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   Hi Alexander,   
      
   On 2025-11-13 09:17:55, you wrote to me:   
      
    Wv>> BTW: What are "nets" anyway? ;-)   
      
    AG> imagine you lived in alaska (or wherever might be fairly remote), and at   
   a set   
    AG> schedule everyone got on their radio to say hi and prove they're alive..   
   or   
    AG> perhaps to pass along information, etc   
      
    AG> then imagine it got somewhat cumbersome with the number of people   
   involved, so   
    AG> you had a "net control operator" that sort of guided the people checking   
   in   
    AG> along so they didn't just transmit on top of each other   
      
    AG> i'd say that's sufficient to understand the concept. only mostly they just   
    AG> throw out their callsign ("check in"), say hi, perhaps answer some sort of   
    AG> question. (think: "what's your favorite dinner to make on a cold night?")   
   and   
    AG> then go about their lives.   
      
    AG> i don't check in to those very often because it's BO-RING. much better   
   talking   
    AG> to the people who get on every day or so and actually chat   
      
   Thanks for the clarification!   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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