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Where is antiqueradios.com?

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 7:48 am
by russlk
I have not been able to access http://www.antiqueradios.com/ for the last few days. Anyone know why?

Re: Where is antiqueradios.com?

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 6:37 pm
by Chris Foley
Is it possible you're looking for<p>http://www.antiqueradio.com/

Re: Where is antiqueradios.com?

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:24 pm
by russlk
Thanks, Chris. I wonder how in heck my favorites link got an "s" added?

Re: Where is antiqueradios.com?

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:30 pm
by Chris Foley
Stuff happens. But, in the moments between the time the power goes on and the smoke escapes, we don't usually call it stuff. Happy hunting.<p>[ June 04, 2003: Message edited by: Chris Foley ]</p>

Re: Where is antiqueradios.com?

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:34 pm
by russlk
Well, darn! antiqueradio is not the same site as antiqueradios so I still want to know: what happend?

Re: Where is antiqueradios.com?

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 9:39 pm
by jollyrgr
Here is the contact information for that URL:<p> Administrative Contact:
VOORHEES, ALAN [email protected]
10809 MCINTYRE STREET
OAKLAND, CA 94605
US
510 562-3235<p> <p>I did a GOOGLE search on this URL and it there is a www.antiqueradios.com (with the S) in the CACHED pages. Doing a reverse lookup on the phone number yeilds:<p>Kiwi Cat
street address not available
Oakland, CA 94601-0000 Home: (510) 562 - 3235 <p>So the number may be a "business" line of some sort or a phone number that got changed. Or someone was creative when they listed their phone number.

Re: Where is antiqueradios.com?

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2003 2:45 pm
by Dean Huster
http://www.antiqueradios.com is the proper URL for Alan Voorhees' antique radio site. Normally always up and running, it takes us regulars aback when it does go down. Currently, it's down for maintenance. Alan does that periodically to prune some things out, add a new forum topic or sometimes to switch servers. In fact, he's switched servers a couple of times in the past two or three years in order to speed the site up. Alan hasn't had a lot of time lately to maintain the site as he entered into some new job opportunities that really soaks up his spare time. I'm sure he doesn't like the fact that the maintenance can't be done as often since in the past, that was (and really still is) the most well-maintained forum and site over all on the Internet. So, don't bother him with e-mails about the situation. I can guarantee you that he's right on top of things.<p>Dean

Re: Where is antiqueradios.com?

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2003 6:53 pm
by Dean Huster
Alan had contacted Don Black in Australia, who is one of the forum moderators, and gave him this information:<p>"The drive in the server has been failing, and it keeps generating read errors. A few days ago it corrupted the web server application files themselves, so the server [isn't] able to run. I've got a replacement drive and am muddling through the maze of files that have to be installed and configured to get it back on line. With luck it'll happen in a day or two."<p>A couple of years ago, Alan was hit with a really nasty virus and had a similar amount of downtime. I have faith that he'll get things going again before long.<p>Dean