[TowerTalk] micro-reflectors
Bill Fisher W4AN
w4an@contesting.com
Thu, 3 May 2001 19:26:37 -0400 (EDT)
So my feedback on this post is this...
Probably most people on this reflector think it is FB. They are still
subscribed.
There are MANY people who have vanished from this list who are very
knowlegable, but for their own personal reasons did not want to put up
with the mass of mail and off-topic posts (like this one). I am one of
those people.
You can say this is a solution looking for a problem, but your comments
are made from ignorance. You don't know about all the people who have
left this reflector because they don't announce it when they leave. I can
just imagine a similar thing being said to Chris Columbus when he set sail
for the new world... "Why are you looking for something else? We have it
perfect now!" Do you? Or is it possible it could be better and you don't
know it?
We'll just have to try it and see what happens I suppose. When this
reflector was created there was a great uproar from many on the CQ-Contest
list. Same thing when we started the 3830 list. Both lists have turned
out to be a huge success.
As always, your comments are appreciated. I'm only trying to make things
better. Just like when we started TowerTalk.
73
Bill, W4AN
On Thu, 3 May 2001, antipode wrote:
> I agree Bob. Further it seems to me a micro-reflector is another
> example of a solution looking for a problem so prevalent in today's
> world of the home PC. A central antenna reflector such as TowerTalk is
> adequate and is rich in opinions and variety of topics. For those posts
> I'm not interested in, I simply use the delete key. No big deal. If
> someone wants to write a new server program to do all kinds of neat
> things they think are important, go right ahead. If it's really all
> that great, people will gravitate to it and it will survive. If not,
> well. . . you know.
>
> Sounds like the KISS principle still applies.
>
> 73,
> Bill Sievers
> W5IQJ
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> Bob Otto wrote:
> >
> > Hello Pete,
> >
> > I agree with your comments. I belong to several (6-8) reflectors, and
> > there are a couple of conclusions I've drawn.
> >
> > 1) TT is the most interesting to me because it covers such a wide
> > variety of topics.
> > 2) Specialty lists seem to be very, very slow, and eventually die.
> > 3) By having a diverse bunch of topics....I actually learn much more
> > and over the long haul, increase my pleasure in the hobby.
> >
> > What would one rather do....belong to many lists to get answers,
> > or have one good list?? I prefer one good list.
> >
> > 73 from.......
> >
> > Bob Otto
> > N8NGA@one.net
> > Cincinnati, Ohio
> >
> > Time Written:
> > 8:40:20 AM
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> > Thursday, May 03, 2001, 7:37:46 AM, you wrote:
> >
> > PS> It seems to me that the history of ham reflectors demonstrates that
> > PS> spinning off sub-topics is a hard thing to do. Certain major subject
> > PS> areas, like Towertalk, successfully spun off CQ-Contest. Others, such as
> > PS> antenna modeling (antennaware) did not, and even others that obviously ring
> > PS> a bell with a lot of people, like RFI, have been slow to take off.
> >
> > PS> I would be wary of losing the critical mass of technically well-informed
> > PS> participants if you subdivide too much more, and find it no problem to use
> > PS> my delete key for threads that are not of interest.
> >
> > PS> 73, Pete N4ZR
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