[SixClub] Win a Icom 756 Pro III

[Sixmeterclub at aol.com]

Six Meter Club Reflector Users Take note:
 
For those that don't know The Reflector and the Web pages are on Al Wallers  
Servers at QTH.NET And that makes you eligible to enter, please read below. If 
 you make a donation please note the fact you are a member of the Six Meter 
Club.  Tnx - Jerry W9FS


QSL/QTH Users


It's been a while since I  last mailed all users. Things here are slowly 
getting back to normal after  the passing of my Father (K3RLW) in September. 
I am now fully retired other  than a few consulting jobs at my old work 
place (NASA). I am still swamped  with e-mail and it sometimes takes weeks 
to even read them, if you need  something urgent the best way to contact me 
is by telephone  302-875-1358  8AM to 11PM Eastern time.

This January we will be  starting out 10th year on the Internet. The growth 
of QSL/QTH in the last  year has been incredible so much that we are using 
all available bandwidth  including some we just added. The sites are slow 
responding. It's obvious by  the amount of traffic we see that these sites 
are very popular worldwide.  It's time to buy more bandwidth, hence the 
purpose of this  mailing.

The cost of another T1 will be $5400 yearly. This is money we  don't have! 
QSL/QTH has no income other than donations so you see we count  on you to 
help us grow.

Other expensive things that need addressing  are the RAID 5 Harddrives, 
(these boxes have 16 80GB drives) 8 being primary  storage and 8 being an 
image for data backup if needed. I have had 2 drive  failures in the last 2 
months so I need to replace all 16 and increase the  capacity at the same 
time. These Raid drives have been spinning 24/7 for the  last 3 years.

The QSL FTP server needs to be upgraded both in hardware  and software soon. 
It's a 4 year old dual 700Mhz and can barely keep up with  the demand put on 
it.

The QTH "Mailman" reflector server is new and has  the latest software, this 
was completed a few months ago at a cost of about  $1000

Less than 1% of our users have ever contributed, with many who have  
contributed over and over to keep us going. Now is a time we need all of  
you to pitch in a little and help us stay alive and functional for years to  
come. Anything you can contribute will help. I hate to sound like a TV  
evangelist but without hearing from you we will be gone someday  soon.


That's the bad news.... Now for some exciting  news.

Through the generosity of a long time supporter of QSL/QTH we will  be 
giving away another radio to a user who contributes between now and  January 
31, 2005. Not just any old radio this time but a new shiny Icom  756pro3. 
Yes you read that right a 756pro3, Icom's newest addition to the  incredible 
Pro series. List price on this radio is $3000. I have a 756pro2  and I can 
honestly say that in my 44 years as a ham this is the best radio I  have 
ever owned. The 756pro3 is even  better.

http://www.icomamerica.com/products/amateur/756proIII/


Here  are the rules:

1. Only users of QSL/QTH are eligible
2. A $15 donation  is one chance, $25 donation is 3 chances $50 donation is 
7 chances, $100  donation is 15 chances etc.
3. All donations previously made in  November/December 2004 are 
automatically entered.
4. Drawing will be  January 31, 2005
5. If you do not want the radio the cash value to the winner  is $2500




The winner of the previous 746pro giveaway was  KB9LIE and K9OT.

Good luck to all and as always thanks for your  support.


Donations accepted by Credit Card      https://proxy.qsl.net/donation
PayPal         http://www.paypal.com   (account  
k3tkj at qsl.net)



Donations by mail:
QSL.NET,  Inc
34087 Old Hickory Road
Laurel, Delaware 19956


73,  Al K3TKJ


"It is not the class of license the Amateur holds, but the  class of the 
Amateur that holds the  license."