The RadioBoard (OT?) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / rf-microwave

author: A.Z.
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 13, 2021, 05:31:16 pm
content: Folks, it has been some time since I last visited "The Radio Board" forums (theradioboard.com) and I was surprised to see what seems to be some kinda/sorta parking page; anyone knows what happened ?

author: vk3yedotcom
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 13, 2021, 11:47:59 pm
content: I can't answer your question.But it had lot of good stuff.Archives viewable here:https://web.archive.org/web/20210812233115/http://theradioboard.com/

author: bob91343
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 14, 2021, 01:56:52 am
content: The board appears to be dead.

author: Kerlin
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 16, 2021, 09:57:30 pm
content: No surprise its its gone off air.Its been quite dead for a long time, one post every two or three days.This one is much more active and interestinghttps://antiqueradios.com/forums/index.php

author: A.Z.
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2021, 08:26:40 am
content: TRB (The RadioBoard) is (was ?) a low traffic forum, but full with good stuff and knowledgeable people hanging around, that's why from time to time I lurked there and enjoyed reading discussions about new project and other stuff, the two main "bosses" of the site are/were Dave Schmarder and Jim Kearman; but now the whole forum went "poof" and even if the web archive site (thanks for remining me vk3yedotcom) carries some stuff, a lot of discussions and posts are missing.I just hope it's a matter of web site or domain transfer and/or cybersquatting (although the latter won't be so good) and not something worse

author: vk3yedotcom
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2021, 02:22:40 am
content: RadioBoard is back. Or maybe it never went.Try this link:http://r1rl8.skipdns.link/rb/index.phpAntique Radio forum discussion here:https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=401958

author: A.Z.
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 21, 2021, 06:47:22 am
content: Quote from: vk3yedotcom on September 18, 2021, 02:22:40 amNot exactly backhttp://r1rl8.skipdns.link/rb/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9953in short, the domain name registration expired, so the DNS settings were changed to point to a "parking" page, the server hosting the board is still alive and carries all the stuff, but accessing the forum through the domain name doesn't work, the "skipdns" alias has been set up by one of the TRB members, but there's no info about if and when the domain could be renewed and reconfigured to point to the forumA trick to temporarily solve the issue w/o using the "skipdns" link is to add the IP address of TRB to the "hosts" file, in Linux/Unix the file is usually "/etc/hosts" while in windows it is "%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts", to open/modify it you will need to be to elevate your privileges (sudo or run as admin) and, in windows, to remove the readonly attribute from the file, done that just open it with an editor enter the following to the bottom of the hosts file162.215.249.87 theradioboard.comand save the file, that way a direct link like (e.g.)http://theradioboard.com/rb/will work, again, it's just a temporary workaround, not a solution; the latter should be carried on by the folks running TRB

author: vk3yedotcom
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2023, 01:42:59 am
content: There's now a new Radioboard forum:https://www.theradioboard.org/forumIn the interim discussion carried on here:https://groups.io/g/TheNewRadioBoard/topics

author: Xena E
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2023, 12:42:02 pm
content: I think of the original owners one lost interest and unfortunately the other suffered a stroke, and although he continued for a while the hosting company pulled the plug for security reasons.TheNewRadioBoard@groups.io is being run by a Gary Nicholls, an original member of The Radioboard.rbSeems like there are about 60 members so far, content is nothing much of interest, shame though, it does show a multi-forum discussion site can be grafted onto the groups.io platform.It seems to be a completely separate entity to the Wix site forum...Xena.