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Old Man (magazine)

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Old Man
Old Man cover, Jan./Feb., 2005.
CategoriesAmateur radio
FrequencyBimonthly
PublisherUnion of Swiss Short Wave Amateurs
Founded1932
Final issueNovember/December 2007
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageGerman, Italian, French
Websitewww.uska.ch

Old Man (stylized in all lowercase) was a bimonthly magazine published by the Union of Swiss Short Wave Amateurs as the membership journal of the organization. After the end of Old Man in 2007, it since recontinued as HBradio.

The magazine covers topics related to amateur radio. The magazine is published with articles in three languages: German, Italian, and French. The magazine drew and draws its subscription base primarily from Switzerland. The journal was published in A5 paper size with a full-color cover and black-and-white print on un-coated newsprint inside. The final issue of Old Man was published in November/December 2007, after which the organization discontinued publication in favor of a new membership journal called HBradio.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Deutscher Amateur-Radio-Club (2008) The name "old man" is a term of respect by which ham operators call each other, especially if they have not had the opportunity to exchange their first names during a radio contact. It derives from the British English expression "old man" or "old boy", by which Englishmen tend to call each other. "USKA-Hamfest 2007: Amateurfunk im Wandel". Retrieved 1 August 2008.