[Lowfer] watering hole last night

Douglas D. Williams kb4oer at gmail.com
Sat Nov 15 06:59:21 EST 2014


Ok, Photobucket is iffy. Sometimes the direct link option works correctly,
and sometimes you still see the ads and other overhead. I take it back
about "user error". I now think it's a Photobucket problem. I'm sticking
with Dropbox links from now on.

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Douglas D. Williams <kb4oer at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ok, so there you go. Users just don't understand the basics of how to link
> simple jpeg screen captures using Dropbox or Photobucket. No shame there.
>
> I'm no expert, but will try to help.
>
> D. KB4OER
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> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:01 PM, <jrusgrove at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Doug
>>
>> Just the capture ... quick load.
>>
>> Jay
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>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas D. Williams" <
>> kb4oer at gmail.com>
>> To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp,UK) and MedFer bands" <
>> lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 2:35 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] watering hole last night
>>
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>>  I think what you are witnessing when you see all that crap is that people
>>> aren't properly using Dropbox or Photobucket to send the direct links.
>>>
>>> Here is a link to the exact same screen capture, after I copied it to my
>>> Photobucket account. Let me know if you see anything other than the argo
>>> capture.
>>>
>>> http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j231/Goranothos/111414.jpg
>>>
>>> D.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 10:26 AM, <jrusgrove at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Doug
>>>>
>>>> Now see ... the attached image loads fast ... because it's just a single
>>>> image. It's the links people put up that have the images imbedded in the
>>>> website 'overhead' that load slow. The 'overhead' from the stationary
>>>> ads,
>>>> pop ups, slide ins, gallery and other folderol that slows down the
>>>> loading
>>>> process.
>>>>
>>>> Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas D. Williams" <
>>>> kb4oer at gmail.com
>>>> >
>>>> To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp,UK) and MedFer bands"
>>>> <
>>>> lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 6:29 AM
>>>> Subject: [Lowfer] watering hole last night
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Getting a bit of a late start this season, but finally managed to
>>>> monitor
>>>>
>>>>> the watering hole last night and got some nice captures of SJ and SIW.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/33457409/111414.jpg
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