SJDXA members,
We forgot to bring up something last night.
QSL.NET has asked for contributions.
SJDXA’s EMAIL discussion list is hosted by QSL.NET (also QTH.NET).
Here is an overview of what QSL.NET provides, all at no cost:
QSL.net was started in 1996 by Al Waller K3TKJ and run continuously until Al retired at the end of 2008.
In early January 2009, Scott Neader KA9FOX stepped forward to keep the service going. All QSL.net services were then moved to new hardware located at a large US data center.
Today, QSL.net hosts over 31,000 web sites... over 54,000 e-mail forwarding accounts... over 600 mailing lists... and provides bandwidth and hardware for N6RT's DX Services (including log searches for over 20 million QSOs) at DX.QSL.NET.
This is all done at NO COST to amateur radio operators and organizations, although donations are encouraged and very much appreciated.
In December, Scott KA9FOX sent out the following:
Dear QSL.net user,
We hope you are enjoying the services we provide, such as free Web Hosting, Email Forwarding, Mailman Mailing Lists and DX Log Search.
WE NEED YOUR FINANCIAL HELP:
It's been about THREE YEARS since our last system-wide email to users, asking for support. We know that many of you have been financially affected by COVID-19, so we made the decision not to ask for support until now.
We continue to see growth in bandwidth, CPU and especially disk space usage. This has driven a decision to migrate all QSL.net services to a brand new server with enough resources to accommodate the needs of users.
The new server is being provisioned and tested, with a goal of being live within the next 1-2 months.
Your financial support also allows us to keep offering free business-class spam filtering for our QSL.net Email Forwarding users. The spam filtering system has been very successful and has dramatically decreasing the amount of spam seen by our users.
QSL.NET EXISTS SOLELY ON YOUR DONATIONS!
For over two decades, QSL.net has been dedicated to the sole purpose of furthering the abilities and interests of the Amateur Radio Community, with free Internet services for hams. QSL.net now needs to ask you for something in return: Your financial support.
In addition to the costs for data center bandwidth and hardware, and subscription fees for our professional spam filtering system, we also have hundreds of hours of time involved in answering support tickets, programming and maintaining the Self-Help and Ticket systems, troubleshooting various web, email, mailing list and FTP issues, etc.
WE HAVE NOT ASKED FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN NEARLY THREE YEARS - CAN YOU HELP US TODAY?
If your financial situation allows you to contribute to QSL.net, we would greatly appreciate your support! We can accept donations via PayPal, Credit Card, Check or Money Order. To donate, see:
https://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Thank you for your continued support! Happy Holidays from our families to yours!
73,
Scott KA9FOX
George K5TR
P.S. Have a question or concern about your QSL.net account? Please use the "Contact" page on our website at https://www.qsl.net/contact.html -- filling out this form will create a support ticket and someone on our team will assist you.
I suggest that SJDXA contribute $25 to QSL.NET. I have asked Bob W2ARP to go ahead and make the contribution. If anyone has any issues, please let me know.
Meanwhile, I suggest taking a look at their website at www.qsl.net and see what they are doing. All members are asked to consider a small contribution. This is a very worthwhile effort by Scott.
73!
de Bob Schenck, N2OO
President SJDXA!