CQ ham radio

CQ ham radio is a monthly amateur radio enthusiast magazine published in Japan. The magazine is published in Japanese and draws its subscription base primarily from Japan. The name of the magazine is derived from the international amateur radio call CQ, used to indicate that the station making the call is available for communications with any other station.

CQ ham radio

August, 2008 cover
Editor	Yoichi Sakurada, JP1NWZ
Categories	Amateur radio
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	55,000[1]
Publisher	CQ Publishing Co., Ltd.
First issue	October, 1946[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Website	www.cqpub.co.jp/cqham/

Not to be confused with CQ Amateur Radio.

CQ ham radio is not associated with the similarly named United States magazine CQ Amateur Radio.