[Scan-DC] The Capitol Hill Monitor's web page

[Bote Man]

I think you are biting off more than you need to chew. :)

I know how much effort it takes to maintain the simplest
of web pages even for a hobby site; I just found a number of 
outdated pieces of text information on mine.

I would leave the whole gambit of scanner-specific stuff
to established sites like StrongSignals and the Yahoo
groups that you mention. Trying to keep up with the comings
and goings of the various Yahoo groups is like herding cats--it's
a huge undertaking and keeping the list updated is best
left up to Yahoo's own internal searchable group listing.

When I go to the C.H.M. web site I really am looking for
frequencies and information specific to the D.C. area,
which as you point out is buried deep as pictures of text
in the newsletter copies available on line. This makes it
difficult to find information. 

So I would focus on putting up text of the frequencies and 
background information for the D.C. area. Of course, now you 
are treading on Alan's excellent book, so there's the rub.

Best of luck to you. I'll send some links to you directly.

Bote

> -----Original Message-----
> From: scan-dc-admin@mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:scan-dc-admin@mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Mike Agner
> Sent: Tuesday, 21 May, 2002 20:01
> To: scan-dc@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Scan-DC] The Capitol Hill Monitor's web page
> 
>   Hi...anyone that has visited the CHM web page knows that although
> it's very sharp looking, in comparison to other scanner-based clubs
> that have their own web page, the info there is...well...sparse to
> say the least.  Check out http://henney.com/chm/ if you've never
> seen it.
> 
>   That's going to change.
> 
>   I've been emailing Alan Henney about some ideas on expanding the
> CHM to include a great many new links, the gathering of which
> -at least for some of them-has never been attempted to my
> knowledge.  He's been supportive, and I've gathered several 
> ideas together.  We may not implement all of them at once, and
> this will take some time to flesh out all the details.
> 
>   Some of the possible links include:
> a. FAQs on the various models of scanners;
> b. Yahoo groups that cover various scanners, arranged by 
>    manufacturer;
> c. Scanner reviews 
> d. URLs of pages that are devoted to just 1 model (or range
>    of models), such as the AR3000A page;
> e. Pages for frequencies
> f. Ham clubs and organizations 
> 
>   Those last two are where I need help.  While I know about clubs,
> for example, in the Central Md.area, I am not familiar with 
> clubs in Delaware, DC or Northern Va.  In the same vein, I have
> already gathered central Md.specific pages, but I have nothing
> for Western Md., Va and so on.  In fact, I much prefer to have
> too much info to organize than not enough.  URLs in the other
> categories are of course also more than welcome.
>   That's where you come in.  I need URLs of pages that have to
> do with frequencies, clubs and so on in the CHM coverage area.