Re: Decline of E+WW

From: Reg Edwards (g4fgq.regp_at_ZZZbtinternet.com)
Date: 01/04/05 

Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:29:09 +0000 (UTC)

Can anybody remember the good old days when QST and other USA amateur radio
magazines could be bought on the newstands at British main-line railway
stations? Nice reading material between Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverly
on the Flying Scotsman in the dining car.

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