Curmudgeonly John here! (Thom is not the only one)
Of course the lists are valuable and I'm eternally grateful for people like
Garey who do so much to help us all. And of course it's the intent of
lists to provide a place to ask questions of any level and to share
experiences good and bad. That's never in question.
My comment stems from the fact that having been around since the the first
old radio list....and seeing that split into a list for virtually every
stripe, color and model of old ham radio, we're now seeing duplicates and
triplicates of each of these. The result is, the need to subscribe to 3
versions of lists for the same topic (which often contain a high percentage
of crosspostings) or miss a discussion because it's happening on reflector
#4 of the Blue HamScratchi1 Model 100 list, and you're only subscribed to
reflectors #1, #3 and #5.
The ultimate example of this are there innumerable Heathkit lists, where
they're subdivided not only by model number, but by people who like list
moderator #1 and people who don't like list moderator #1, reflectors that
allow Ebay postings and don't allow Ebay postings and on and on and on....
This is progress?
Anyway, I apologize for fanning the flames, and I'll not post more on this
topic. It's a beautiful world out there!
John K5MO
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