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  • New Variometer

    From John Foster@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 2 21:27:43 2022
    Does anyone know if there is an equivalent to the LX Nav S3, but in 80mm diameter? I'm not interested in spending $800 to $1000 on a new variometer. And I'm not interested in getting a "filler plate" to fill the gap of the 80mm hole in order to mount a
    57mm instrument. I'm looking to replace an old Cambridge unit that has given up the ghost.

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  • From cdeerinck@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 3 06:25:03 2022
    I believe that would be the S80.

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  • From Guy Acheson@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 3 12:45:07 2022
    I will be replacing my S80 with new vario in about one month.
    Works perfectly. I am upgrading.
    Make me an offer?

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  • From John Foster@21:1/5 to Guy Acheson on Sun Jul 3 18:50:48 2022
    On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 1:45:09 PM UTC-6, Guy Acheson wrote:
    I will be replacing my S80 with new vario in about one month.
    Works perfectly. I am upgrading.
    Make me an offer?

    How do I reach you to make a private offer? There's no email link to your post.

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  • From Guy Acheson@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 4 07:49:36 2022
    Why can't I "reply to author" on this site?
    I am a member of the group.

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  • From Martin Gregorie@21:1/5 to Guy Acheson on Mon Jul 4 15:30:46 2022
    On Mon, 4 Jul 2022 07:49:36 -0700 (PDT), Guy Acheson wrote:

    Why can't I "reply to author" on this site?
    I am a member of the group.

    NNTP is not a mail or messaging protocol.

    It is just a large collection of message boards - rec.aviation.soaring
    being one of them - that anybody can post messages on. The nearest you can
    get to posting a reply is to append a message to an existing message and
    hope that the original poster will see your response.

    That said, any poster can include their e-mail address as part of a
    message they post, in which case you can use that to send them an e-mail,
    but there's nothing that says a posted HAS to include their address in
    anything they post.


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    Martin | martin at
    Gregorie | gregorie dot org

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  • From Dee@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 4 10:27:36 2022
    Unless I'm mistaken, I just looked and both of you have your email addresses posted as members of the US SSA. I could publish both here if you want, but the database is easily accessible. Now you're making me feel so techno-woke.
    Phyllis

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  • From Guy Acheson@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 4 16:37:24 2022
    My question really is...Why doesn't the "Reply to sender" button work?

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  • From Dan Marotta@21:1/5 to Martin Gregorie on Mon Jul 4 17:35:58 2022
    If you set up a news reader in an email client like Thunderbird, you can
    reply to the author of a message on RAS. I can see the emails of every
    poster just as I see the return address in an email.

    Dan
    5J

    On 7/4/22 09:30, Martin Gregorie wrote:
    On Mon, 4 Jul 2022 07:49:36 -0700 (PDT), Guy Acheson wrote:

    Why can't I "reply to author" on this site?
    I am a member of the group.

    NNTP is not a mail or messaging protocol.

    It is just a large collection of message boards - rec.aviation.soaring
    being one of them - that anybody can post messages on. The nearest you can get to posting a reply is to append a message to an existing message and
    hope that the original poster will see your response.

    That said, any poster can include their e-mail address as part of a
    message they post, in which case you can use that to send them an e-mail,
    but there's nothing that says a posted HAS to include their address in anything they post.



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  • From John Foster@21:1/5 to drguya...@gmail.com on Mon Jul 4 22:12:39 2022
    On Monday, July 4, 2022 at 5:37:26 PM UTC-6, drguya...@gmail.com wrote:
    My question really is...Why doesn't the "Reply to sender" button work?
    I have the same trouble and question.

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  • From John Foster@21:1/5 to John Foster on Mon Jul 4 22:31:12 2022
    On Monday, July 4, 2022 at 11:12:41 PM UTC-6, John Foster wrote:
    On Monday, July 4, 2022 at 5:37:26 PM UTC-6, drguya...@gmail.com wrote:
    My question really is...Why doesn't the "Reply to sender" button work?
    I have the same trouble and question.

    I sent you an email using your email from the SSA website.

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  • From Martin Gregorie@21:1/5 to Guy Acheson on Tue Jul 5 11:58:32 2022
    On Mon, 4 Jul 2022 16:37:24 -0700 (PDT), Guy Acheson wrote:

    My question really is...Why doesn't the "Reply to sender" button work?

    Probably because the person who posted the message didn't provide a valid e-mail address. I use the Pan newsreader, which has a "Reply to Author in
    Mail" button which can be used to send an e-mail to the OP.

    Pan implements that button works, by letting you write a response, and
    then passing the completed message to my e-mail system for dispatch, but
    if the author didn't supply a valid e-mail address, and there is nothing
    in the NNTP specification that says they have to do that, then I'd expect
    the reply to bounce.

    I'd expect any other newsreader to do something similar.


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    Martin | martin at
    Gregorie | gregorie dot org

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  • From kinsell@21:1/5 to John Foster on Tue Jul 5 10:16:58 2022
    On 7/4/22 23:12, John Foster wrote:
    On Monday, July 4, 2022 at 5:37:26 PM UTC-6, drguya...@gmail.com wrote:
    My question really is...Why doesn't the "Reply to sender" button work?
    I have the same trouble and question.

    Well it used to work. Hasn't worked for years. Why doesn't it work?
    Because you're using some crappy Google interface to try to read Usenet,
    and they don't seem to care whether it works or not.

    It works just fine for me, but then again I'm using a Usenet reader to
    read a Usenet group. Funny thing is, it works better if you use the
    proper tool for the job. If a screwdriver doesn't work well as a
    hammer, you shouldn't complain about it.

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