[HamGatePA] Mitigating Possible Changes to 44Net

[Charles J. Hargrove]

That cancellation was done at the ARDC level in one of their purges.
I can reissue your old subnet and get you going from there. Just let me
know as you are putting in your request so that I can approve it 
immediately.

On 8/9/2023 8:31 AM, Leon Zetekoff wrote:
> Hi Charles! I just went through this because I missed the messages that 
> I needed to get into the portal once a year and then finally I was 
> turned off.
> 
> So I lost my original 44.56.53.1/28 and now have 44.63.18.112/28
> 
> Trying to get things back up and running is a PITA.
> 
> 73 leon wa4zlw
> 
> On 8/8/2023 11:03 AM, Charles J. Hargrove wrote:
>> There seems to be a push by the technical committee of ARDC to form the
>> 44Net address space along perceived use rather by area/region/state  use.
>> The plans are to be "finalized" by the end of the year, although some new
>> procedures are already being carried out which has caused problems for 
>> new
>> users in our network and area.
>>
>> For the foreseeable future, pass the word with any forwarding partners,
>> new users and local clubs to NOT file for an allocation on the 44Net portal,
>> but instead contact me directly at n2nov at n2nov.net for a conversation
>> and I can walk them through it in real time so that it can not be short
>> circuited in the process. The state hamgates for Maryland and Delaware
>> just went live this weekend, complete with a central bbs for message
>> forwarding and Wireguard VPN servers for anyone to make use of. The past
>> 18 months have been rolling along for increasing connectivity and usefulness.
>> Let's see what we can do to keep it that way and to improve functionality.


-- 
Charles J. Hargrove - N2NOV
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