[Boatanchors] QTH.NET

[Lloyd KK7IZ]

My suggestion was that the fee would include access to QTH.NET, all 
reflectors, facilities etc. To make it a fee for each reflector would be a 
book keeping nightmare. Besides many of us belong to several reflectors, so 
things would get out of hand on our part.
ONE FEE
ACCESS TO ALL FACILITIES
Not trying to shout, just punctuate.
These reflectors are to valuable to loose. Our grand children will research 
the archives to find out what we did long after the filaments in the last 
vacuum tube glows out.
Thanx
Lloyd  KK7IZ
kk7iz at cox.net
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Particularly Lear. Got anything?
Some boatanchors got wings
Lloyd Godsey  KK7IZ
1315 N. Udall Circle
Mesa, Az.  85203
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Wilhite" <w5jo at brightok.net>
To: "Boatanchors Mail List" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] QTH.NET


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>> $10-$20 dollars a year would be a cheap price to pay for access to all 
>> the
>> knowledge available on these lists. Might also weed out some of the sea 
>> gulls that only eat, crap, and squawk about  everything.
>> Thanx
>> Lloyd  KK7IZ
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> In any discussion there are different views as how to solve a problem. 
> Inherent in any solution on this list creates another problem that must be 
> solved on other QTH sponsored lists
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> As stated, some of us must pick and choose where our dollars go.  Anyone 
> with an income producing job can manipulate their dollars to solve a 
> subscription fee; however those who have a fixed income will almost always 
> choose to eliminate hobby related interests first.  Most of the discussion 
> that has suggested a fee has centered on the boatanchors reflector, 
> indicating it is the list with most traffic.
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> QTH supports many other reflectors.  Would the fee cover boatanchors plus 
> the webhosting?  I subscribe to the WRL list and rarely is there much 
> traffic on it, as well as the National and Hammarlund list and would drop 
> off if a fee is charged.  So the list that generates most traffic is 
> boatanchors.  Should the fee be only for boatanchors? Webhosting? or for 
> all?  Would it help to eliminate most of the other lists and direct all 
> traffic here?
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> Not knowing for sure, I suspect that most of the bandwidth is used by the 
> webhosting server.  So should those with web pages pay the fee and the 
> rest of us not?  If there is to be a fee per list and another for 
> webhosting, the accounting would be a nightmare, despite the automated 
> software available and many of the less used lists would disappear and non 
> payment would require someone to remove the non-payers.
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> I began reading boatanchors at thepoarch.com back in 92 but never joined. 
> With all the furor over the fee, nominal as it was- $12.00 per year, I 
> noticed that the quality of information concerning boatanchors 
> deteriorated after the fee was implemented and the list today is not what 
> it was in the beginning.  Some migrated from there to this boatanchors 
> list, I think. The technical expertise here generates answers from more 
> people and is much greater than the other list and parts help is also much 
> greater.
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> To some of us, the computer is adjunct to ham radio and if we had to 
> choose to spend $12.00 for the list or for a piece to fix one of our 
> radios, I believe we would choose the latter.  Al has and is doing a very 
> good job with his sites.  He has shown that he does not want to start a 
> fee-for-service list by having the give away program and relying on the 
> donations of a few.   Al has been a good and fair host, to which we all 
> should say thanks.
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> Right now some things could be done to help the situation.  When replying, 
> delete everything in your message except the appropriate quote, delete the 
> information in your signature, delete the information added by the QTH 
> server at the bottom and  I am sure Duane could add other information.  By 
> the way, Duane does a great job moderating and should be thanked as well.
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> 73  Jim
> W5JO
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