2 Briarwood Avenue
G31RM                  Bury St. Edmunds


              Suffolk IP33 3QF
                   England


24th January 1995



To all members of the group

          I am writing to tell you that Jim Mortensen N2HOS
who publishes the magazine Digital Journal on behalf of the
American Digital Radio Society is interested in coherent c.w.
and has offered to help in its promotion. He has suggested
that I write a column for the Journal every two months and
that I discontinue the Newsletter which has proved to be
expensive to distribute consisting as it does of only one
sheet of paper. Most of the expense has been in postages.
The column in the Journal will be about 1500 words long or
about the same length as the Newsletter. The obvious
advantage of this new arrangement is that many more amateurs
around the world will get to hear about coherent c.w.



          The Newsletter has always been distributed at my own
expense with the help of donations from the members. As you
know I have not kept any record of cash received and hope that
none of you feels you have been robbed.



          In compensation Jim has offered to send each of you
three free issues of the Digital Journal (March 1995 will
probably be the first) and he will be offering you a reduced
subscription to the Society for the first year.
Unfortunately this does not apply if you are already a member
of the American Digital Radio Society. The Journal is
published monthly.



          The Digital Journal is an excellent magazine and
full of interesting items if you like the digital modes. As
c.w. (and coherent c.w.) can now be sent and received by means
of a computer the method of operation is very much like
r.t.t.y., amtor, pactor and clover. It is still the most
basic digital mode which justifies its inclusion in a magazine*
devoted to digital modes in general.



          I hope you will enjoy the free issues of the Journal
and will send in your subscription. Here is an ideal
opportunity to put coherent c.w. before the amateur
fraternity. , I hope it now becomes popular.



Thank you for your support i-n the past.
                    73


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