I am just curious on what is going on with VKRadioNET. That Net has been on cruse control now for almost six months witht he Sysop MIA.

I have sent several NETMail messages and even a few email messages to the Sysop. I received one reply back in October, 2022 that simply stated he would get back with me, and he was very busy. OK ???

The message traffic on the NET is almose Zero, other then the Auto Bott Messages and the Auto Nodelists that have not changed in many months.

I was simply thinking to AREAFIX the MSG boards off and simply dumping the node.

Can anyone please chime in on this ?


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On 22 May 2023, K4JTT said the following...

K4> I am just curious on what is going on with VKRadioNET.

K4> The message traffic on the NET is almose Zero, other then the Auto Bott.....

K4> I was simply thinking to AREAFIX the MSG boards off and simply
dumping K4> the node.

I've read a couple posts saying someone said that he's blah blah blah, but I missed anything that he might have directly posted.

Recently dropping a couple other dry-well FTN that were also Zombied, I was tempted to do the same with VKRadioNET, but have held off until either the last traffic died or I heard something about what is next for the network.

That sadi, while traffic flows my source sysop for FidoNet itself has also been AWOL or at least non-responsive to Netmail or Email for some time as well, though the traffic continues - though I've areafix to shut off all feeds adding back only the ones that interest me or have been requested by users.

I've heard the term "Echofade" used describing the petering out of several of the FTNs. Hopefully we can keep "Echofade" from becoming "BBSfade!!"

73

Steve
K9ZW

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K4JTT wrote to All <=-

I am just curious on what is going on with VKRadioNET. That Net
has been on cruse control now for almost six months witht he
Sysop MIA.

I have sent several NETMail messages and even a few email
messages to the Sysop. I received one reply back in October, 2022
that simply stated he would get back with me, and he was very
busy. OK ???

The message traffic on the NET is almose Zero, other then the
Auto Bott Messages and the Auto Nodelists that have not changed
in many months.

I was simply thinking to AREAFIX the MSG boards off and simply
dumping the node.

Can anyone please chime in on this ?

I cut ties with that FTN many months ago, for the exact same reasons.
Did the same with a few other dead nets also.



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Re: VKRadionet ??
By: K4JTT to All on Mon May 22 2023 06:45 am

I am just curious on what is going on with VKRadioNET. That Net has been on cruse control now for almost six months witht he Sysop MIA.

Is Vk3jed the sysop? I haven't seen him post here for quite a while. He is the FTN feed for my networks (DeveloperNet and MusicalNet) and I haven't heard from him for a while.

Nightfox
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Recently dropping a couple other dry-well FTN that were also Zombied, I was tempted to do the same with VKRadioNET, but have held off until
either the last traffic died or I heard something about what is next for the network.

Well I am going to drop this Zombie FTN ..

I've heard the term "Echofade" used describing the petering out of
several of the FTNs. Hopefully we can keep "Echofade" from becoming "BBSfade!!"

It is obvious this FTN is a zombie. it has been on auto for 6+ months only sending out auto messages and nodelists that have not change in almost a year. Big badda boot ..


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I cut ties with that FTN many months ago, for the exact same reasons. Did the same with a few other dead nets also.

Giving this the big Badda Boot !


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Is Vk3jed the sysop? I haven't seen him post here for quite a while.
He is the FTN feed for my networks (DeveloperNet and MusicalNet) and I haven't heard from him for a while.

He is .. The QRZ is active and the last message I received form him was last November and then all he siad was he would get back with me ... His FTN has been on cruse control for 6+ months .. I am just going to drop the Zombie FTN. This is simple no activity other than auto posts.


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Hello K4JTT!

22 May 23 21:10, you wrote to Nightfox:

Is Vk3jed the sysop? I haven't seen him post here for quite a
while. He is the FTN feed for my networks (DeveloperNet and
MusicalNet) and I haven't heard from him for a while.

He is .. The QRZ is active and the last message I received form him
was last November and then all he siad was he would get back with me
... His FTN has been on cruse control for 6+ months .. I am just
going to drop the Zombie FTN. This is simple no activity other than
auto posts.

Email from Tony:

It is running, though the admin side has been a bit difficult of late.
Other issues have exacerbated the ADHD side of things, which has made it difficult, especially when requests arrive at a time I can't immediately
deal with them.

Those who have made requests are welcome to send a followup email,
though it's best to avoid overnight (gets lost in the morning rush) or Saturdays AEST.





Vorlon


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Hello K4JTT!

22 May 23 21:10, you wrote to Nightfox:

Is Vk3jed the sysop? I haven't seen him post here for quite a
while. He is the FTN feed for my networks (DeveloperNet and
MusicalNet) and I haven't heard from him for a while.

He is .. The QRZ is active and the last message I received form him
was last November and then all he siad was he would get back with me
... His FTN has been on cruse control for 6+ months .. I am just
going to drop the Zombie FTN. This is simple no activity other than
auto posts.

I emaild Tony a couple of hours ago and got a response:

Email from Tony:

It is running, though the admin side has been a bit difficult of late.
Other issues have exacerbated the ADHD side of things, which has made it difficult, especially when requests arrive at a time I can't immediately
deal with them.

Those who have made requests are welcome to send a followup email,
though it's best to avoid overnight (gets lost in the morning rush) or Saturdays AEST.





Vorlon


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Email from Tony:

It is running, though the admin side has been a bit difficult of late. Other issues have exacerbated the ADHD side of things, which has made it difficult, especially when requests arrive at a time I can't immediately deal with them.

Yup,

He sent me almost the same email last October whe I asked him to update someting in the node file. I again sent hime a message twice in November, three times in December, Once in January 2023 and the final time was March of 2023 ... Every Email went unanswered.

If is very obvious the FTN is on Auto and in Zombie mode. No use for me keeping it.


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Re: VKRadionet ??
By: Vorlon to K4JTT on Tue May 23 2023 12:00 pm

Is Vk3jed the sysop? I haven't seen him post here for quite a

He is .. The QRZ is active and the last message I received form

I emaild Tony a couple of hours ago and got a response:

Good to hear he's still around and active with BBS stuff. Maybe he has been busy with other things lately.

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On 23 May 2023, Nightfox said the following...

Is Vk3jed the sysop? I haven't seen him post here for quite a

Good to hear he's still around and active with BBS stuff. Maybe he has been busy with other things lately.

Seems that Tony VK3JED is more active with athletics and with a social cause he is championing (which he also runs a FTN for, and which may be more active).

Gievn the duration of the "ignore VKradioNET" period, pretty likely that unless another VK-ham takes it over, that is it done.

I'm going to disappear it from my BBS shortly.

What other ham orientated FTNs are out there?

73

Steve
K9ZW

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Gievn the duration of the "ignore VKradioNET" period, pretty likely that unless another VK-ham takes it over, that is it done.

Yup

I'm going to disappear it from my BBS shortly.

I 86'd this today .. Poof

What other ham orientated FTNs are out there?

Micronet .. You can send an email to zc@minftn.net
I subscribe to it and it is very active and HAM Focused. If you want to log into my BBS and go to the Downlaods, you can grab the full info pack and recient nodelist. Otherwise, they will send it to you in your email.

And, just for the S&G, I did a QRZ Lookup and sent the files to your email listed on QRZ. How this helps.


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Hi K4jit,

On Tuesday May 23 2023, K4jtt said to Vorlon:

things, which has made it difficult, especially when requests arrive
at a time I can't immediately deal with them.

He sent me almost the same email last October whe I asked him to update someting in the node file. I again sent hime a message twice in
November, three times in December, Once in January 2023 and the final
time was March of 2023 ... Every Email went unanswered.

Oh, ok.. It's a shame.. I had to email him a couple of weeks ago, when ftn
mail for fido was building up (9 days), and the hub wasn't able to connect.

He got that fixed pretty much within a few hours.

Looks like his's also suffering burnout...


\/orlon
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Stephen

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Hi Nightfox,

On Tuesday May 23 2023, Nightfox said to Vorlon:

He is .. The QRZ is active and the last message I received form

I emaild Tony a couple of hours ago and got a response:

Good to hear he's still around and active with BBS stuff. Maybe he has been busy with other things lately.

I think his also got burnout... See my message to k4jit... %-(

\/orlon
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Stephen

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Hi K4jtt,

On Tuesday May 23 2023, K4jtt said to Vorlon:

He sent me almost the same email last October whe I asked him to update someting in the node file. I again sent hime a message twice in
November, three times in December, Once in January 2023 and the final
time was March of 2023 ... Every Email went unanswered.

October/November would have been right in the time frame when he was in the process of moving into the new house.

As you also sent one in March, then yep the ball has been dropped.... #-(

\/orlon
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Stephen

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On 22 May 23 21:07:07 K4JTT wrote...

It is obvious this FTN is a zombie. it has been on auto for 6+
months only sending out auto messages and nodelists that have not
change in almost a year. Big badda boot ..

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Would it be inappropriate for people to put a list up of other "Zombie"
FTNs? I've been considering some, but just haven't had a ton of time to
see which ones are really good. Tons of messages mean nothing if they're
all automated, right? A dozen messges a day can be amazing if they're
all meaningful.

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On 27 May 23 10:56:20 Vorlon wrote...

\/orlon aka Stephen

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To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Amiga? You running Hack & Slash? Might have to "cross the line" and
check it out. :)

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Amiga? You running Hack & Slash? Might have to "cross the line" and check it out. :)

I've got Hack & Slash running on my linux BBS! It's called "Dank Domain" though. Love the game.

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On 29 May 23 09:35:17 esc wrote...

Amiga? You running Hack & Slash? Might have to "cross the
line" and check it out. :)

I've got Hack & Slash running on my linux BBS! It's called "Dank
Domain" though. Love the game.

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To which Commodore Clifford replies...

How close is it to the Amiga door? Might have to check it out.

Also owe you a huge apology. It just hit me like a 2x4 that I never
replied to your email from around Decemberish about Atari BBSing... I
know it came up in a thread on the retro computing... Just sorry I never
got back to you.

Actually going to be trying a few things possibly next weekend that might
be helpful to you.... if it works, we'll be talking about it during our
twice monthly Atari BBS community chat. I'll pass along the information
on that if it works (since you actually call BBSs you'd be welcome) :)

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Hi,

On Monday May 29 2023, Commodore Clifford said to Vorlon:

Rocking FSXnet with an Amiga 4000 and Zeus BBS.

Amiga? You running Hack & Slash? Might have to "cross the line" and check it out. :)

Amiga yes, Hack & Slash no.

\/orlon
aka
Stephen

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How close is it to the Amiga door? Might have to check it out.

I think it's pretty damn close. I've had a lot of fun playing around with it locally.

Also owe you a huge apology. It just hit me like a 2x4 that I never replied to your email from around Decemberish about Atari BBSing... I
know it came up in a thread on the retro computing... Just sorry I never got back to you.

No sweat! I appreciate the apology, definitely not necessary! Yeah, I'd love to learn more about Atari BBSing, perhaps would like to set one up under emulation just for fun. I missed Atari BBSes back in the day so have no real baseline understanding of them.

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No H&S... :( Disappointing.

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As soon as we can figure out the communications problems with the
emulators, that should be possible.

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Hi,

On Tuesday May 30 2023, Commodore Clifford said to Vorlon:

No H&S... :( Disappointing

It's in the file base, but I've been fixing other issues that are higher on
the list of things that need fixing...

\/orlon
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Stephen

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