Please note:
The Forum will be transferring to a new service provider tomorrow, and following the necessary DNS change, we have to allow several hours for the new address to propagate around the net. There almost certainly be a period where your browser is unaware and will try to use the old path, and cached copies of old web pages may still be retained. I would suggest that just for tomorrow, we all refrain from posting, as its quite likely that posts made during the changeover will be lost. Everything else, all the historic threads and photos should be fine. I'd leave it till Wednesday then post away on the new host. The migration is being professionally handled so should go smoothly, and on Wednesday no-one should notice any difference.
"Why?" you might ask. Well, running and funding a forum is no easy task and after three years of sterling service to Retro R/C enthusiasts all around the world, our Ron is taking a break and Mike K is taking up the helm. Newcomers might not realise that Ron stepped in the very day we lost singlechannellersreunited, creating the forum from scratch as his first ever PHP project - a daunting task in itself - and began the steady rebuilding of all the historic and technical work that had been lost. It has since grown into not only the foremost site for Retro R/C but also a highly respected technical repository for constructors, restorers and collectors. Its also one of the friendliest forums on the net - there are very few others where members actually get together as often as they can to keep our history alive by flying old models with old radios.
We're all eternally grateful to Ron - thank you! - but we appreciate that sometimes a change is as good as a rest. Ron has many other interests to keep him busy - he's a keen amateur radio operator specialising in morse code (very retro, but still very relevant today) and his better-half Kerry is also a fully qualified ham, so its a hobby they share as a family. Be assured though that Ron wont be disappearing, he'll still be chipping in now & again, hopefully posting more of his amazing old AM radio restorations, whilst his previous S/C and Reeds creations remain the standard we can only aspire to.
A sincere thank you Ron from all of us here, keep those Light-programme and Home-Service radios coming, and also many thanks to Mike for stepping up, organising the changeover, and ensuring that mode-zero continues ever onward
Cheers all, dont forget, save tomorrows posts until Wednesday.
Phil
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- RON
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Thanks for the kind words Phil,
I have enjoyed running the forum for the last 3 years but it was getting a bit too much for me to cope with.
I’ll still be monitoring and contributing as and when.
Thanks to everyone that’s contributed too
Ron.
I have enjoyed running the forum for the last 3 years but it was getting a bit too much for me to cope with.
I’ll still be monitoring and contributing as and when.
Thanks to everyone that’s contributed too
Ron.
G0MBV Class A Radio Amateur, North Yorkshire
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I want to add my thanks too Ron! This forum and Phil's various gizmos have opened up a whole new branch of the hobby for me and I suspect for many others.
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Me as well mate. Like Phil mentioned you were the saviour of our Single Channel forum. Many thanks for all your efforts.
And let's not forget a thank you to Mike for stepping in and taking up the mantle.
Shaun.
And let's not forget a thank you to Mike for stepping in and taking up the mantle.
Shaun.
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No words can express my gratitude for your prompt and swift action Ron. This your acting have allowed us to remain united and accept many new friends. By remaining united we have also been able to produce and share quite many interesting projects which I'm not sure we would have done w/o this forum due of the inspiration and challenge offered.
So once again thank you and hope to see you soon at the flying field
Cheers Ron, be and stay safe
Tobe
So once again thank you and hope to see you soon at the flying field
Cheers Ron, be and stay safe
Tobe
Cheers,
Tobe
Tobe
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Hi Ron
Just a quick thank you for setting up the forum at such short notice when our previous home had the "plug pulled" so abruptly by Doug and your efforts over the years to keep the forum going. Hopefully you'll have a few more hours every week to do some more of your fantastic transmitter recreations.
On a slightly different note, the forum may look slightly different tomorrow, not because I'm redesigning it, but because we are talking the opportunity to upgrade to the latest version of phpBB. That then requires the latest version of mySQL, so you'll have to bear with us if we have any teething problems in the first few days. Hopefully though things will go smoothly as the web hosts did a successful practice migration a few weeks back and me and Phil have both done site backups as an extra insurance! So bar the phpBB upgrade, hopefully you won't see any other changes to the forum as "if it isn't broken, there's no need to fix it"
Hope you see you all back here tomorrow evening or Wednesday morning
Cheers Mike
Just a quick thank you for setting up the forum at such short notice when our previous home had the "plug pulled" so abruptly by Doug and your efforts over the years to keep the forum going. Hopefully you'll have a few more hours every week to do some more of your fantastic transmitter recreations.
On a slightly different note, the forum may look slightly different tomorrow, not because I'm redesigning it, but because we are talking the opportunity to upgrade to the latest version of phpBB. That then requires the latest version of mySQL, so you'll have to bear with us if we have any teething problems in the first few days. Hopefully though things will go smoothly as the web hosts did a successful practice migration a few weeks back and me and Phil have both done site backups as an extra insurance! So bar the phpBB upgrade, hopefully you won't see any other changes to the forum as "if it isn't broken, there's no need to fix it"
Hope you see you all back here tomorrow evening or Wednesday morning
Cheers Mike
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Thanks, Ron, Mike, and Phil. See you soon!
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Ron, the other guys have all said it well, I can only add my endorsement & heartfelt gratitude. In my part of the world we sum it up by saying we would have been stuffed without you. Enjoy your extra(?) time & I look forward to seeing more of your fabulous projects. Thanks mate
Mike, ditto re stepping in and again, my heartfelt gratitude for doing so.
I'm addicted to the shared common interest, the creativity, the inspiration, the banter, the willingness to share, the support, and the e-mateship this forum gives us all, especially under the current world conditions. Even if circumstances prevent me at times from personally being able to make/build/fly anything , I can share the achievements of others vicariously through this forum . Thanks gang!!
Mike, ditto re stepping in and again, my heartfelt gratitude for doing so.
I'm addicted to the shared common interest, the creativity, the inspiration, the banter, the willingness to share, the support, and the e-mateship this forum gives us all, especially under the current world conditions. Even if circumstances prevent me at times from personally being able to make/build/fly anything , I can share the achievements of others vicariously through this forum . Thanks gang!!
Cheers,
Wayne
Once a Retrobate, always a Retrobate............
Wayne
Once a Retrobate, always a Retrobate............
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Let me chime in and give credit where due.
To Ron, Phil and now Mike too.
Without you all, I wouldn't have gone back to my aeromodelling roots and back into electronics.
See you all on the other side of tomorrow.
Bruno
To Ron, Phil and now Mike too.
Without you all, I wouldn't have gone back to my aeromodelling roots and back into electronics.
See you all on the other side of tomorrow.
Bruno
F2B or not to be....
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Welcome back, everybody!