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   PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Win32  Apr 29 2019 MSC 1800   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.07-Win32 r3.112 Apr 29 2019 MSC 1800   
   Jimmy,   
      
   JA>There's a local HAM that says "Roger Roger" pretty often, like someone   
   JA>saying "um" or "y'know" or any other verbal tic. He means nothing by   
   JA>it, it's just his way of acknowledgement before continuing on to his   
   JA>next statement.   
      
     If you get into a net who has one or more hams named "Roger", and if   
   one ham says "Roger", the actual "Roger" may say "You called??" . As   
   a note, N0RSR, Roger, from Casa Grande, Arizona, along with his XYL,   
   Trish (I forget her callsign offhand), check into the D-Star Trains Net   
   every so often. That net, plus the Food Net, and the QCWA D-Star Net,   
   are all moving from Reflector 26 to the QuadNet Array this month. There   
   was a story in the May 3, 2019 edition of Amateur Radio Newsline, on   
   this.   
      
   JA>LOL - yeah every now and again I'll hear some repeater talk where someone   
   JA>mentions getting a QSO. Doesn't bother me, but I notice it.   
      
     I tell hams to not use 10 codes, and to save the Q-signals for the   
   digital modes. I do have a ham radio humor file of "The Missing Q   
   Signals", but some are not appropriate for ham radio .   
      
   JA>The only time I've heard this myself is when the repeater gives it's   
   JA>callsign after 10 minutes and it's kind of a reminder that if you've   
   JA>been talking a while it's a smart thing to stay legal and give your   
   JA>sign. If one says "for ID" it will prompt and teach the other person   
   JA>the reason you're doing it. Yes, they should know, but if you're   
   JA>talking while driving home from work it's easy to lose track of time   
   JA>and if you happen to stay keyed up while the repeater does its thing   
   JA>then you might miss it completely. Hearing the other person do it   
   JA>and WHY is a good reminder.   
      
     I use the "clock method". I identify at the top of the hour, then at   
   10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 after the hour. Then, I don't have to worry   
   whether or not it has been 10 minutes.   
      
   JA>LOL - I admit I don't always think to power down my 50watt mobile rig,   
   JA>but I might be talking to a repeater 60 miles away, and I'm always   
   JA>scanning repeaters as far as 100 miles away. Yes, I know I don't need   
   JA>the power to 'listen.' I also don't think my 50w mobile is what you're   
   JA>referring to either. ;-)   
      
     All knobs to the right!!    
      
   Daryl, WX4QZ   
      
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