Seems like the patronage on this group is going down.
I know that the Google updates are extremely slow,
which is irritable and doesn't encourage posting.

Don't confuse Google with the underlying newsgroup. The actual
net-news propagation is quite rapid.

Shouldn't we change the site of antenna conversations
before it goes downhill all together ?

Why bother? The slowness you are observing is almost certainly an
artifact of the specific site/service you're using to post and read,
and doesn't indicate problems with the underlying (distributed,
world-wide, and very functional) USENET news distribution system itself.

There must be a place to post that is updated more
quickly than once or twice a day ( snail mail equivalent)
to keep interest going.

I see new articles pop up in this newsgroup several times per hour.

You can get higher-quality access to this newsgroup by signing up for
an account with a site which provides direct NNTP-based access. The
one my employer uses is SuperNews (www.supernews.com) - they have both
personal, and corporate accounts. You can download suitable
reading/posting software (e.g. Free Agent) from their site.

There are also some sites which offer no-cost NNTP access to USENET -
try www.teranews.com, www.eastbaytech.com,
http://www.free-newsservers.com, or try a Google search for "free NNTP
accounts"

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