[RVRC] General thoughts on id'ing

[John Pugh]

I think Bryan is on the right track - announcing the repeater to which you
are listening might assist someone who wants to reply.  However, I believe
that with all our linkage - if you can hear 'em, you can work 'em- might
apply.

In the D-Star world, to Drew's point, you do have to know the path because
you might not be able to reply directly to someone you can hear, so
announcing your path is important.

73, John WJ3P

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Bryan D. Boyle <bdboyle at bdboyle.com> wrote:

> On 3/29/11 3:32 PM, E Drew Moore wrote:
> > The operating procedure in the repeater manual is to give your call and
> say
> > listening. It would help if they respond to someone calling them.
> I would agree about saying what band we're on.  With 5 or 6 machines
> (depending on the phases of the moon,
> time of day, network configuration, etc) across 3, soon to be 4
> bands...so, announcing with call letters, {listening|monitoring}, on {2
> meters|220|440|Echolink|Allstar} and, maybe, current location should be
> sufficient...just my $.03 (adjusted for currency devaluation).
>
> And...replying to a call, if only to acknowledge their transmission is
> received...might be courteous...:)
>
> --
> Bryan
> In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.
> Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.
> You may quote me.
>
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John E. Pugh
Hopewell, NJ