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[Pete, WA2CWA]

Great to see all the AM activity here with the current 3105 members.    Maybe AM is on the downside slope of the AM interest curve. Or maybe radio in general is not high on member's interest level.

Maybe the forum should convert over to possibly forums like parts collecting, general hoarding, basket weaving, rock polishing, or string management  Maybe it will get some participation.

[KD6VXI]

Just maybe, if the forum was at 80 pct or better uptime it would get some action.  Hard to post somewhere with a 500 error during almost all waking hours.  That really limits your audience.

It's time for introspection.  QRZ and Facebook am forums are going great.  With a lot of people who used to be regulars here.

Why are they gone? 

A tyrant can ruin a web forum just as fast as 500 errors.

Making flippant statements when supporting members are asking why the website is usually down now doesnt help to get people to come back.  Or making zero statements whatsoever.

Happy Holidays.   Here's to AMFone being around another year.

--Shane
WP2ASS

[WD5JKO]

I been lurking, maybe I get in 25% of the time.

I have yet to hear much about the technical issues of why this web forum is struggling to stay on the air. I am not a network/website guy, but I bet we have many on our roster. Did our admin talent go away, and if not, just what is happening? I think some transparency instead of sarcasm could benefit the members, and get the troops fired up in an effort to help.

Here in Texas, AM is good, and growing. People regularly meet using am on 3725 (8pm CST almost 7 days a week), 3740 7PM Wednesdays, 3740 7am M-F, 3890 6am to past 7am M-F, 3890 sat 7am, 7160 sat 11am-12:30pm, 7160 most days at 2pm. There is more, sometimes past 7:30 am on 3875, or 3880.

Jim
Wd5JKO

[KD1SH]

   It's winter, what I consider "radio season," and I've got plenty of projects in the works and plans to share them all on this forum, but with the site up and down (mostly down), it's discouraging. But, I'm holding out hope that it will be resolved, and I'm not giving up yet. I did a brief stint in IT work, mainly as a humble desktop support and network tech, but it was twenty years ago, and my knowledge is both outdated and largely forgotten. I wish I could suggest something that might help.

[MikeKE0ZUinkcmo]

I am only an occasional poster, but I do come by and read the tech posts fairly often.   Recently its been down quite a bit, so much so that I thought it might have been shutting down permanently.   It would definitely be a shame if this site went down.   If the problems are financial in nature I'd think many here including myself would gladly help.