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Title: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: AD on June 02, 2012, 11:37:45 AM
You got the newsletter, so let us know what we need to do to make PH a better, more active place to hang out.


AD here,

First off I want to say thank you all who have joined PH website and help us kick this thing into gear.  On that note, we started off very strong with gaining new members and posts per day.  

There was a ton of interaction, some great discussions about every thing HAM related and even some off topic stuff that was really funny.

Over the last few months we noticed a very large drop off in traffic and posts.  1911 and I are trying to figure out why everyone has lost interest in PH.

Is there anything we are doing that you dont like?

Is there anything we can do to make the site better: ie added topics, training what ever it might be that would get you to come back.

How about a weekly newsletter with topics of interest.  If there is anyone interested in contributing content to that newsletter, email or PM me, as I am open to anything that will help our cause.

I started this site because I was asked by many of you from other forums to make a amateur radio site that was friendly and without flaming that put most of you off from the other well established ham radio sites.

There are almost 100 people out of the 205 that have signed up to date that have not made a post!  For those of you in this category, please tell us why that is.  We are curious on why you would take the time to sign up and then not post anything.

For those who have been an active part of PH, I sincerely thank you for the time spent here.  There is a core group who welcome new members and post on a regular basis.  I wont try to name you all because I will surely forget someone.  

So what do I, we need to do to make this site a success?  I have started a new sticky topic under Website Changes and Suggestions for you to give us feedback, it has the same subject line as this email newsletter.

I fronted the money to get this going and idial1911  did all of the website setup for free.  He has by far put in the most time to make PH  happen and for that I and the rest of us here are grateful.  

Regards,
The Prepared Ham Team.

http://www.preparedham.com/forums/index.php (http://www.preparedham.com/forums/index.php)
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: kf4lne on June 03, 2012, 12:57:40 AM
I think this is great. I don't see any problems with the site or the content, I haven't experienced any negativity at all from any of the users, but like you, I also see there is a great lack of activity. One of the things I see as a potential issue is the promotion of the site. I learned about this site from SB and I am sure many others learned about this site from other forums as well. Something I noticed tonight is that your search engine ranking isn't so hot. When searching for PH specifically, its top of the list on Google, but when searching for survival and prepping communications and other search terms that should get me here I get hits that are either blog or forum posts or not relevant to survival communications farther up the list than PH. I would offer the suggestion to focus some effort on search engine registration. Find someone who is a member here who does that sort of thing for a living and see if they can help work on the site promotion. The goal is to attract new users who can share information, and a lot of what is posted here already a lot of us have probably already seen on another board where we came from previously. So my thoughts and suggestions are as such:

1- Site Promotion through search engine ranks, social media and the like. Maybe relocate the social media buttons from the bottom of the page to a more prominent location so its right out front. The periodical newsletter is a great idea. Maybe instead of it being sent out via email to each user, publish it as part of a blog using Wordpress installed on this site. I suggest Wordpress because it has SEO tools and features built in that work very well. Writing a regular blog post as the newsletter will attract the search crawlers, and posting links in the newsletter to things on the forum will usually improve the search ranks.

2- Create an easily searchable section for common topics, like a 20 mile radio thread or the best antenna thread and such. Make these something that the average user who comes here can easily find with little effort.

3- Encourage users to link to this site from their blog, website or whatever else. Get the users to promote the site to their friends, family and everyone. I have a link on my blog back to this site and I am working on a blog post promoting this site. My website, kf4lne.net, gets indexed by nearly 200 search engines daily, and many other blogs and facebook pages and such are also indexed by hundreds of search engines daily. Simply putting a link and a description to PH should be enough to get the crawlers to follow it .

4- Keep doing what you are doing. Its Spring. I would rather be at the lake reeling in a big @ss catfish than posting on some internet board anyway :)
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: bryanthegoon on June 03, 2012, 12:16:50 PM
Something else that I would add, the internet is a strange place the fact that there is as much activity as there is for around 200 registered users is a good testament to the usefulness of this site.

From past experiences with online message boards/forums I have some observations....
1. it is common for50% or more of registered users to never make a single post (not sure why but that is the case)
2. it is also common for a large number of registered users to never make more than 4 or 5 posts
3. in general you find that 95% of the posts come from 5% of the user population

As an example the board where you and I met (fishing board) currently has 1891 members, and has been around over 6 years.  There are over 900 members there that have never posted a single post.  and another 350 or so that have 5 or less total posts.  So out of 1891 66% have never made more than 5 posts in the 6 years the site has been up.  Going the other way there are only 210 users that have had more than 100 posts (close to 11% of the user population) and this is a site that has been up over 6 years and is geographically specific ( there is alot of chatter on that board between guys that live near each other and know each other well)

So the point that I am trying to make is that looking at the numbers, this site is actually doing amazingly well given it's age.

That being said I agree that better search placement would be a boon.

It might make sense to add a section with some general (ie non radio) prepper topics.  This would give an opportunity for people that have joined the site to learn about ham but don't feel that they have anything to contribute on the radio side to possibly have an outlet to contribute to the site.

Another thing that could be helpful is posting open ended questions to spur discussion.  If you look at least recently some of the bigger threads seem to be ones where someone is saying "I want to do x and have y idea, what does everyone think"  or "I am trying to prepare for x situation, what should I collect for that".  Posting some more broad questions like that could be a good way to increase activity.

Something else you might want to check out is the "pay it forward" thread on the other site I referenced.  It is an interesting idea, but not sure if we have enough people here to support something like that yet.
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: Earthbound on June 03, 2012, 01:43:56 PM
Other than activity level, the site seems fine to me.  I disagree with the guys above - not because they're wrong - but because search engine rankings and social media buttons just attract too many dummies.  The people that are smart enough to find it without those are the ones you want.  Facebook and Google are to prepping what demons are to Christians - stay the heck away from them, completely!

There don't seem to be many here that share my particular interests so I guess that's why I'm not posting more.   I can't participate in the Southeast on air chat because it is HF.  There isn't anyone close enough AFAIK to do the same via 2m.  So for now I just check in every once in a while and wait.
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: PeterRabbit on June 03, 2012, 04:23:04 PM
Hi Folks.  I think activity depends on two things.  The first is the area of interest, ie: reason for joining.  Some people join to learn the basics.  Others to hone their skills and to get some nagging technical questions answered.  Still others are here just to observe and remain silent...  You could even say they're here to lurk.  The second reason would be available time.  I have much more time in the winter to spend on the computer.  Once Spring has sprung and the grass has ris, well, guess who has to cut it?  And my beloved would be less than appreciative if she was the only one putting in the garden... (You know how they get!!!  A few black flies and you'd think the world was coming to an end....)  But seriously, you have to realize you're competing with seasonal activities.  And I think that in any organization you always have the ones that are very active and those that stand back more.  Just my two cents!  73!

Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: KC9TNH on June 03, 2012, 07:17:47 PM
First, PLEASE do not take the following as a bunch of negatives, but observations or
suggestions, worth what you pay for them on the internet. ;)

I would second the benefit of a site where some less-than-snarky advice can be had (as
long as it's based on solid experience). On the 2 biggest common fora one must often wade
through alot of sarcasm or downright insults until one of the 5% who understands the word
'Elmer' or 'mentor' chimes in. That can be rather disheartening so this forum can be a
positive step.

OBSERVATION: Your direction is fine, although some who are initially drawn to the forum
name may find out that the word 'prepared' doesn't mean precisely what they were looking
for - the old "YMMV" thing. Fuh-ged-about-it. :) Also, some may for very valid reasons of
their own simply be less outgoing. Ditto. Takes a thick skin to run an internet forum.

I agree that summer is simply tough for alot of folks in terms of time commitments; also
that it's common for a larger percentage of folks to "lurk" rather than post. It's common
on the radio as well. There is a well-established upper midwest/Great Lakes 75m ragchew
in the evening with a core group (no, not the usual suspects, these folks are civil &
love solving radio issues). But even when there might be 10-12 stations in that are
known, it's been shown over time that there are probably 100 listening because some of those guys have some really big signals. Again, I wouldn't sweat the post-count vs. member numbers.

Which brings up the next point...  You can listen on a 75m ragchew at night but may not
really get there if you want to contact running barefoot. It's the nature of the band
that it's local (and a phenomenal NVIS choice). So if one is going to have a net, one
might want to pick a band that (based on time of day when most folks are free) covers
more distance than a freq on 75m.  Very few people are going to have an antenna for that
band that is actually up high enough to work distance on it. (If you've got a 120' tower
from which to hang your resonant Inverted-V my hat is truly off to you.)

The last time I tried to copy the announced net it was on 75m and was, predictably,
unworkable from my neck of the woods. To be fair someone offered to move to find
someplace on 20m but a household responsibility raised its head.  I watched the chat just
to get a feel for how folks interacted, let alone what call I might be listening for, and
2 folks decided to setup a 'call' to each other. Then one asked the other for their
callsign. The response was:  "I'll PM ya."

C'mon, you need to keep your call just between you & one other station when you've
announced you're going to establish a QSO and on what frequency? Doing that might be seen
by a non-core member as kind of elitist and, to me anyway, made a segue from a radio net
to private internet chat that didn't really need my time that evening.

SUGGESTION: IF you would like to have a net, lay down some concrete net guidelines as
a sticky somewhere that anyone arriving can find, and a net that isn't dependent upon
internet chat. Honestly, even if it's not the zombie apocalypse there may come a time
during a domestic emergency when your HF might work but your internet won't. Com'l
carriers will be both over-taxed in terms of bandwidth and/or priority of bandwidth
assignment may be relegated to those responding. It's physics, it's happened, I've seen both.

Other times it may not work for all even with the best of planning because the station
may have a localized QRN situation going on (or QRM if the guy down the street just won a
plasma Tv...)  That's just the way it goes.

I still think the idea of a net, especially for HF, with at least a couple backup freqs
on a band most folks can work is a great idea. If it only lasts a few minutes, take some
check-ins, etc. I'm not a contester but there is often value for me in simply calling a
contest station in a strange location because - not owning a remote helo w/field-strength
meter - I've ended up with a pretty good map of what my antenna does (and where the
obvious nulls are). My hat is off, in advance, to whoever has the time & inclination to
go after having a formalized net. It requires dedication beyond belief & one has pretty
much said that - in most cases - that slot out of their life is now gone for other
things.

ALTERNATE SUGGESTION:  An alternative to a formalized net, which has worked in the CW
community for quite awhile, is just either designate an area where people looking for a
QSO can post looking for someone else to have one within a given band or time period or locale.

Maybe they work nights, maybe they need Utah to get a "Worked All States" thing done.  An
off-shoot of that could be that folks not on HF may still find those in their area with
whom they can have a regular VHF chat with.

There is some good energy here in terms of exploring what works at other than optimum
times, including field-expedient antennas and alternative power sources. That is a GOOD
thing. And I doubt the typical ham forums would give much POLITE latitude to some of
those things because, after all, sometimes it's just as important to learn what DIDN'T
work and why, without enduring 9 of 10 posts telling you what a dunce you were.

I wouldn't worry about over-promoting the net. I have a feeling that over time the type
of folks you want will be dropping by anyway.  Give it time.

73
de KC9TNH . . *

*  . . = CW equivalent of :)
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: Quietus on June 05, 2012, 08:49:55 PM
I read this yesterday, and like what's seen above.  Particularly a comment that it is nice for a newbie to not have his questions answered by snarkiness.  I like that about this place, as a newbie.  I can ask any question and not have it rammed down my throat.
 
Seasonal considerations, yeah.  Take that into account.  Some people do more seasonal work, not only are they now away from the computer to participate on forums such as this, but since they are away from home and take weather precautions for their rig... the radio is not hooked up unless there is done some positive effort to make that so.  There's a few folks on this forum in that wheelbarrow.
 
My take on efforts to make the search engines get people to this site, as a computer dummy:  Don't bother.  People will find this site due to its name... but whether folks stick to the (as we say in the west) ... Brand... is going to be predicated on who they see riding herd for the brand, and on what those folks are saying.
 
I like this place.  I can ask any question, and know that replies will be informative and polite.  But there seems to be a bit of dichotomy between the site's name, and what mostly gets discussed here.
 
In my mind, the name suggests things that are not often discussed:  Real grid down events, personal as involving radio for family and local tribe survivability, and not info on how to be a good green vest/hard hat person working for others.
 
Instead, what is more often discussed, is higher tech comm than traditional CW and voice which may be a bit (in my little mind) too dependent on computers being viable, that's one thing.  People differ on their views of the world as seen currently and about how current capes might go away during bad times.  The other thing has to do with posting emphasis on how folks are doing for the Extra license.  But the two comments above are just my opinion and not a hit on anybody here
 
It was real nice of AD to post this solicitation of opinions, and my thanks to IDialM1911 for his work.  This site is a good place.   For future events, maybe you could start a thread on backpacking/horsepacking/tailgate setups of peoples' Prepared Ham rigs.  Maybe see how well people can be talked to on very low wattage, at the mileage the range you want to talk to people in a preparedness situation on HF, with a right antenna to do such, without broadcasting to half the country or to the minions of Janet Napalitano.
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: winsatara on June 05, 2012, 10:27:41 PM

The last time I tried to copy the announced net it was on 75m and was, predictably,
unworkable from my neck of the woods. To be fair someone offered to move to find
someplace on 20m but a household responsibility raised its head.  I watched the chat just
to get a feel for how folks interacted, let alone what call I might be listening for, and
2 folks decided to setup a 'call' to each other. Then one asked the other for their
callsign. The response was:  "I'll PM ya
."

C'mon, you need to keep your call just between you & one other station when you've
announced you're going to establish a QSO and on what frequency? Doing that might be seen
by a non-core member as kind of elitist and, to me anyway, made a segue from a radio net
to private internet chat that didn't really need my time that evening.

Not sure if you were referring to when I said those exact words to someone one Wednesday evening...
But I can tell you this.  I have been on every Wednesday night at 8pm (except one week).  I am NOT net control, nor was it ever planned that I was such.  I am on to listen and to check in if/when someone (Idial or whoever) starts it off (ragchew or otherwise).  If no one starts it, I offer to anyone in the chatroom an opportunity to try to make a contact with ME (not to do the net); hence, yes, a more one-on-one type conversation.  If anyone wanted to try to make a contact with me, all they had to do was ask when I offered.  By no means did I intend my offerings each week to seem "kind of elitist".  Anyone who knows me, knows that is the farthest from the truth.  To keep any confusion down in the future, I WILL make sure to only offer opportunities to try a contact on any band during non-PH net timeframes.  My apologies to the group.
Winsatara
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: KC9TNH on June 06, 2012, 06:36:50 AM
Not sure if you were referring to when I said those exact words to someone one Wednesday evening...
I'm not sure either which is why I can't attribute the comment; it was just there. No apologies necessary on my account, it was just a little off-putting at the time - no harm. Simple fact is I couldn't tell who the NCS was either. Perhaps the local ragchew is a better thing for many, given geographic & time differences & especially band conditions. It just depends; I've got an afternoon net on 40m 3x week and I can tell you that, in the summer at 2100Z in the upper midwest, 40m is quite often in the tank at that time of day & one learns what happens when the aurora slips down a few degrees of latitude. Sometimes the 4x4 Ham net out in AZ on CW simply doesn't work either for me when they run it. Just the way it is. I'm not saying change what you're doing, just that those kinds of things (time/band/who) may directly affect participation.

Back to thread's purpose, I think Quietus above touched on a couple of good things. Certainly versatility is a good thing, whether one is RON at a campsite or just wants to pull over at a rest area & run some wire to the bushes and then resume scootin' down the road. For example, am blessed in my area to have a few patient fellows who've been able to demonstrate to my ears the results of a good vehicle install vs. one that sounds like a cheap CB; accomplishing that is a different matter so perhaps this can be explored with the expertise of the membership. As Quietus alluded there may come a time when that 2m repeater, donated by an amateur, is down (for whatever reason). What then, when line-of-sight becomes much more important?  Just posing possible topics, tossing some ideas out.

It's a good site and does a fine job of welcoming new & aspiring operators.
 :)
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: idial1911 on June 09, 2012, 06:55:01 PM
If anyone wanted to try to make a contact with me, all they had to do was ask when I offered.  By no means did I intend my offerings each week to seem "kind of elitist".  Anyone who knows me, knows that is the farthest from the truth.

I can attest to this, she is anything but an elitist. Great person to chat with... I think you might have taken her statement wrong.. Thats all no worries.
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: 16bravolima on June 09, 2012, 10:15:53 PM
I have to admit.... It was me.  I remember that the propagation was terrible and there were only four contacts that evening.  One checked in and left shortly thereafter.  Another chatted for a bit and decided to hang it up.  That left Winsatara and myself.  Honestly, since no one else checked in, I assumed no one else was participating.  That is why I suggested to Win that we try and establish a connection using a local 2M repeater.

My question is this... If you were monitoring our "informal" Net, why didn't you announce it in the Chat?  Did you attempt contact on freq and were not successful?  This is the reason we attempt the Net.

Secondly, asking another participant to move to another freq is considered good etiquette so as to not tie up the Net freq.

Thirdly, JUMP IN!  Don't be intimidated by those of us that speak up.

Rant over...
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: KC9TNH on June 11, 2012, 05:09:03 PM
My question is this... If you were monitoring our "informal" Net, why didn't you announce it in the Chat?
I did, stated it was apparent someone was there but down in my noise level, didn't seem to be working on that band, then had to leave for dinner. And someone said "C'ya".
Did you attempt contact on freq and were not successful?
Nope, monitoring only. I missed the chat log where the callsign of the NCS station was posted.

I'm long over it, and I'll retract the elitist comment since that seems to be a burr of a term. I suppose I haven't embraced internet chat as a means of coordinating a net, including whose call I should listen for in the first place.

Moving past that, just trying to make the point that in my limited experience with civilian amateur bands 75m may not lend itself to a geographically dispersed net unless one has a robust amp and/or a really serious antenna system. ('Course that depends on the size of the country.) I'm not disparaging the efforts; getting a net going is no small task. A general net script & some basic protocol tips makes a good sticky and can help first-timers who may just be lurking and reticent about keying the mic and saying "Contact" or "Check-in" when there's a free moment. Personally it's a good feeling to take someone's first contact and hear "...stroke AG."  ;D

Having beaten the geographic limitations of some bands to death, in my mind, there is NOTHING wrong and ALOT RIGHT with having a local or regional net, I dig the idea alot. When SHTF it's that compadre nearer that is going to be of some aid or value and real friendships can be formed. Intentionally or otherwise, maybe the idea of sharing info about what DOES work on NVIS (NVIS here being an approach, not a piece of hardware). As I mentioned to a friend before, my CW contact to someone in the Seychelles isn't of significant practical value. Being able to talk reliably to some people I trust, inside that 300 mile circle, when the band is in the toilet, and the squall line 150 miles south is barking S9 static crashes - that has practical preparation written all over it for me. So, again, I'm not bashing your net. Perhaps there's a different way to approach the obvious value in what we're doing, or learn something about how to make it work.

Perhaps a regional HF net is what can be done with those that have the time to participate in it. (Also, easier to have a sense about what weather/propagation conditions are affecting everyone.) Small steps are great. Heck one of the nets I hold a couple of times a week has an afternoon session and it's usually done calling for priority traffic, the regular check-ins and any mobiles in 15-20 minutes. Just 'cause that time of day folks have things to do; and this net has been running over 30 years. By contrast the Saturday AM net runs solid for 2 hours. Just a people thing, along with 40m being in the tank for a good part of the late afternoon until the Sun starts below the horizon.
73
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: 16bravolima on June 11, 2012, 08:26:06 PM
No sir, it is "I" who should apologize.  You make a sound and reasonable argument.  I, too, am interested in NVIS for the very same reasons.  Perhaps you wouldn't mind posting as a new topic your NVIS setup.  I know of several of us who would like to try NVIS for "shorter-range" comms.

As far as the weekly Net is concerned, we are trying different things.  Again, you are correct about regional nets being more successful in times of poor propogation.  We would appreciate any suggestions you have.
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: KC9TNH on June 12, 2012, 06:54:10 AM
I, too, am interested in NVIS for the very same reasons.  Perhaps you wouldn't mind posting as a new topic your NVIS setup.  I know of several of us who would like to try NVIS for "shorter-range" comms.
I put some info on my approach for you here. (http://www.preparedham.com/forums/index.php?topic=306.15)
:)
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: besidethecreek on February 20, 2013, 08:30:09 PM
My request is simple and small.  :) Is there a way to put a "view first unread" button on threads? Great time saver when you are trying to catch up on a thread. Maybe it is there some where and i didn't see it?
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: W.Lynn on February 20, 2013, 08:38:38 PM
My request is simple and small.  :) Is there a way to put a "view first unread" button on threads? Great time saver when you are trying to catch up on a thread. Maybe it is there some where and i didn't see it?

Above the toolbar, right below the logo and your sign-in name, you can select "unread posts" - if you like to narrow it down even more, you can select the next one down, and view unread replies to your posts. 

Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: AD on February 20, 2013, 09:08:21 PM
If you click the little orange NEW button, it will take you to the new posts. 

Otherwise, at the top of the forum on the left side see

show Unread Posts Since Your Lat Visit

This will bring up all of them
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: idial1911 on February 20, 2013, 10:28:09 PM
My request is simple and small.  :) Is there a way to put a "view first unread" button on threads? Great time saver when you are trying to catch up on a thread. Maybe it is there some where and i didn't see it?

No... If you click the orange "new" icon next to the post on the screen with the list of posts it will do that though.
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: Tempstar on February 23, 2013, 08:17:49 AM
Why don't each of s just make the commitment to get one new member on the board? I'll start today.
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: AD on February 23, 2013, 10:48:06 AM
Why don't each of s just make the commitment to get one new member on the board? I'll start today.

Roger that. Great idea Temp
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: besidethecreek on March 02, 2013, 06:48:36 PM
Why don't each of s just make the commitment to get one new member on the board? I'll start today.
Working on that. He has checked it out and will join he is just a little unsure of boards. Never been on one. I figure this is a good one to cut his teeth on. He is just starting with radio like me and is a very like minded individual.
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: AD on March 02, 2013, 08:20:51 PM
Thanks BSTC for having them check us out. 
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: Rockntoy on September 04, 2013, 02:33:28 PM
Okay, here is my two cents worth. I joined up here because of AA's book and his forthought into the what if. I wanted to learn the basics and see how things were used as antennas and such in a SHTF senario. I got my general license because of the website and still working on getting a upgrade soon. I would like to see how people make and/use the systems they have so I could learn from there. The website is very good but for the beginner or lower like me it kind of deadends and I get bored with the fancy systems people have. I am a poor man trying to make it all wprk and I have to see what works and don't and why it works and don't. The local raio club i joined up with are not the most informative people when it comes to newbies. They are all in their later years and have a large knowledge but will not share the simple things and if you don't have a big expensive radio, well your not worth much. As far as AD and the others that try and keep this going it will take a little work in keeping people occupied here. It might be helpful in going back to the roots of the website and see if AA and Geof can help put some survival type stuff in here for the people. It would help draw people from the DS as well other sites if that kind of material was presented. Like I said, just my 2 cents. Ya and tell AA and TEX to get their license. ;D
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: AD on September 04, 2013, 05:10:07 PM
Rock

Appreciate the input. New job has kept me for concentrating on this.  I will try to do better.
Title: Re: Prepared Ham: Tell us what we need to do to make PH a better place for your amat
Post by: Rockntoy on September 04, 2013, 10:00:35 PM
Not your blame, its all that come here including me. I should have more input and questions but time and money and honeydews are killing me this year. It will pick back up this fall when it gets to cold to be outside and everyone starts playing on the keyboard again.