The AM Forum

Thank you for making AMfone one of the largest sites dedicated to Vintage Radio and AM. Your continued Participation is whats makes AMfone the best.

Over the last 6 years we have improved the site's appearance and operation as well as the backbone systems to provide a fast and reliable site for all to visit. Since our last move last summer this new software and the new server have operated flawlessly and without one minute of downtime. A far cry from before.

We have always felt this site represents the AM community and so it will be the best we can provide.

With the  latest  acquisition of a dedicated server to ensure reliable service and speed for all connections the cost of this site's operation has increased 300% over the last 6 years.  This includes a fast, high bandwidth dedicated server. The amount of time put into this by the Moderators and Admins is unmeasurable.

We have added a Donation button at the top of the page in the menu bar if you wish to contribute to the site's operational costs.  The donation button brings you to a Paypal page. You do not have to log in or have an account to pay through this service. If you have a credit card just click on the credit cards and you can donate without opening an account or using the standard Paypal system.

If you do not have a method to pay thru Paypal and wish to help out you can send directly to me. Make payment out to my name and note AMfone on the memo line.

Gary A Burrows
4924 Cedarvale Rd
Syracuse, NY 13215

Once again it is your continued participation that makes the difference.

Thank you for your continued support

Gary /W2INR & The AMfone Team

G,

I'm glad to see you are finally going to accept help with the tremendous financial burden of this site!

It's the best radio website out there, as far as I'm concerned, and needs our support.

I just made my donation and hope to be the first one on the list. Let's all help with what we can afford to give.

Keep up the good work, G!

Tom, K1JJ

Hear, hear.  It's about time!  Bandwidth and web hosting ain't free - or cheap either!

Thanks millions for the site, Gary.

1% of 1400 = 14.  There are 1092 registered users; thats $1.40 ... Lets see, $1.40 a FB OM Member... $14.00 a Diamond member.... oh, sorry, thats taken... $14.00 an Old Buzzard member...  $140 a Boat Anchor Commodore...  $1400.00 Grand PuBA....      $14.00 is a cheep price to pay for this forum-- 100 members can cover the cost of the forum for less than the cost of an 813....  and it beats  a week long fundraiser...

G,
    How about some Slimatron coffee mugs for the store??..... 
                                                                         klc

Made my donation. Thanks G.

kc said:
Hell yeah! While you're at it, maybe you could hawk a couple of those 'Astubula Bill' coffee mugs. Or maybe one that says 'God, Jefferson, & Irb made 75M Great!'. Well maybe not that one....

How 'bout some Lilly and Tilly bikini wear ;D

Love the site, happy to contribute. Glad you gave us the chance

Gary...Happy to support the efforts. Thanks again for all the hard work

Brent W1IA

Gary,
        Since I do not believe in or do the ebay thing and do not have a paypal account, let us know where / how to send a check and consider mine done. Let me / us know where to send a check.  Consider it done!!

                                                                The Slab Bacon

Hi Slab .

Yes I forgot to offer another method. Since I do not have an account set up under AMfone you would have to use my name on any donations.

My mail address is

Gary A Burrows
4924 Cedarvale rd
Syracuse NY 13215.

Thanks for the support

Gary

So I have this $39.00 burning a hole in my pocket.

Might as well send it somewhere connected to AM.

Happy to help OM!
Already on the way.

How about doing the CafePress thing and selling some good ole AM goodies to aid the cause?
With the talent here you can whip some niffy things quickly and I'm certain the boys would like them.

I'll be the first to take the "Jesus and Jefferson" or "God Bless Mel Gibson" signature mugs.
Maybe one of this image would sell well?

(http://libertycornerfilm.com/images/aSpot01.jpg)

Some sort of general guidelines could help.  I know what I'm going to send and I think it's a fair figure given what I'm able to do and the expenses that were reported.  But it's a complete shot in the dark. 

I guess what I'm saying is that I wouldn't be offended at all with some sort of "suggested" level of support.  IMHO, the technicals at this site are impeccable...the download times are always speedy and that ain't cheap. 

Or maybe set a "goal" of, say, support that'll keep things going for, say, a year and have a small icon showing progress.

But I'm not good with these things...I'm sure there's a bunch of people that can come with a good plan to ensure the financial health of this great site.

To all who have given so much, THANK YOU.

Paul

Just sent $50 myself Gary.  There is no reason you should ever take on all the costs for this, and glad you finally made this move!

Brian / w5ami

Full of pleasure Gary, Thanks!!

XE1YZY

"G",
     Count me in for some dough!
                                             Joe N3IBX

Just sent mine.

Well worth support. Not only do you get all the good AM stuff, but some great humor items too!

Gary,
Thanks for a great site.I wish I could send more.....Lee,N2udf

Happy to contribute
Skip
K7YOO/V31CH

Glad to help out Gary.

Mike

God Bless Mel Gibson and Gary !

My donation is on the way too.

Good site Gary......... glad to support it..... Long live Alex. Hamilton ......73 from the den  of vipers    klc

Ranndy & Fredd told me this is a great site :-X. Glad to contribute. Thanks Gary. Ed HVS.

Wanted to send some Macaroni, but used PayPal instead.

TNX OM!

Jim W1UK

As the saying goes, "The check is in the mail," Gary.  Thanks ever so much for this great site!

vH

No problem  G... This site/forum/a-v etc is an outstanding resource for the am community... solid-state operator on not. I was more than pleased to make a donation. It truely makes a difference in the hobby.

-Bill 'GF

Glad to help a little Gary. Thank You -73

Nonsense, we should charge people to come in here and read our drivel... heh heh, just kidding.   I made my contribution too.

What is a solid state operator? Does this mean you are solid state? Sounds dead to me. :)

 Great site Gary, Thanks for the time and  effort and Glad to help out. ..Tim ..WD4TC

Gary, I just want to also take the time to thank you for the fine implementation of thsi forum.  I have tried to use some other forums lately, and thier omission of the "Mark All Topics As Read" button makes it impossible to follow what interest you without having to at least open the ones that you don't care about.  Thank you so much.

Gary,
     Good job!  Glad to help.  Think about asking every year around July Fourth.  It will give all the independence tub thumpers a chance to put their money where their mouths are.

Hi Gary,

I just made my donation through my PayPal account. I didn't include a shipping address as I didn't think you needed it. Let me know if there's a problem. I think July 4th or thereabouts would be a good time indeed to remind us all about donating to the upkeep of the site. Good idea, Ed!

Keep up the good work, Gary. We all appreciate it very much. :)

Thank You

I would like to express our appreciation to the many that have donated to  this sites operational costs. We have received about 40 generous donations at this point in time.

The monies sent will be put into an account to help with the continued operation on the AMfone site and it's subsites.

Please feel free to submit articles ,sound recordings, photos for the gallery, links, and any ideas you may have that will also contibute to our growth here on AMfone.

You may contact me thru email.


Thank You again.

Gary

Finally sent mine in.
This great site continues '3HUZ's fine one.
Richard Wilson (Rick) w3rsw

Thanks for a great website Gary.  It is a real gold mine for us guys that are relatively new to AM, and supporting it is a no-brainer.  Keep up the good work!
73,
Karl, KD3CN