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

[Sandy W5TVW]

What would be even better yet, considering the LARGE size of the files,
is have someone who has high speed service or a dedicated internet
connection, to download them all and then distribute them on a CD for
cost of materials and mailing.
I can't download them at the speed the server is going as my XYL
would kill me for tying up the phone line that long!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Parker" <anchor at ec.rr.com>
To: "Tommy" <malti7388 at yahoo.com>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 8:28 AM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Re: AR88 Notes - slow qsl.net servers


| 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.
| >
| >
| 
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