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Vintage QST Articles
RF Cafe - 1st Edition of QST, December 1915
See 20 pages of the first edition of QST on WikiMedia
Month Cover Year
June
TOC		 QST Cover, June 1929 - RF Cafe 1929
October
TOC		 QST Cover, October 1929 - RF Cafe 1929
December
TOC		 QST Cover, December 1929 - RF Cafe 1929
February
TOC		 QST Cover, February 1931 - RF Cafe 1931
August
TOC		 QST Cover, August 1931 - RF Cafe 1931
October
TOC		 QST Cover, October 1931 - RF Cafe 1931
December
TOC		 QST Cover, December 1931 - RF Cafe 1931
April
TOC		 QST Cover, April 1932 - RF Cafe 1932
May
TOC		 QST Cover, May 1932 - RF Cafe 1932
October
TOC		 QST Cover, October 1932 - RF Cafe 1932
December
TOC		 QST Cover, December 1932 - RF Cafe 1932
January
TOC		 QST Cover, January 1933 - RF Cafe 1933
April
TOC		 QST Cover, April 1933 - RF Cafe 1933
May
TOC		 QST Cover, May 1933 - RF Cafe 1933
December
TOC		 QST Cover, December 1933 - RF Cafe 1933
August
TOC		 QST Cover, August 1934 - RF Cafe 1934
July
TOC		 QST Cover, July 1935 - RF Cafe 1935
September
TOC		 QST Cover, September 1935 - RF Cafe 1935
December
TOC		 QST Cover, December 1935 - RF Cafe 1935
July
TOC		 QST Cover, July 1937 - RF Cafe 1937
September
TOC		 QST Cover, September 1937 - RF Cafe 1937
March
TOC		 QST Cover, March 1939 - RF Cafe 1939
April
TOC		 QST Cover, April 1939 - RF Cafe 1939
May
TOC		 QST Cover, May 1939 - RF Cafe 1939
August
TOC		 QST Cover, August 1939 - RF Cafe 1939
September
TOC		 QST Cover, September 1939 - RF Cafe 1939
March
TOC		 QST Cover, March1940 - RF Cafe 1940
June
TOC		 QST Cover, June 1940 - RF Cafe 1940
July
TOC		 QST Cover, July 1940 - RF Cafe 1940
August
TOC		 QST Cover, August 1940 - RF Cafe 1940
November
TOC		 QST Cover, November 1940 - RF Cafe 1940
January
TOC		 QST Cover, January 1941 - RF Cafe 1941
February
TOC		 QST Cover, February 1941 - RF Cafe 1941
May
TOC		 QST Cover, May 1941 - RF Cafe 1941
January
TOC		 QST Cover, January 1942 - RF Cafe 1942
March
TOC		 QST Cover, March 1942 - RF Cafe 1942
April
TOC		 QST Cover, April 1942 - RF Cafe 1942
September
TOC		 QST Cover, September 1942 - RF Cafe 1942
November
TOC		 QST Cover, November 1942 - RF Cafe 1942
December
TOC		 QST Cover, December 1942 - RF Cafe 1942
February
TOC		 QST Cover, February 1943 - RF Cafe 1943
November
TOC		 QST Cover, November 1943 - RF Cafe 1943
June
TOC		 QST Cover, June 1944 - RF Cafe 1944
July
TOC		 QST Cover, July 1944 - RF Cafe 1944
January
TOC		 QST Cover, January 1945 - RF Cafe 1945
February
TOC		 QST Cover, February 1945 - RF Cafe 1945
March
TOC		 QST Cover, March 1945 - RF Cafe 1945
April
TOC		 QST Cover, April 1945 - RF Cafe 1945
April
TOC		 QST Cover, April 1946 - RF Cafe 1946
July
TOC		 QST Cover, July 1946 - RF Cafe 1946
July
TOC		 QST Cover, July 1947 - RF Cafe 1947
August
TOC		 QST Cover, August 1947 - RF Cafe 1947
September
TOC		 QST Cover, September 1947 - RF Cafe 1947
October
TOC		 QST Cover, October 1947 - RF Cafe 1947
August
TOC		 QST Cover, August 1948 - RF Cafe 1948
September
TOC		 QST Cover, September 1948 - RF Cafe 1948
September
TOC		 QST Cover, September 1950 - RF Cafe 1950
May
TOC		 QST Cover, May 1951 - RF Cafe 1951
April
TOC		 QST Cover, April 1952 - RF Cafe 1952
May
TOC		 QST Cover, May 1952 - RF Cafe 1952
August
TOC		 QST Cover, August 1952 - RF Cafe 1952
November
TOC		 QST Cover, November 1952 - RF Cafe 1952
December
TOC		 QST Cover, December 1952 - RF Cafe 1952
January
TOC		 QST Cover, January 1953 - RF Cafe 1953
February
TOC		 QST Cover, February 1953 - RF Cafe 1953
April
TOC		 QST Cover, April 1953 - RF Cafe 1953
May
TOC		 QST Cover, May 1953 - RF Cafe 1953
June
TOC		 QST Cover, Julne 1953 - RF Cafe 1953
July
TOC		 QST Cover, July 1953 - RF Cafe 1953
September
TOC		 QST Cover, September 1953 - RF Cafe 1953
October
TOC		 QST Cover, October 1953 - RF Cafe 1953
November
TOC		 QST Cover, November 1953 - RF Cafe 1953
December
TOC		 QST Cover, December 1953 - RF Cafe 1953
July
TOC		 QST Cover, July 1966 - RF Cafe 1966
September
TOC		 QST Cover, September 1966 - RF Cafe 1966
October
TOC		 QST Cover, October 1966 - RF Cafe 1966
November
TOC		 QST Cover, November 1966 - RF Cafe 1966
December
TOC		 QST Cover, December 1966 - RF Cafe 1966
January
TOC		 - RF Cafe 1967
February
TOC		 QST Cover, February 1967 - RF Cafe 1967
April
TOC		 QST Cover, April 1967 - RF Cafe 1967
May
TOC		 QST Cover, May 1967 - RF Cafe 1967
June
TOC		 QST Cover, June 1967 - RF Cafe 1967
July
TOC		 QST Cover,July 1967 - RF Cafe 1967
August
TOC		 QST Cover, August 1967 - RF Cafe 1967
September
TOC		 QST Cover, September 1967 - RF Cafe 1967
September
TOC		 September 1972 QST Cover - RF Cafe 1972

NOTE: The ARRL provides a complete digital archive of every QST from 1915 to the most edition. Access is free to ARRL members.

One unexpected discovery is that the average reader must have had better near vision eyesight than today because the print size was very tiny. Even as recently as 1943, a large portion of people could not afford corrective lenses so unless either a reading magnifier was a staple of every household or it was common practice for the person with the best eyesight in the house to read QST aloud to the poorly sighted of the house, the only conclusion can be that the average citizen had better eyesight than today. I write that only partly in jest; a search for scientific data to back my suspicion was not fruitful.   See response from Joe B.

Kirt,   Re: The old QST font size.   During WWII everything was rationed, including paper and ink, because materials were needed for the war.   Magazines were permitted because to not print them would hurt morale.  And since the Army and Navy (and Marines) needed radio operators, I suspect QST was near the top of the permitted list.   But the smaller the font, the more you could squeeze into a given issue.   73  

Joe (N3TTE) Birsa, P.E.
Warrendale, PA
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I have written before about the incredible resource for RF engineers and hobbyists that is the ARRL's monthly publication, QST. Since its first edition in December, 1915, the magazine has been chock full of useful information. As would be expected, the nature of content has evolved over time to have the greatest appeal to contemporary readers. Correspondingly, reviewing past issues provides a peek back into history not only to learn of vintage equipment and events, but also it lets us see the difference in the nature of readers, most notably their expectations in content, prose, etc.

All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.

These articles were scanned and OCRed from copies of vintage QST magazines that I purchased on e-Bay. I took the trouble to OCR them in order to provide searchable text for people who are trying to find specific items: equipment, companies, friends, even themselves.

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