I don't recall ever paying QRZ anything, I just went over there, picked a forum at random and posted "test". It seems to work ok...
I'm really glad that you did that because the entire premise of this thread is 100% false.
Every single ham radio related forum on QRZ is free and open to all ham users, no subscription required. Absolutely nothing has changed for these forums. One forum, having nothing to do with ham radio, was recently made Subscriber-only.
73, -fred
Hello, Fred. Welcome to Eham.
While the first remark wasn't accurate, there are a few comments within the body of this that are 'on point.' So, there is, perhaps, about 99% validity, and 1%, not 100%, inaccuracy. Take a look, it might be worth your while.
I just took a look at your new thread at the Zed, admittedly only the last of eleven pages; and was met with the familiar list of Super Moderators and Moderators self-talking. Oh, well. Why I hang out here most of the time now.
It's a pleasure not to have PG clipping away content for no good reason. Almost forgot what that was like.