave Patton, NN1N 1997 Dennis Motschenbacher, K7BV 1998-2002 Carl Luetzelschwab, K9LA 2002-2007 Al Dewey, K0AD 2008- Contest sponsorship
The magazine organizes, adjudicates, and publishes the results of two series of annual radio competitions, the North American QSO Party and the North American Sprint. Each of these competitions has three separate events (for CW, voice, and RTTY operations) run twice a year, and are managed by volunteers. The competitions focus on participation from stations in North America. The National Contest Journal publishes the contest rules and results in the magazine and on the magazine's web site.[3]
Citations
- ^ United States Postal Service (2007). PS Form 3526: Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation. Published in National Contest Journal, Vol. 35, No. 6. November/December, 2007. p. 44.
- ^ a b c Luetzelschwab, Carl K9LA, ed. We Hear from Former NCJ Editors". National Contest Journal., vol. 35, no. 5, Sep/Oct, 2007, p.14.
- ^ NCJ Contests. National Contest Journal official web site. Retrieved Sep. 26, 2007.
External links
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