[PPRAANet] Zero Beat Archive Project Status

[k3ilc]

I just reached a milestone in archiving Zero Beat newsletter issues on 
the Archives website - https://archive.org/details/ppraa
I have archived all the issues from 1980 to present, and a few earlier 
years (1961, 1970, etc).  There are currently 525 issues accessible for 
viewing.

One thing that is interesting, is that archive.org has a pdf/jpeg to 
text converter -- all these issues appear to be viewable as test files.  
The text converter is so-so -- it gets garbled, if the text isn't clear 
in the images, and when an article continues in a new column or page, 
that confuses it also.  But the neat thing is that you can search the 
entire database by text.  At the top of the left column is a search box 
-- click the button labled "text", type in the term you want to search 
for, and then click the search magnifying glass.

The text converter doesn't understand the "Ø" symbol -- a "Ø" is 
translated as "@".  So if you wanted to search all the issues for 
"KDØKQL", you'd have to search for "KD at KQL".

I've learned a lot in doing this project.  I hope to have the remaining 
Zero Beats in my possession archived within the next few weeks.  This 
project has helped me attain one of my goals -- to organize and be able 
to share PPRAA's historical documents.

73

Jim Madsen
K3ILC