(10-05-2025, 07:58 AM)edleighton Wrote: I've just created this forum. Something more permanent than a WhatsApp group but should not be used in the same way. Try not to include the previous message in your reply it just clutters up the whole discussion.

We have such an onslaught against RaDAR and any mention of The COOL. There are certain individuals who promote this and we know who they are. Not much we can do about it really other than flying the flag for both RaDAR and The COOL. If others do not want to belong then so be it.

Some are battling to get into the COOL Forum. I've tried to make it as simple as possible but certainly I locked down on scammers and spammers. There were a few but did not get too far.

So on Saturday we're going to have some RaDAR FUN again. I must still get my QCX RaDAR active again to be able to go into the field with it. Of course 40m CW only. As for SSB I no longer have a SSB rig and don't intend to upgrade either. If CW can't do it for me then that's it. That does not say I'm anti SSB, it's just my fate. Everyone knows my disaster x5105 history and that made me who I am today. I take full responsibility but trust some people less.

Still, I think The COOL has reached its full potential and probably not much more development will take place. As long as The COOL remains active there is hope for us that believe in it.

73 de Eddie, ZS6BNE

Forum admin and COOL developer

Thank You Eddie for that, we just keep pushing forward.  Our agenda is NOT for self-gain, but to eventually take CW off ICU once we have a collaboration of like minded hams reaching for the same community targets. Also to try to dismantle or limit the use of separate Whatsapp groups, which do everything BUT include other groups into one common place. Whatsapp has caused a terrible separation, God forbid if a new ham come onto the scene I bet these groups are not even known to the rookie who just passed his exam. Hence the exclusive separation theses groups perpetuate.