[Boatanchors] Re: AR88 Notes - slow qsl.net servers

[Al Parker]

Hi Tommy,
    I've been trying to get that file for a month or 2.  Unfortunately
it's on one of the slowest qsl.net servers, and seems to be impossible to
retrieve.  It's hard to complain about a "free" user-supported service,
but there are several websites on qsl.net that have exactly the same
problem, and are basically unusable because of it.
    Not all qsl.net websites are that bad, but none are better than just
plain slow.  The Hammarlund Historian site, <http://www.hammarlund.info>
is a qsl..net site with many manuals for free downloading.  I occasionally
just give it a try to see how bad it is.  I don't think it's timed out or
stopped on me lately, but this AM it was downloading at about 8kbps,
probably OK for dialup connections, but  I often find 40+kbps on other
sites, and sometimes 200+.  It does depend upon time of day traffic, etc.
    I know one club (not mine) that has recently bought it's own domain
name and is paying for server space elsewhere, after giving up at qsl.net.
I used to get timed out every month when I tried to download their
newsletter, now it takes less than 5 seconds.  It's only costing them
something like $40/yr for the server space, so it's not unaffordable to
get things done right.
    If anyone wants to know where they got it, I'll let them know.  It's a
commercial operation, I have no relationship with it.  I do have a
relationship (not financial) with the provider I have my own
www.boatanchors.net site on, it's also available commercially at similar
low prices.  Our own club has it's site there also, www.nbarc.org and
newsletter downloads are quick.
    All that said, I haven't solved your problem.  If anyone happens to
have had success downloading   "Getting the Most From Your AR-88" by D.M.
Gill from:  http://www.qsl.net/w2vtm/rca_equip.html or has the file, I'm
sure Tommy, and I, would love to have you email it to us.
73,
Al, W8UT
New Bern, NC
BoatAnchors appreciated here
http://www.boatanchors.org
http://www.hammarlund.info


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tommy" <malti7388 at yahoo.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 4:18 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] AR88 Notes


> I have been trying to download the article:
>
>  Getting the Most From Your AR-88 by D.M. Gill
>
> from a website:
> http://www.qsl.net/w2vtm/rca_equip.html, but it is a
> very weak link, extremly slow and stops at timeout
>
> Anyone knows another site.
>
>