K9YA Telegraph
The K9YA Telegraph is a free, monthly, general interest amateur radio e-zine first published in January 2004. The journal of the Robert F. Heytow Memorial Radio Club, the K9YA Telegraph is distributed to subscribers in over 100 countries via e-mail as a PDF file. Issues comprise original articles written by authors drawn from its subscriber base. Notable among those authors was contributing editor, Rod Newkirk, W9BRD/VA3ZBB, former "How's DX" columnist for QST magazine; Wayne Green, W2NSD, legendary publisher of 73 and other popular electronic hobbyist magazines; and Don Keith, N4KC, best-selling and award-winning author.
The K9YA Telegraph describes itself as unique in offering the amateur radio community a no-cost, high concept publication covering a number of topics unavailable elsewhere and in providing a welcoming venue and readership to first-time writers.
The Telegraph's staff includes: Michael Dinelli, N9BOR, layout; Philip Cala-Lazar, K9PL, editor; and Jeff Murray, K1NSS, cartoonist.
Cartoons of K9YA Telegraph cartoonist emeritus Dick Sylvan, W9CBT, appear in NAQCC News, the newsletter of the North American QRP CW Club. A collection of Dick's cartoons is reproduced in the book, HI HI—A Collection of Ham Radio Cartoons.
A compilation of Rod Newkirk's articles written for the K9YA Telegraph is published in the book, The Rod Newkirk Collection: From the Pages of the K9YA Telegraph 2004 - 2009.
K9YA Telegraph articles have been referenced and reprinted in a number of publications, websites snd institutions including the scientific journal, Polar Research, Volume 27, Issue 1, April 2008; QRP Labs, https://qrp-labs.com/images/qcx/K9YA.pdf; OT News, The Journal of The Radio Amateur Old Timers Association, Autumn 2021; Proceedings, Fall 2021, Radio Club of America; NFARL eNews, August 2018, North Fulton Amateur Radio League; the exchange, Vol. 5, No. 2, 11/2021, SouthWest Ohio DX Association; Yavapai Signal, March 2015, Yavapai Amateur Radio Club, W7YRC; ARCI NEWS, Vol. 27, Issue 6, December 2007, Antique Radio Club of Illinois; Contester's Rate Sheet, a publication of the American Radio Relay League; The Keynote, the journal of the International Morse Preservation Society ; Carbonear Heritage Society, Carbonear, Newfoundland.
In April 2013 the staff of the K9YA Telegraph released their fully revised fifth edition of the book, The Art & Skill of Radio-Telegraphy by William Pierpont, NØHFF.
K9YA Telegraph motto: The Good News About Amateur Radio