Have any suggestions ?

[kc8adu]

whats with the 200 second timer on pm's?
still at default setting or was there a pm spammer problem?

[parvo]

Any chance of having the resources to upload and
share the vast library of sams photofact, service,
user, and schematics associated with our hobby
related gear? My paper library is huge and my
storage place gets hot out there. I am sure by
scanning to PDF and uploading, others will benefit
and while others follow suit, the knowledge base
will surely increase. I realize this may consume
server space and I hope this will not compromise
the free status that VK enjoys now.
Perhaps subscription and barter town style
AK benefits will support this suggestion.
Hopefully this does not start controversy
for VK.

regards,

Allen

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by parvo

Any chance of having the resources to upload and
share the vast library of sams photofact, service,
user, and schematics associated with our hobby
related gear? My paper library is huge and my
storage place gets hot out there. I am sure by
scanning to PDF and uploading, others will benefit
and while others follow suit, the knowledge base
will surely increase. I realize this may consume
server space and I hope this will not compromise
the free status that VK enjoys now.
Perhaps subscription and barter town style
AK benefits will support this suggestion.
Hopefully this does not start controversy
for VK.

regards,

Allen

Just to add to this, if not on VK, could we independently support an FTP server site that was login-based? Something similar to what BAMA does for the Ham/Boatanchor crowd would be nice, with login restrictions. A PM within VK would set up the user, then everthing else would be outside of VK, so bandwidth and server load would be minimized here.

I have a ton of digital docs, all related to tv/video, and an outside server would alleviate the load on VK's servers, duplicate postings, and lift posting restrictions for schematics and manuals.

I'd also like to see a sticky thread here on VK with outside links to free data. I've got about a dozen to start. Most are current technology stuff, but links to the Sams/Riders/Beitmans hosted by others are among them.

Cheers,

[grumpy]

Allen,

I think we could try and do something. What format are the files and do you have an average size ? Thanks

Grumpy

Originally Posted by parvo

Any chance of having the resources to upload and
share the vast library of sams photofact, service,
user, and schematics associated with our hobby
related gear? My paper library is huge and my
storage place gets hot out there. I am sure by
scanning to PDF and uploading, others will benefit
and while others follow suit, the knowledge base
will surely increase. I realize this may consume
server space and I hope this will not compromise
the free status that VK enjoys now.
Perhaps subscription and barter town style
AK benefits will support this suggestion.
Hopefully this does not start controversy
for VK.

regards,

Allen

[grumpy]

Originally Posted by kc8adu

whats with the 200 second timer on pm's?
still at default setting or was there a pm spammer problem?

It was a big problem in the past but I think we can change that now.