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>   1. Re: Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to Groups.IO
>      (Les Locklear)
>   2. Re: Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to Groups.IO
>      (Tom Bruns)
>   3. Re: Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to Groups.IO
>      (James A. (Andy) Moorer)
>   4. Re: Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to Groups.IO (n4buq)
>   5. SWITCH. (Greg Mengell)
>   6. Re: Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to Groups.IO
>      (JOS K1JOS)
>   7. Re: Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to Groups.IO
>      (Bob kb8tq)
>   8. Re: Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to Groups.IO
>      (JOS K1JOS)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:32:40 -0500
> From: "Les Locklear" <[email protected]>
> To: "Dave Merrill" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to
>    Groups.IO
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> Well said, Dave.
> 
> As a long time member, It doesn't matter to me.
> 
> I no longer own any of the R-390 series or any vacuum receivers save for a 
> 1940 RCA Console.
> 
> All of my remaining receivers or transceivers are solid state, an Icom 756 
> Pro III and Racal 6790 with all the bells and whistles.
> 
> I'm 82, most of the old-time regulars have seemed to have disappeared or have 
> passed away. I keep subscribed to the list for the occasional
> interesting post.
> 
> There is very little to listen to shortwave wise even though I can hear BBC 
> via long path most mornings. Ham nets and if one is interested military 
> frequencies.
> 
> I've been retired for over 18 years and seldom post anymore, just lurking 
> like many others.
> 
> Les Locklear
> Dx'ing Since '57
> Located in Gulfport, Mississippi
> On the Gulf of Mexico.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Merrill via R-390 <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: Dave Merrill <[email protected]>
> To:
> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Sent: 6/25/2026 10:26:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to Groups.IO
> ________________________________________________________________________________
> 
>> I vote NO change for the following reasons:
>> 
>> - Traffic on the group has been very light for the past few years. Most of
>> what needed to be discussed has been said, just not everyone has said it
>> yet.
>> 
>> - Let's face it: the group largely consists older persons who won't be
>> around much longer. If Interest was increasing, a change to a modern list
>> service would be more justified.
>> 
>> - Someone has to collect and pay the $250 groups.io fee each year, a
>> thankless task. If each of the 500+ current subscribers gave $5 today, that
>> would cover the groups.io fee for 10 years. That's not gonna happen. I
>> doubt that 10% would pony up. Priorities change when people have to
>> actually pay, even a nominal amount.
>> 
>> - Conversions always result in confusion for some. I anticipate plenty of
>> unnecessary traffic about dealing the change.
>> 
>> - I subscribe to multiple qth.net groups and contribute $$ each year to
>> support them. I don't have a problem with how the reflector operates.
>> 
>> Yes, I'm a grumpy old guy but I ask you to consider my points and argue
>> them if you disagree.
>> 
>> --... ...-- Dave N9ZC
>> 
>>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 9:54 AM Andy G8JAC via R-390 <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I am one of the long-term Lurkers on the list - one from across the Pond.
>>> I joined perhaps 20 years ago when I bought my first (and so far only)
>>> R-390A and needed to learn about the receiver and the technology of its era.
>>> In the face of the expertise of the list members I could contribute
>>> little, but I learned a lot. And my Motorola R-390A works very well as a
>>> result.
>>> 
>>> Here in UK I am a member of several groups that use Groups.IO  and foresee
>>> absolutely no problems with this fraternity moving there. The platform
>>> works, is configurable to your tastes and has been reliable.
>>> 
>>> My vote therefore is yes, do it.
>>> 
>>> Andy  G8JAC
>>> Surrey, England.  (Where it's currently way hotter than Miami)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Evidently, there are a lot of lurkers in the membership who have no
>>> opinion on a move to groups.io.  Perhaps those that have asked questions
>>> or answered posts in the last year or so will determine if there is to be a
>>> move or not?  A quick look at the archive, sorted by author, will give you
>>> a good idea of who is active on this list.
>>> 
>>> I use DuckDuckGo for my posts and find that all of the formatting gets
>>> stripped from my posts so the post is just one long run-on sentence or
>>> paragraph.  This makes things harder to read and is a bit frustrating when
>>> I forget that mailman does not like DuckDuckGo.  So I am in favor of the
>>> upgrade.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Jim
>>> 
>>> Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with
>>> confidence.  Murphy
>>> 
>>>    On Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 09:00:43 AM CDT, JOS K1JOS via R-390 <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> So far there have only been 35 respondents with the overwhelming majority
>>> favorable for the move. A small number (<4) would prefer to keep things as
>>> they are.  I'm not sure what threshold we should target for making this
>>> decision but like most elections in our society, those who fail to vote
>>> lose their voice in such decisions.  The list currently has 507 members, or
>>> at least valid email addresses, with only 32 members marked for no mail or
>>> digest delivery.  It is difficult to estimate truly 'active' members, but
>>> unused emails do expire.  Gmail for example has a 2y inactivity (sender
>>> side) limit at which point any emails to that address will be rejected
>>> (bounced back to sender).  Yahoo email has a 12-month inactivity policy and
>>> all other email service providers have something similar.  I routinely
>>> receive notifications regarding bounced emails from our
>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  server and after 10
>>> consecutive failed bounces I remove that person from the distribution list
>>> so the (507 - 32) cannot be too stale an estimate.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> My proposal is to wait 2 weeks as some may be on vacation/holiday/illness
>>> and revisit the final count at that point.  Interestingly, there is no fee
>>> for small groups < 100 at Groups.IO for basic messaging/archiving.  In any
>>> case, I would not close the mailman.qth.net list but rather continue
>>> sending out a single monthly broadcast to the list pointing people to find
>>> us on the new groups.io link.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Suggestions/comments are welcome !!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jerry NY2KW (ex-K1JOS, ex-WB2ORJ)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: JOS K1JOS <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2026 7:34 PM
>>> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
>>> Subject: Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to Groups.IO
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> There has been a proposal to move our mailing list to Groups.io due to
>>> inconsistent mail/digest deliveries.  Groups.io has a very user friendly
>>> interface, will send you email updates or digests plus it has a robust
>>> searchable archive of messages and files.  The hosting fee is ~ $250/year.
>>> If we can establish a minimum interest among the current 500+
>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  members we can move
>>> forward.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> All comments, suggestions, criticisms, etc are welcome.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Those who have already responded under the previous 'TEST' subject header
>>> need not reply again.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Link to Groups.io :  https://groups.io/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks to all !
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jerry NY2KW (K1JOS) R-390 mail list administrator
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:40:11 -0500
> From: Tom Bruns <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to
>    Groups.IO
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
> 
> I agree with Dave.
> 
> Tom KC5L
> 
>> On 6/25/26 10:26 AM, Dave Merrill via R-390 wrote:
>> I vote NO change for the following reasons:
>> 
>> - Traffic on the group has been very light for the past few years. Most of
>> what needed to be discussed has been said, just not everyone has said it
>> yet.
>> 
>> - Let's face it: the group largely consists older persons who won't be
>> around much longer. If Interest was increasing, a change to a modern list
>> service would be more justified.
>> 
>> - Someone has to collect and pay the $250 groups.io fee each year, a
>> thankless task. If each of the 500+ current subscribers gave $5 today, that
>> would cover the groups.io fee for 10 years. That's not gonna happen. I
>> doubt that 10% would pony up. Priorities change when people have to
>> actually pay, even a nominal amount.
>> 
>> - Conversions always result in confusion for some. I anticipate plenty of
>> unnecessary traffic about dealing the change.
>> 
>> - I subscribe to multiple qth.net groups and contribute $$ each year to
>> support them. I don't have a problem with how the reflector operates.
>> 
>> Yes, I'm a grumpy old guy but I ask you to consider my points and argue
>> them if you disagree.
>> 
>> --... ...-- Dave N9ZC
>> 
>> On Tue, Jun 23, 2026, 9:54?AM Andy G8JAC via R-390 <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I am one of the long-term Lurkers on the list - one from across the Pond.
>>> I joined perhaps 20 years ago when I bought my first (and so far only)
>>> R-390A and needed to learn about the receiver and the technology of its era.
>>> In the face of the expertise of the list members I could contribute
>>> little, but I learned a lot. And my Motorola R-390A works very well as a
>>> result.
>>> 
>>> Here in UK I am a member of several groups that use Groups.IO  and foresee
>>> absolutely no problems with this fraternity moving there. The platform
>>> works, is configurable to your tastes and has been reliable.
>>> 
>>> My vote therefore is yes, do it.
>>> 
>>> Andy  G8JAC
>>> Surrey, England.  (Where it's currently way hotter than Miami)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Evidently, there are a lot of lurkers in the membership who have no
>>> opinion on a move to groups.io.  Perhaps those that have asked questions
>>> or answered posts in the last year or so will determine if there is to be a
>>> move or not?  A quick look at the archive, sorted by author, will give you
>>> a good idea of who is active on this list.
>>> 
>>> I use DuckDuckGo for my posts and find that all of the formatting gets
>>> stripped from my posts so the post is just one long run-on sentence or
>>> paragraph.  This makes things harder to read and is a bit frustrating when
>>> I forget that mailman does not like DuckDuckGo.  So I am in favor of the
>>> upgrade.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Jim
>>> 
>>> Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with
>>> confidence.  Murphy
>>> 
>>>     On Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 09:00:43 AM CDT, JOS K1JOS via R-390 <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>  So far there have only been 35 respondents with the overwhelming majority
>>> favorable for the move. A small number (<4) would prefer to keep things as
>>> they are.  I'm not sure what threshold we should target for making this
>>> decision but like most elections in our society, those who fail to vote
>>> lose their voice in such decisions.  The list currently has 507 members, or
>>> at least valid email addresses, with only 32 members marked for no mail or
>>> digest delivery.  It is difficult to estimate truly 'active' members, but
>>> unused emails do expire.  Gmail for example has a 2y inactivity (sender
>>> side) limit at which point any emails to that address will be rejected
>>> (bounced back to sender).  Yahoo email has a 12-month inactivity policy and
>>> all other email service providers have something similar.  I routinely
>>> receive notifications regarding bounced emails from our
>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  server and after 10
>>> consecutive failed bounces I remove that person from the distribution list
>>> so the (507 - 32) cannot be too stale an estimate.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> My proposal is to wait 2 weeks as some may be on vacation/holiday/illness
>>> and revisit the final count at that point.  Interestingly, there is no fee
>>> for small groups < 100 at Groups.IO for basic messaging/archiving.  In any
>>> case, I would not close the mailman.qth.net list but rather continue
>>> sending out a single monthly broadcast to the list pointing people to find
>>> us on the new groups.io link.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Suggestions/comments are welcome !!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jerry NY2KW (ex-K1JOS, ex-WB2ORJ)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: JOS K1JOS <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2026 7:34 PM
>>> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
>>> Subject: Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to Groups.IO
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> There has been a proposal to move our mailing list to Groups.io due to
>>> inconsistent mail/digest deliveries.  Groups.io has a very user friendly
>>> interface, will send you email updates or digests plus it has a robust
>>> searchable archive of messages and files.  The hosting fee is ~ $250/year.
>>> If we can establish a minimum interest among the current 500+
>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  members we can move
>>> forward.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> All comments, suggestions, criticisms, etc are welcome.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Those who have already responded under the previous 'TEST' subject header
>>> need not reply again.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Link to Groups.io :  https://groups.io/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks to all !
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jerry NY2KW (K1JOS) R-390 mail list administrator
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>> R-390 mailing list
>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390
>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>>> Post: mailto:[email protected]
>>> 
>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
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>>> 
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>> ______________________________________________________________
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> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:21:00 -0400
> From: "James A. (Andy) Moorer" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to
>    Groups.IO
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
> 
> Yeah - it's time. All my other email reflector groups moved there. It
> seems to be the going thing.
> I will chip in to the cost.
> Anybody know how Groups.io deals with attachments, like photos? Or PDF
> documents?
> -A
> 
> --
> James A. (Andy) Moorer
> www.jamminpower.org
> 
> 
> 
>> On 6/18/2026 19:34, JOS K1JOS via R-390 wrote:
>> There has been a proposal to move our mailing list to Groups.io due to
>> inconsistent mail/digest deliveries.  Groups.io has a very user friendly
>> interface, will send you email updates or digests plus it has a robust
>> searchable archive of messages and files.  The hosting fee is ~ $250/year.
>> If we can establish a minimum interest among the current 500+
>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  members we can move
>> forward.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> All comments, suggestions, criticisms, etc are welcome.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Those who have already responded under the previous 'TEST' subject header
>> need not reply again.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Link to Groups.io :   https://groups.io/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks to all !
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Jerry NY2KW (K1JOS) R-390 mail list administrator
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> R-390 mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
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>> 
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>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:41:02 -0500
> From: n4buq <[email protected]>
> To: "James A. (Andy) Moorer" <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to
>    Groups.IO
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
> 
> Whether or not to allow attachments is configurable by the admins.
> 
> Thanks,
> Barry
> 
>> On Jun 25, 2026, at 4:21 PM, James A. (Andy) Moorer via R-390 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> ?Yeah - it's time. All my other email reflector groups moved there. It seems 
>> to be the going thing.
>> I will chip in to the cost.
>> Anybody know how Groups.io deals with attachments, like photos? Or PDF 
>> documents?
>> -A
>> 
>> --
>> James A. (Andy) Moorer
>> www.jamminpower.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> On 6/18/2026 19:34, JOS K1JOS via R-390 wrote:
>>> There has been a proposal to move our mailing list to Groups.io due to
>>> inconsistent mail/digest deliveries.  Groups.io has a very user friendly
>>> interface, will send you email updates or digests plus it has a robust
>>> searchable archive of messages and files.  The hosting fee is ~ $250/year.
>>> If we can establish a minimum interest among the current 500+
>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  members we can move
>>> forward.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> All comments, suggestions, criticisms, etc are welcome.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Those who have already responded under the previous 'TEST' subject header
>>> need not reply again.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Link to Groups.io :   https://groups.io/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks to all !
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jerry NY2KW (K1JOS) R-390 mail list administrator
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>> R-390 mailing list
>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390
>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>>> Post: mailto:[email protected]
>>> 
>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>> 
>> ______________________________________________________________
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> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:31:13 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Greg Mengell <[email protected]>
> To: R390A <[email protected]>
> Subject: [R-390] SWITCH.
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> 
> If change is truly needed just go ahead with it. Please we are informed what 
> we need to do.
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:42:26 -0400
> From: "JOS K1JOS" <[email protected]>
> To: "'James A. \(Andy\) Moorer'" <[email protected]>,
>    <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to
>    Groups.IO
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"
> 
> For membership < 100, there is a limited Free plan with up to 1 Gb storage.
> Chats are saved by topic for digest, downloading, searching, etc, etc.  A
> major limitation is no file access area (which we do not have now anyway.
> 
> https://groups.io/static/pricing
> 
> Jerry NY2KW
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On
> Behalf Of James A. (Andy) Moorer via R-390
> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2026 5:21 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to Groups.IO
> 
> Yeah - it's time. All my other email reflector groups moved there. It seems
> to be the going thing.
> I will chip in to the cost.
> Anybody know how Groups.io deals with attachments, like photos? Or PDF
> documents?
> -A
> 
> --
> James A. (Andy) Moorer
> www.jamminpower.org
> 
> 
> 
>> On 6/18/2026 19:34, JOS K1JOS via R-390 wrote:
>> There has been a proposal to move our mailing list to Groups.io due to
>> inconsistent mail/digest deliveries.  Groups.io has a very user friendly
>> interface, will send you email updates or digests plus it has a robust
>> searchable archive of messages and files.  The hosting fee is ~ $250/year.
>> If we can establish a minimum interest among the current 500+
>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  members we can move
>> forward.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> All comments, suggestions, criticisms, etc are welcome.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Those who have already responded under the previous 'TEST' subject header
>> need not reply again.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Link to Groups.io :   https://groups.io/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks to all !
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Jerry NY2KW (K1JOS) R-390 mail list administrator
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ______________________________________________________________
>> R-390 mailing list
>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390
>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
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>> 
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>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> 
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:32:14 -0400
> From: Bob kb8tq <[email protected]>
> To: JOS K1JOS <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to
>    Groups.IO
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=utf-8
> 
> Hi
> 
> The ?more features? part of the move is indeed an interesting part of the 
> whole decision.
> 
> You get a lot of things that we don?t have now. Oddly enough they seem to 
> want you to
> pay for some of them :). Based on other groups, this can turn into a bit of a 
> funding vs
> features spiral.
> 
> The hidden gotcha is the admin work needed behind the scenes to keep all 
> those features
> tuned up and working. There are skills to learn and more time to put in.
> 
> Bob
> 
>> On Jun 25, 2026, at 6:42?PM, JOS K1JOS via R-390 <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> For membership < 100, there is a limited Free plan with up to 1 Gb storage.
>> Chats are saved by topic for digest, downloading, searching, etc, etc.  A
>> major limitation is no file access area (which we do not have now anyway.
>> 
>> https://groups.io/static/pricing
>> 
>> Jerry NY2KW
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On
>> Behalf Of James A. (Andy) Moorer via R-390
>> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2026 5:21 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to Groups.IO
>> 
>> Yeah - it's time. All my other email reflector groups moved there. It seems
>> to be the going thing.
>> I will chip in to the cost.
>> Anybody know how Groups.io deals with attachments, like photos? Or PDF
>> documents?
>> -A
>> 
>> --
>> James A. (Andy) Moorer
>> www.jamminpower.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 6/18/2026 19:34, JOS K1JOS via R-390 wrote:
>>> There has been a proposal to move our mailing list to Groups.io due to
>>> inconsistent mail/digest deliveries.  Groups.io has a very user friendly
>>> interface, will send you email updates or digests plus it has a robust
>>> searchable archive of messages and files.  The hosting fee is ~ $250/year.
>>> If we can establish a minimum interest among the current 500+
>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  members we can move
>>> forward.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> All comments, suggestions, criticisms, etc are welcome.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Those who have already responded under the previous 'TEST' subject header
>>> need not reply again.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Link to Groups.io :   https://groups.io/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks to all !
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jerry NY2KW (K1JOS) R-390 mail list administrator
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:17:55 -0400
> From: "JOS K1JOS" <[email protected]>
> To: "'Bob kb8tq'" <[email protected]>,    <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to
>    Groups.IO
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="utf-8"
> 
> Hi Bob,
> 
> As the admin for the r-390 mailman.qth.net group for many years now, I 
> personally think the current system is much more obtuse and poorly 
> manageable.  I get dozens of 'bounces' daily that I much read through and the 
> majority are due to conditions beyond my control, most commonly files 
> size/image size limits.  The current system often does not notify the sender 
> that they exceeded limits and instead it gets bounced to me.  Groups.io 
> system is much more transparent and automated.  For an unmoderated group such 
> as ours, the admin on Groups.io does very little daily housekeeping usually.  
>  I am fine staying with the current mailman.qth.net if people would stop 
> asking me what happened to their posts ?
> 
> Seriously, the amount of time for me is really negligible during the course 
> of my day, so I will defer to the majority opinion BUT I have received less 
> than a 10% list member response thus far.  
> 
> Jerry NY2KW
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf 
> Of Bob kb8tq via R-390
> Sent: Friday, June 26, 2026 8:32 AM
> To: JOS K1JOS <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to Groups.IO
> 
> Hi
> 
> The ?more features? part of the move is indeed an interesting part of the 
> whole decision.
> 
> You get a lot of things that we don?t have now. Oddly enough they seem to 
> want you to pay for some of them :). Based on other groups, this can turn 
> into a bit of a funding vs features spiral.
> 
> The hidden gotcha is the admin work needed behind the scenes to keep all 
> those features tuned up and working. There are skills to learn and more time 
> to put in.
> 
> Bob
> 
>> On Jun 25, 2026, at 6:42?PM, JOS K1JOS via R-390 <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> For membership < 100, there is a limited Free plan with up to 1 Gb storage.
>> Chats are saved by topic for digest, downloading, searching, etc, etc.  
>> A major limitation is no file access area (which we do not have now anyway.
>> 
>> https://groups.io/static/pricing
>> 
>> Jerry NY2KW
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On
>> Behalf Of James A. (Andy) Moorer via R-390
>> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2026 5:21 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to
>> Groups.IO
>> 
>> Yeah - it's time. All my other email reflector groups moved there. It
>> seems to be the going thing.
>> I will chip in to the cost.
>> Anybody know how Groups.io deals with attachments, like photos? Or PDF
>> documents?
>> -A
>> 
>> --
>> James A. (Andy) Moorer
>> www.jamminpower.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 6/18/2026 19:34, JOS K1JOS via R-390 wrote:
>>> There has been a proposal to move our mailing list to Groups.io due
>>> to inconsistent mail/digest deliveries.  Groups.io has a very user
>>> friendly interface, will send you email updates or digests plus it
>>> has a robust searchable archive of messages and files.  The hosting fee is 
>>> ~ $250/year.
>>> If we can establish a minimum interest among the current 500+
>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>  members we can
>>> move forward.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> All comments, suggestions, criticisms, etc are welcome.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Those who have already responded under the previous 'TEST' subject
>>> header need not reply again.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Link to Groups.io :   https://groups.io/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks to all !
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jerry NY2KW (K1JOS) R-390 mail list administrator
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ______________________________________________________________
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>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390
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