As a 12 year member of AOL, I note that the world's largest ISP has made a
decision to drop newsgroups from it's service.

The decline of newsgroups has generally followed the tendency for this type
forum to deviate dramatically from the original intent. But in the case of this
NG, I too am of the opinion that it really has outlived it's intended function
and time scale. It's become a rather limited BBS of sorts, with a dramatic
amount of content that's either drug or sex related, or alludes to illegal
activity.

No thanks.

There are a number of other forums around--hence the decline--and although
antennas are a minor spark of interest, there clearly isn't the kind of
activity you saw in the late 1990's, for example.

Oh well. The net antiquates many things, even parts of itself.

I'll check in once in a while to see who is still alive:-) Best to all, and
drop me a line if you'd like.



73,
Chip N1IR