No move Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 25, 2026, at 12:01 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Send R-390 mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390 > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of R-390 digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Lista Migration (Studiumtelecom S.Rocha) > 2. Re: Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to Groups.IO > (Dave Merrill) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:54:24 -0300 > From: "Studiumtelecom S.Rocha" <[email protected]> > To: R-390 List <[email protected]> > Subject: [R-390] Lista Migration > Message-ID: > <CAKXB-RVOP2LawnX-+VKP1kZ-boo=euqxfuhy1ia6ccs6svp...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dear Jerry, > > If there is no expenses, I agree with the migration, otherwise I prefer > staying in this old list. > > I have restored two R390A, but now I stay only with a Collins 51J3, one > KWM-2 with 30L1 and Hammarlund SP600. > > Also I learned a lot from the Group and also I am grateful for the help > received. > > Greetings to all friends, 73s, > > Samuel Rocha > py1dkw > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:26:29 -0500 > From: Dave Merrill <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [R-390] Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to > Groups.IO > Message-ID: > <CAGRTi8VyWVUz6vg+Z=2pgp6neugz9rdumserzecgiaduqe_...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > 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 >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > R-390 mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390 > > > End of R-390 Digest, Vol 263, Issue 19 > **************************************
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