Re: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-05 Thread Todd, KA1KAQ
On 9/4/07, Mike Sawyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its a government conspiracy, I'm sure of it ;) It was the one-armed man!!! Welcome to Gary, and thanks to Brian for making the reflector better and stronger. We're a much better group when we pool our resources and knowledge. There is

Re: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-05 Thread Geoff/W5OMR
Todd, KA1KAQ wrote: On 9/4/07, Mike Sawyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its a government conspiracy, I'm sure of it ;) It was the one-armed man!!! Speaking of Government Conspiracies... I usually don't go blasting fellow list members in a public forum (or anyone else,

Re: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-05 Thread Todd, KA1KAQ
On 9/5/07, Geoff/W5OMR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's that darned Larry/NE1S! WATCH HIM! He's -sneaky-! Oh, you sure got him pegged! I once saw him look at a HB regen receiver missing its tubes, state rather matter-of-factly I think this one should be a xyz, this one too, and this one is

Re: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-05 Thread Bob Bruhns
Brian, you and Gary and the admin and moderation teams are doing a great service for the AM community. Thanks to all whose hard work makes this available to us all. Bacon, WA3WDR - Original Message - From: A.R.S. - WA5AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur

Re: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-05 Thread Bob Bruhns
- and my apologies for forgetting to strip the original message! -Bacon, WA3WDR __ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home:

Re: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-05 Thread Bob Bruhns
And not to forget HUZ Steve, who ran the AM Window board for years. And not to forget VJB Paul, who worked on and talked up the mailing list and helped get it started. Both are still contributing. And apologies to anybody I forgot or didn't know about or notice, and anybody whose

Re: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-05 Thread Geoff/W5OMR
Bob Bruhns wrote: And not to forget HUZ Steve, who ran the AM Window board for years. If I'm not mistaken, Bacon, the AMFone.net and it's bulletin board got started as a result of b-board abuses and personality conflicts from un-moderated 'hide-behind-my-microphone/keyboard' abusers at

Re: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-05 Thread A.R.S. - WA5AM
On 9/5/07, Peter Markavage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the lighter side, with the recent addition of more robust SPAM type filters running on qsl/qth.net reflectors, and the increase in the number of bounced messages, is there any thought to moving this mailing list to the hosting service that

Re: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-05 Thread Bob Bruhns
I didn't sense fighting or infighting at the time Geoff, but the spammers and hackers were murdering the poor old AM Window cgi board. That's another point: over and above the work of keeping the mailing list or website going, and upgrading it, and adding features and content, etc, it's not

RE: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-05 Thread Ed Sieb
The last straw at the old AM Window, was when some French hacker hacked the site and took it over. It took a few days for Steve to regain control, but he threw in the towel at that point (this being after months of abuse by trolls, spammers and other abusers). I still chuckle over Al, W1UX's

Re: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-05 Thread A.R.S. - WA5AM
On 9/5/07, Geoff/W5OMR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: QTH.com/QSL.net does a great job. Al Waller/K3(I forget his call) seems to be doing a really good job keeping the mail flowing, except I think the whole project grew bigger and better than he ever thought it would. If we need to donate, we

RE: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-05 Thread Geoff/W5OMR
I still chuckle over Al, W1UX's riposte to the hacker. A rude remark, having to do with an anatomically impossible act, said En Français! I'd repeat it here, but those of you who speak French might be offended. ;-) Or not, knowing this bunch! ;-D we've grown beyond that, Ed. :-)

Re: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-05 Thread A.R.S. - WA5AM
On 9/5/07, Bob Bruhns [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, the people who have supported this mailing list, in particular QTH/QSL, which was a huge improvement over the spam-infested Yahoo list, need to be acknowledged and supported. This is only a small part of all that they do for the amateur

Re: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-05 Thread Peter Markavage
I remember the issues you had when you tried moving it. Heck, with my initial response, your response, and now my response, we've generated over 900 sent e-mails. A $2 donation is very reasonable. Actually I paid over $3 for a hot dog and soda at Dayton this year, and got zero satisfaction and

Re: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-05 Thread A.R.S. - WA5AM
On 9/5/07, Peter Markavage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pete, wa2cwa ps: radio with no knobs coming in 2 weeks! I can't possibly guess what that radio would be Pete;) I have been using my SDR-1000 on AM and people are telling me that I will be VERY hard pressed to get the audio quality from my

Re: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-05 Thread Geoff/W5OMR
A.R.S. - WA5AM wrote: Geoff, you don't see the rejections that I do. Members of this list should NOT have their postings rejected for any reason by a SPAM filter. [...] This may only be temporary, so we should sit back and give it a little more time, I suppose. I the meantime,

Re: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-05 Thread W2INR
Thank you Brian I am looking forward to helping out on AM Radio. This stuff is good. It is all about bringing people together that have the same passions and interests. Th more people get together and communicate the stronger our community becomes. Glad to be aboard and thank you for

RE: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-04 Thread Rick Brashear
Bravo! Great move Brian and Gary! I have worked with Gary and he is everything and more that Brian stated. It is a great pleasure and honor to welcome him in the capacity of Administrator. Brian has done wonders with this fantastic reflector and I know it will continue and go to even higher

Re: [AMRadio] Amfone.net and the AM Reflector!

2007-09-04 Thread ronnie.hull
This sounds GREAT!!! W5SUM On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 20:05:38 -0500, A.R.S. - WA5AM wrote To All List Members; It is my pleasure to announce that Gary/W2INR and myself have decided that it would be in the best interest of all members of Amfone.net forums, and the AM Reflector to officially join