Paul that's great; I was feeling guilty beause it did not occurr to me until just now to mention Barry's email lists here. So I was thinking gee the guys here missed all the ones that got away, so I'm glad you had it covered
Yes, I would post a few questions from time to time there--I was only interested in the RF stuff mostly, plus whatever anyone knew about mics, and tx site processing gear. When the topics focused on ATUs, feedline, ground systems, etc. it was really interesting. Most of the time though they'd get into STLs, caller screening gear, mixers, FM, studio production stuff, none of which I cared about. After a couple of years I figured I had learned all I was going to and moved on. Also, since I was never really a working pro, I was sort of tolerated which was okay--you just have to know when you've worn out your welcome