[AMRadio] membership

[Ted Wirick]

Where can we throw those bucks for support??
Ted W4YJC

On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 13:55 <manualman at juno.com> wrote:

> Personally, for what its worth, I would suggest leaving this reflector as
> it is; a simple no frills, text based reflector, no attachments, no html
> inserts, no color, etc. Under the amradio reflector are at least 20 years
> worth of archived files which can be searched for specific items, or just
> read in any manner a member wants to use. For the most part, the amradio
> reflector is free and as far as I can see, maintenance probably would be
> mainly customer/member issues.
>
> groups.io is great if members want the ability to attach files or
> pictures to their postings or embed the same within their postings. Sub
> directories can also be applied to groups.io to store pdf type files,
> pictures, or any html type files for member review at any time. The free
> version of groups.io has very poor file storage capacity so you would
> have to move up to the next level which has more storage and features but
> comes at a cost which has to be collected and managed by the
> administrators.
>
> Facebook and any other social media, which generally generates pain,
> frustration, and annoyance, should not be considered as a viable
> alternative.
>
> HOWEVER, if you want AM friendly places to post threads, post your
> pictures, post your technical or non technical pdfs or other html type
> attachments, do color, add a smiley, etc. there are two places where that
> can be done.
>
> An off shoot of this reflector is the web site
> http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php
> It has generated 274,128 postings and there have been 27,867 discussion
> topics.
> Presently, the web site has 2902 members.
> The web site is free, but there are many members who each year throw a
> couple of bucks into the donation pot to pay for the server hosting,
> renewal, etc.
>
> Roughly two years ago Fred, AA7BQ, Owner of QRZ.com, also set up an
> amplitude modulation forum,
> https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?forums/amplitude-modulation.108/
> Since its inception, it has generated 1118 discussions and 25,367
> messages.
> At this day, QRM.com has 927,040 members. Obviously, there are some
> members there that have an AM interest.
> The web site is free but there are some subscription services that can be
> bought that adds additional features and functions to overall qrz.com .
>
> So, in my opinion, groups.io or any other web based hosting area, should
> not be considered. We don't need it. We already have two great web based
> "AM" hosting web sites.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
>
>
> On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 09:26:50 -0600 Ronnie Hull <w5sum at comcast.net> writes:
> > I sort the f agree with Jim. We should probably move to Groups.IO
> >
> > Just my .02
> >
> >
> > Ron W5SUM
> >
>
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