[MIham] Re Low Subscriber Count

[STeve Andre']

That sounds like an excellent idea, spreading the word.  I will
say somethin on the Arrow mailing list, the Ann Arbor cluib.  I'll
see about saying that same thing on the MSU mailing list too.

--STeve Andre' (wb8wsf)

On Friday 03 September 2004 02:16, Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
> Maybe each of us should make it a point to supply the person doing the
> local Ham club newsletter with info about the list? Surely if we talk it up
> we can easily triple the subscriber count.
>
>
> ----------
> From: STeve Andre' <andres at msu.edu>
> To: miham at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [MIham] Re Low Subscriber Count
> Date: Thursday, September 02, 2004 5:50 PM
>
> On Friday 03 September 2004 01:34, Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
> > This list, and all like it for the other states, seems to have a very low
> > subscriber count. I wonder why this is?
> >
> > It seems to me that such a statewide list for Hams and radio hobbyists to
> > share info on events, items for sale/swap and so forth on should be quite
> > popular. Why is it not?
> >
> > Is it because there are other lists that do the same thing, so it is just
> > duplication of services?
> >
> > Is it because the 'Ho Hum Syndrome' has afflicted Michigan hams?
> >
> > There are thousands of Hams in Michigan, and probably the majority of
> > them do have Internet service nowadays. yet the subscriber count on this
> > list is almost never higher than eighty.
> >
> > Duane Fischer, W8DBF
>
> In my case, I subscribed as soon as I found it.  But I only found this list
> after Googling around for VHF weak signal mailing lists, and found the
> pile of ham lists on QTH, and had a subscribefest.
>
> I don't think this list is very well publicized, and of course the "Ho Hum"
> syndrome plays here as well.
>
> --STeve Andre' (wb8wsf)
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