[Elecraft] K3 Wiki Site

[Ken Chandler]

I always found it very useful and it's on my iPhone as reference material when I'm out /p.
Perhaps you can pass it over to a volunteer Thom I'm sure a lot of people would host it, let's not let it die out!!!

Ken..G0ORH  

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On 25 Aug 2010, at 08:55, "David Ferrington, M0XDF" <M0XDF at Alphadene.co.uk> wrote:

> Well, I wish I'd known, since I found the site helpful from time to time, but as my knowledge of the K3 grew, I found less need of the Wiki. However, it was good to know it was there for when I might want to look at it, especially some of the reference material.
> 
> I completely understand why you would want to drop it Thom, but perhaps if you'd indicated your intention to do so, someone else would have stepped up to take it on?
> 
> Do you still have all the content archived away somewhere?
> 
> 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108
> 
> -- 
> In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice,
> but in practice there is.
> 
> On 25 Aug 2010, at 00:22, Thom LaCosta wrote:
> 
>> At 12:30 8/22/2010, Tony Fegan VE3QF wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> I e-mailed Thom K3HRN just last week and got the following reply:
>>> 
>>> **********
>>> At 01:32 8/13/2010, you wrote:
>>>> Hi Thomas,
>>>>     Is the K3 Wiki discontinued or moved? I thought it was a 
>>> great site but I have been inactive for a few months.
>>> 
>>> I turned it off.....too much spam, and absolutely no support from
>>> Elecraft and/or the Elecraft users.  BTW, you are the
>>> first person who has emailed me about it no longer being active.
>> 
>> When I first put the forum and the wiki online I asked for help, and 
>> received it,
>> 
>> As time went on it was painfully obvious that there was was a lack of 
>> interest and support
>> as indicated in my statement above.
>> 
>> As the level of spam increased, it took more time to maintain the 
>> forum and the wiki....and quite frankly it
>> was not worth the effort. We did not give notice, as there was no 
>> support and little expressed interest
>> from the outset
>> 
>> Just as an aside, I maintain a web site, forum and mailing list for 
>> R.L. Drake users.....the difference in participation,
>> help and gratitude is like day and night.
>> 
>> It was an interesting experiment....and like many things, it did not 
>> survive in the market place.
> 
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> -Jewish proverb
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