ff, don't give up too quickly on the group. New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer seems to be trying to address some of the problems that have plagued Yahoo, including rampant slacking off by employees who were permitted to telecommute, but which tends to translate to "paid day off". By all accounts from industry insiders she has a huge cultural shift to implement to turn the company around.
Lex - thanks for the encouragement. I have been having the security problems for a couple of weeks now and the tips from all in this thread are MUCH appreciated. I have some things to try now. However, my biggest bugaboo with Yahoo that is forcing the group issue I speak of is they are now getting much more proactive at tracking, snooping, and linking. This greatly threatens anonymity. I realize they are only playing catch up with Google, Facebook, et al, in their quest to give advertisers better focused ads. However it shoots the hell out of keeping all my privacy ducks in a row. I'm focused on building transmitters - not on advanced web security techniques - and have no interest in changing. I've always considered computers and the Internet to be great tools for whatever one's passion is. However, when using, maintaining, and upgrading the tool begins to take an inordinate amount of time and energy, maybe its time to rethink, and retool...
the SWL groups tended to be overwhelmed by hams who were incapable of thinking like a shortwave radio listener.
I hear you brother. Although many if not most in our group are licensed hams, they are pirates FIRST. I've taken some flack over the years about being too selective with applicants. But with playing "Katie bar the door" things stay pretty realistic over there. An example that NEVER works when applying is : "I am an Extra Class Ham". They lead with the wrong foot... always a dead giveaway...
Thanks everyone for your info and suggestions...