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     Re: Re: Ring Around the Net   
     By: Daryl Stout to Mortar M. on Tue Jan 27 2026 22:11:56   
      
    > They feel it's a crime or mortal sin if they miss checking into a net...so   
    > they have to try to check into every net in existence that day or evening.   
    > These are what I call "Hi, Bye, and QSY DS> checkins".   
      
   That's a supposition, but I do see a lot of "Hi, bye"s on traffic nets.  I   
   never got that.  If you don't have any traffic, why check in?  I've heard TNs   
   that get maybe 10 check-ins, and nobody has traffic, so the net ends.  There's   
   10 min. wasted.   
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