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    AG> i'd say that's sufficient to understand the concept. only   
    AG> mostly they just throw out their callsign ("check in"), say hi,   
    AG> perhaps answer some sort of question. (think: "what's your   
    AG> favorite dinner to make on a cold night?") and then go about   
    AG> their lives.   
      
     Those are what I call "Hi, Bye, And QSY" (hello, goodbye, I'm going   
   to another net to checkin that's meeting at the same time as this one").   
      
     The main reason I like to hear folks checkin, is that it lets us know   
   that they're still "on this side of the grass", and not "A Silent Key".   
      
    AG> i don't check in to those very often because it's BO-RING. much   
    AG> better talking to the people who get on every day or so and   
    AG> actually chat   
      
     It depends on what net you're talking about it. I do a weekly net on   
   Trains And Railroading...and there are other nets on cooking, computers,   
   RV's/Camping, Astronomy, and more.   
      
   Daryl, N5VLZ   
      
   ... If you hear an onion ring, please answer it.   
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