Give Us Your Ideas

[w0uzr]

Hi

I am wondering what members would like to see added here on the site or what needs to get taken off.  I would like to know why people sign on and that is the only thing that they do.  So something must not be right here or something is making people uncomfortable.

Post your ideas here to help us improve this site where it will be to your liking.  It's not up to the moderators or administrators to make the site active.  The MEMBERS are what makes the site active and contribute to it being a place to where you want to be.  So unless you members contribute, then nothing is going to happen.

So put your ideas or comments here or send some in a PM or an email to me and let's all start contributing. and making this a nice site for Amateur Radio.  Let's all post and sharing your ideas experience in amateur radio, and on all different subjects.

Thanks


Steve

[n0loh]

Steve,

I think it is that this site is not any different from the many, many amateur radio message boards out there and that this board is only a couple of years old, so it was created too late to gain any foothold on the internet market. I'd say the two most popular ones out there are qrz.com and eham.net.

When I first happened upon this site I had a chat with the creator and suggested that to stand out from the others, this site would need a different format. Instead of the usual topical message boards, I suggested message boards divided by geographical location. Either for each state or for each call district and one for DX. Sometimes there are issues or events that not everyone needs to know about. For example, take a ham-fest in Iowa. I'm sure a ham in California wouldn't care about that.

I have looked at other amateur radio message boards and even though there is more posting going on in some of them, it always seems to be by the same people for the most part. (Same goes for some of our local topical neighborhood message boards.) So, possibly with the increased popularity of the Web2.0 sites like Facebook, Twitter and even ham related Web2.0 sites like 73s.org and hamradionation.com, message board sites like hamradioparadise.com are seeing a decline in active members.

You want to see a site that's even more deserted? Check out http://www.hamradiotalk.com if it's still there.

I only post normally when I have an announcement like a ham-fest or testing, etc. I figure if I have time to be on a message board, I have time to be on the air. (Of course I'm at work right now so that don't count.)

If this site were mine and it was costing me money to keep it online, I'd probably shut it down.

Anyway, that's my opinion.

73's!

Tom N0LOH