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26th Jan 2017, 7:23 pm | #21 |
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Re: Radiophile Magazine
A few facts regarding the actual technical content of The Radiophile may be of interest in this discussion. I studied four recent back issues and noted the number of pages devoted to technical (articles, images, and other vintage radio related content) and non-technical (including but not limited to editorials, readers' letters, advertising, fiction, non-radio-related non-fiction etc). The result was 73% technical, 27% non-technical.
By the same analysis, the content of four recent issues of the BVWS Bulletin was 88% technical, 12% non-technical.
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26th Jan 2017, 8:39 pm | #22 |
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Re: Radiophile Magazine
Reducing the number of issues makes sense to me, though I'm not a subscriber, so I guess it's not for me to say.
Radio Bygones was six issues a year, but last year went to four issues, though with a similar number of pages in total as in six issues. Obviously the marginal cost of additional pages in four issues, with the same overall amount of content, is much less than the cost of producing and distributing six issues. I haven't subscribed to Radiophile for at least 27 years, when it was just copied typed sheets held together with staples! The front covers these days are a joy to behold. My copy of Chas's 'Practical Handbook of Valve Radio Repair' was a gift from my elder son and inside is written 'Happy Fathers' Day 1983'. It was also autographed by Chas at an event that year at Shifnal, that Chas organised.
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26th Jan 2017, 9:18 pm | #23 | |
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Re: Radiophile Magazine
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26th Jan 2017, 10:10 pm | #24 |
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Re: Radiophile Magazine
Oh that's good Graham. By the time you've completed the archive in 40 years it will have become invaluable. Seriously though it's good to have that "Bygones" issue on file as it confused me with the continuity of articles and "I was there" as they say!
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