[WSWSS] and NWWSVHF delay

Sun, 27 Jan 2002 16:50:57 -0800

I've also noticed the delay.  I've sent multiple messages to different
groups and even to myself at another address, and the WSWSS and NWWSVHF
messages seem to take much longer to get through.
Rod Johnson WE7X (ex KA7YOU) Grid CN97-near Issaquah, Wa.

On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 06:59:06 -0800 Jack/W7PW <[email protected]>
writes:
>Neil:
>
>Your post didn't get to my mailbox (from WSWSS) for 12 hours! I was
>downloading mail between 6:30 and 6:45 Sunday morning when it arrived.
>This happened to me yesterday, on both the WSWSS and NWWSVHF 
>reflectors,
>when I posted the request for info on N6DHN! Is there a problem with
>"mailman"? The same request to the 'YX reflector posted quickly!
>
>BTW, this is being sent at 6:58AM on Sunday...
>
>Jack, W7PW
>
>Neil Jessen wrote:
>> 
>> Forgive me if this e-mail shows up a second time.  I sent it to the 
>WSWSS
>> Reflector but I never saw it appear in my inbox.
>> 
>> I just checked the results of the VHF contest poll on the ARRL 
>website. The
>> breakdown is that 684 people voted "YES" that they did participate 
>in the
>> VHF contest. Unfortunately, the "NO" votes won the poll with a 
>combined
>> total of 1105.
>> 
>> How can we as the WSWSS get more people involved in not only 
>contests, but
>> weak signal activity. I haven't checked, but I would be willing to 
>bet that
>> the majority of the licensees are no-code techs. These guys/gals are 
>prime
>> targets for the weak signal community. What can be more boring than 
>talking
>> on 2 meter repeaters all day long? Can you imagine being involved in 
>a
>> dynamic hobby like ham radio and spending your ham career on 
>repeaters? We
>> need to show these people that with some minimal antennas and power, 
>they
>> can get involved in the exciting weak signal activities like tropo, 
>meteor
>> scatter and EME.
>> 
>> What's the next step?
>> 
>> 73,
>> Neil - N6VHF
>> 
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