How to talk on Repeaters - Repeater Etiquette
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Please Subscribe! Today on HamRadioComms I talk about Amateur Radio Repeater Etiquette and talking on repeaters in different situations. Please excuse the bouncing wire and blurry video, I guess this video is more of a podcast!
Another good bit of etiquette is if the repeater you use frequently is operated by a radio club... join the club to help support the maintenance of the repeater. Independent owners don't mind donations, either. It doesn't have to be allot, but it shows that you're mindful, and appreciate the effort he/she puts forth to make a repeater available to you.
Labor is best, spend a day helping at a repeater site carrying tools, climbing to maintain antennas etc.
6 years later and these the best repeater info ever. Thank you so much
Thanks for the nice comment! I'm glad people are still finding the video useful.
Something else you said that I'm finding is very true.... HAMs are genuinely good people who really want to help.... they are excellent citizens
Just got my technician license and wanted to know how to call and what to say without sounding like a newbie, your video is very helpful. Thanks.
Congratulations on getting your license! It's an exciting and fun hobby. Thanks for commenting and for watching.
To Vitok D: In addition to the technical aspects of amateur radio, looking people up is what ham radio is about. We make contacts on the air, and find out what country and town they live in, what their life is about. Making friends and contacts. On the repeaters it's the same thing, and like minded people meet and hang out either on the air, or in person. They share their lives, they're hopes and dreams, their daily activities, in short hanging out with friends. So I don't know what it stupid about that at all.
Im a new ham operator, and was already put in check this past week. I came out of local government work, so saying 10-4 is just second nature. I got “educated” in a hurry. Didnt bother me, Im still learning. Didnt really think that 10-4 was such a big deal, but Im the new guy and looking for advice and input from experienced operators, so its best to just accept the advice and thank them for the input
Hi, and welcome to amateur radio! Yes, 10 codes aren't used in ham radio, and was invented by police in the 40's and in the 70's, CB operators picked some of the ten codes, ... instead in ham radio we use "Roger"or "Roger Roger" or "Affirmative" or "OK".
Sounds like you're getting on the radio and having fun, and learning, that's great!
Great video - thanks for taking the time to make it and post it. This is a relevant topic that ham repeater users can all be reminded about being considerate and courteous to our fellow ham operators.
Very helpful video, one of the best I've seen about repeater basics. Actual usable stuff, not ramblings. Thanks.
Brilliant and very inspiring! Feel blessed for having bumped into your channel. At 50+ trying to prepare for my licence in Delhi, India.
Cheers!
I just bought a radio and this was all news to me. Thanks.
New HAM, KC1MTT here in The County stumbled upon this video today. Good advice and very good stances on things. Thanks for sharing. -73.
Thank you for taking the time to explain all this from a beginner's perspective. Helped me a lot.
Very interesting and informative video, on etiquette in the States, but especially interesting for me were some of The differences compared to England. Call signs are given after each transmission! Sometimes mutttered like you were saying which. Is frustrating when trying to QRZ them.one thing done here is to say” M0xxx working through GB3SJ” giving the name of the repeater being used.
All good stuff, have a great day 73, Barnie.
I like the wiggling cord.
hahahahahahaha funny as fk
Great tutorial! Thank you so much. My family and I are now inspired to get our license now. Thank you!
Thank you! It's a fun hobby, and useful in emergencies, I'm sure you and your family would have a lot of fun.
Good etiquette.. The rest of the population needs to grasp this concept. Thanks for some manner lessons to a newby.
As a beginner this video is quite helpful, thank you.
Excellent video. Extremely relevant even in 2020
Thank you! It's my most watched video so far.. I'm glad people are finding it useful.
Great job of Elmering!!! I have your video saved in a playlist that I share with new HAM's.
KG5FAC Thank you.. and I’m glad it’s being put to good use!
73, Ed
Great video appreciate it. A new ham myself, although my dad is an extra class 40+ years, so I've heard some of these fubars over the years. Cheers KI7POP
Great vid. I received my license about two weeks ago. Been listening for about three months. Its a strange world as I am learning. My impressions so far....I heard some repeater control operator lecture someone for using the Q codes. They ask questions on the test about Q codes, but on air, they are discouraged? Also hear people use the 73 and 88 and other stuff like that...is that OK? So, there is a set of separate Ham lingo.....some Ham lingo is OK and some is not? There are a lot of "engineers" out there that love to talk about how much they know...Or how much more they know than everyone else. It is a little intimidating being a new Ham. Its also a little cliquish with conversations going on with long time friends. Hard to break in. I am going to a club meeting to get to know people in the local area. Make friends and get a little more involved. My primary purpose was to gain knowledge for disaster preparedness. Communication options.
I operate on the HF and I use the Q codes all the timing and I don't know why that it is discourage.
And is OK to use 73 or 88.
73 = regards. 88 = hugs and kisses
Sadly, people actually do SAY "LOL or "OMG" It's annoying. :)
Thanks for the video.
I was trying to set up two radios on a repeater and got an earfull. My 1st time. The guy had no time to help but plenty of time to ridicule me.
That’s not good... when that happens to me I don’t go back to that repeater... unless its just one guy on a big repeater. Listen in on local repeaters, theyre all different and hang out on the ones that attract the nicer people.
73
You should have found out who he was and gave him a beat down.
KF6ROK checking out your video, everything sounded like solid advice and good "Elmer"ing. Thank you.
Hi Brian, thanks for the nice comment and for watching!
Speaking of giving the call sign so you can hear it, granted, I am new to this, in fact, I have not even made my first contact yet, waiting on my radio to get here, but listening over the past 6 weeks, I have noticed the ones who glance over their call sign, they odnt really have one, be it expired or whatever, But the wife and I finally heard this one person in particular, and no I don't know who he is, but he finally said it slow enough for me to get it and right it down, it was not registered through FCC, or ARRL, so I figure its an older guy who's license has expired or something, who knows, but he is the only one who continually glances his call sign out.
Thanks for the video, subbed you and have a blessed week.
Dale
KI5ARH
Hi Dale, thanks for watching, subbing and the comment. Congrats on getting your radio soon. Have fun with it.... that's great that you are listening first you can see what repeater you like the best. I don't like it either when some hams blow through there call too fast and not clear anyway, really isn't legal since they're not actually giving their call. Sometimes they might say something interesting about a project or something and I got to look them up and no listing for that call because I can't figure out the letters. The E sound is in B, C, D, E, G, P, V and F and S sound like and many others are the same sound. So my guess is, unless they spell it out phonetically or don't have a confusing call, it's just not clear what there call is. If I'm talking to them, I'll ask them what there call is phonetically. so when you are on the air you can ask them if interested..
Most guys up where I am are pretty good about the calls... only 1 out of 10 or so are unclear with it..
Welcome to the world of radio and have fun...
73
Ed
Seems to me that the CW language, like hi hi, is a little bit of bragging or show-off thing but, hey we’re all kinds out here. Thanks for the tip about pausing to avoid the timer issue - I wondered why it took so long for some guys to come back. They weren’t slow-witted, they were being courteous
People's say "hi hi" because laughing can be considered " making sound"
Lots of great information, thank you.
I made this so many years ago and I'm glad people are still finding it useful ! thanks for the comment, I appreciate it.
Great video
Lots of videos on the book learning side of things, not much on etiquette!
Thank you!
There's a ham operator near our local GMRS repeater that is unlicensed and jams the the repeater for fun. Luckily he has low power and can be talked over but it's annoying. People even offered to buy a license for him but he has no life.
Proper etiquette worked fine for me, until some of them found out I was on a Baofeng...
As long as you’re licensed it shouldn’t matter what radio you’re on ... some people don’t like Chinese radios , no excuse for being rude ir something.. on repeaters where i live many new and experienced hams have Chinese radios and no one gives them grief at all for it.
As a longtime ham-curious and very interested in getting my first license, it looks to me like 2 meters with a mobile rig will be my entry point into amateur radio. My question is probably dumb, but my impression is that there is a lot of emphasis on repeaters being used for emergency operation, but people do regularly use repeaters to just make contacts and chat with other operators, right? I guess the term is rag-chew...I mean, just saying "hi, how are you?" with other hams is common when working repeaters? Forgive the incredible naivety, but just making sure I understand the nature of repeater communication. Thanks...er, tks :-)
moogyboy6 Not a dumb question at all.. yes, in Emergency Comms repeaters are brought up often, and they are very useful in an emergency, however, often for only a short time because if the power goes down, many repeaters don't have backup generators or solar with batteries, so eventually the repeaters go down and simplex is the only way to communicate.Otherwise, like you said 99% of the time repeaters are used just for daily chatting by commuters to and from work, friends who meet there often to talk about anything and everything, and from travelers who are passing through the area. Thanks for the comment and for watching.
In general, simplex is how we handle emergency comms. During most incidnets, power is not avialable or other natural disasters have damaged repeater antenna's and rendered repeators useless. This is why it's important to upgrade your liscense to as high as you can and to go through ARES training regardless if you join ARES or not (there may not be a local ARES for example). You never know when you'll need to be part of a net during an emergency that does things like damage assement or even just relaying ICS 213's or RadioGram's. ARES nets may meet on a repeater, the one local to me does, but you won't see repeaters in use when disaster strikes because they are just as suceptable to the disaster as any other service is. The ARES training is free, btw, and the workbook can be downloaded from the ARRL on their website arrl.org, in their public service section. It's a combination of free training and assements from FEMA, NWS, and the ARRL.
Depends on your area, here 440 is more popular.
I've been a ham since 1980 and have had many hf contacts but I've never had a repeater contact. I used to say I'm Listening or monitoring so and so repeater but no one has ever come back to my calls. Not exactly sure what else to try.
Mike m; do you have your offset and tones set right?
Enjoyed the video ... very helpful for me (a newbee). THX
walt schoenly Thank you.
I did a bad thing..,,, I passed my 'Technician class' exam two years ago and then did nothing., 'Got too busy'. I have a base station and a Baofeng UV-5. I just sub'd. Now I have got to get ' on the air'.
Very knowledgeable and educational video ^-^ good presentation
Very good video!
Thank you!
Great video! It was exactly what I was looking for, thank you
I used to work armed patrol and I used an radio I'm used to using phonetic codes and police jargon so my bad habits will be bad for me to use radio police jargon?
Always listen first.
good advice for a new Tech
As for the not giving the call sign too often what's with that? The fcc states you must give it every 10 minutes and at the end of a transmission. Do they mean you give it when you decide to leave to shop for 30 minutes or at the end of every single transmission? I just passed the technician a week ago and will get a radio in a day or so. Any help with that as I'm new to the world of ham is welcome.
Hi...
You misunderstood the rules. It's not at the end of every transmission, it's the end of the contact. So...once every ten minutes during your conversation, and when you sign off.
73! de Scott, WAØCW
I believe youre right....its not EVERY time you talk, but if you're going back and forth with people for a while, you say it at the start.....then EVERY ten minutes....and finally when you terminate the conversation with a group or person
I am new to Ham Radio and found your video very helpful, Thank You! I dod have a question, I have a local repeater in my area, K1CNX and I have announced my call sign followed by mobile in the morning on the way to work. There has been no reply, but later in the evening I will be monitoring it and heard a couple of hams speak another language French / Russian. Can you tell me how I can find out if this is restricted repeater, or how to tell if a repeater is just limited to specific folks?
Kfire it is very rare for a repeater to be closed to the general public. The repeater you mention is the sharon MA repeater and is open. If u go to www.nerepeaters.com it will give the status, pl tones whether open closed etc, and other info on repeaters in the north east.
Unless there was an propagation opened to Canada, it was probably local hams speaking in another language. The Boston area has probably 20 or so repeaters to reach so its best to out ur call out on them all as u travel to up your chances of having someone around to talk to during your commute. Also you will soon find the ones that are active during the times you are on the radio. Putting your call out and mobile is good and should work fine for getting on the air for conversations.
Thanks for taking the time to make and post this video.
73 OM de ac0v
I worked for Texas parks & wildlife for 18 years. When we came on we gave our radio # and said 10-8 telling everyone we were on duty and 10-9 when going off duty. is this acceptable ?
Ham is plain speak and doesn't use 10 codes. If they use codes it will be Q codes.
I'm brand new . I just passed my technician test last night. I enjoyed your video but it generated a question. Is it improper to use QC on a repeater?
spy8464BB Yes, it would be improper to call CQ in a repeater. Typical would be your call sign then "listening" or similar
WRONG!!!!! It is perfectly OK to call CQ on a repeater. Check out the "youtube" video called "Do NOT call CQ on a repeater, click bait". The man WROTE the ARRL handbook on repeater use and has updated it since 1971 and clearly states it's OK to call CQ, just don't do it like you would on the HF bands where you're on for 45-60 seconds calling CQ. Simply say "CQ, CQ, This is KE8IKT" and I'll guarantee you'll get a response way before just saying "KE8IKT, Listening". Basically just saying "Listening" lets others know you're out there and usually any reply will be someone who knows you and is a regular contact with you.
Thx for the good information. It was however a bit painful looking at that blurry radio and power supply so long...haha
I know, I wasn't able to edit my videos back then and didn't have a good camera, and I can't edit it once it's published... my videos after this are much better visually, though like you said the information is good. Thanks for watching!
73,
Ed
Guys who repeatedly mumble their call sign are possibly pirates.
Good advice, even in 2019. Thanks!
Thank you!
what does it mean to cross band repeat?
He knows a LOT of repeaters. By me the nearerst ONE is miles away. the next ones are like 100Miles
Ben Woodfield Have you look into setting one up in your area
Have you checked radio reference web site? I have a lot near me.
A cupcake falling over is no laughing matter!
Can I ask , is there so much traffic on the airways that without rules it would be chaotic? I get that in the 70's and 80's there was so many people using CB's that it needed to be regulated but with the invention of cellular, there just isn't anyone using these systems enough to justify the regulation and frankly, the attitude of die hard users, that we have today? I also don't understand why they wont' let us have digital encryption, that would solve everyone's problem.
The Amateur radio service can transmit around the world with power up to 1.5KW so rules are necessary with strick licensing. We can transmit from below the AM band past 75 ghz practically the entire radio freq spectrum so FCC rules are strict. It's basically open source on the airwaves so no encryption. Digital modes are fine though.
@@hamradiocomms Don't over complicate it. If someone is transmitting at 1.5KW its a special case and should require some regulation, although I would argue those people are few. I am talking about bob, who has a 15w system trying to talk to his brother bill, one city over. FCC could still charge, a use fee, without callsigns or applications and create a specific class just for those users. Again, the amount of people using that class would probably only be bob and bill but they are both in their 60s and won't be around much longer.
TIB1973 It’s complicated because i thought u were talking about amateur radio. Now that i know you are talking about another kind of radio service for local comms then that’s easier. There is already a service setup like you describe called GMRS. Anyone over 18 can get a license, uses handhelds or mobile or base, can talk for many miles up to 10 or more and repeaters can be used to extend over 50 miles. Many radios are already available for it. And no call signs required.
@@hamradiocommsyou do need callsigns on gmrs
I am just getting into HAM radios. Is there videos or places I can go to learn more?
Hi… check out channel > Ham Radio Crash Course , he has tons of videos for new hams.
thanks for this. i am new. now it gave me an idea
Ariel N qqlp
Pots and pans have handles and also the use of the term "73's" it should be just 73, lots of hams do not get that. Best regards is already plural, its not best regardsnesness
K7SBG
is there a time limit to how long you can talk over a repeater for one contact?
There is a time out timer on repeaters that the owners can set so the repeater doesn’t overheat in one transmission or in case someone is talking too long, usually i would guess around 3 to 5 minutes. No limit on how long individuals can have a conversation except if a owner has his own rules.
@@hamradiocomms thank you much.
How about the gmrs repeater system, I just saw a video on them and it looked like there are getting to be quite a few of them and maybe the preferred etiquette is a little more lenient?
That's my question too. I think GMRS repeaters are mostly family thingy.
In SoCal we have a few repeaters that are very informal. Quite a few older guys talking any and every subject.
Anybody know the etiquette for talking on a repeator that mainly has traffic in another language?
I'm getting my Gmrs license. How do I access a repeater so I can talk on them. I dont understand how to get my radio to link to a repeater
The repeaters I describe are for amateur radios that have settings for getting into the repeaters. You would need an amateur radio license to use them. I have heard of GMRS repeaters i don’t know anything about them so can’t help you there. Have fun though with your GMRS radios.
@@hamradiocomms thanks for the reply. I figured it out. It's just like Ham. My local gmrs repeater uses 67.0 khz tone. On 462.600 mhz. The guy has it on a 200 foot tower with 38 watts output. Can get up to 50 miles put of it based on how good you line of site it. Not to bad. I wished I had my ham license but too afraid to take the test.
Tiffany Edens That’s great tjat you’re able to get into the GMRS repeater! Sounds like a good one too with that being high up and lots of power. I don’t blame you about taking the radio test, I’m thinking of upgrading my license but I’m going to wait until it’s safe. You can listen though to local repeaters especially if there are many in your area, and there is often interesting radio discussions on some of them.
@@hamradiocomms Yes that they are. I've heard of some interesting things on there. Haha. I'm just gonna study the tech part and give it a run. All I can do is fail right? Lol I wont know unless I try. Anyway you have a good one This is WRJX377 signing off!
Tiffany Edens I was a tech for 12 years, there’s so much you can do with it, so many bands its great and the test isn’t too hard, I’m sure you’ll do fine. Take care and have fun.
Thanks for some great information!
thanks for the great video
Very helpful for this new ham. Thanks for posting.
73,
KC3GVX
Are radios with roger beeps and echo acceptable?
skot373 nobody likes listening to echoes
Hey I recognize your voice, HI there NAMBLA Member 221 this is V1AAKA
Can you talk with HF to lets say a family member who also has HF but lives in another state? I got my technician license but thinking of getting General.
Sorry, I just saw this. Yes, General will get you on the lower HF bands that allow you to talk to almost any state on at least one of the bands during most times of the day.
Thank you
Your welcome! Thanks for watching
You say break and then they will acknowledge you.
Jesse Apple lol that’s funny, the use of 10 codes will get you recognized too.
Being new, Im actually not interested in ham becoming a “primary” type hobby, so joining and being active in a club at this point isn’t appealing to me. With that being said, I would like to take some time to meet some of the other operators at various events. I would also like to contribute financially to the maintenance of a couple local repeaters. What is the best way to go about paying my dues, so to speak, without being an active club member?
Most of the events are going to be Field day, ham fests, and Dayton Hamvention in Ohio. Giving back in the form of helping boy scouts with equipment for budding operators would be a great idea.
Awesome video....thanks so much KC4AJF ATLANTA
KI4QVO originally from Atlanta
Your video is not in focus.
To focus, you zoom all the way in to what you want to view, focus until its clear, then zoom out.
It's called "focus pulling"
Thank you... this is an older video with a different camera, my newer videos are in focus. In this video there is nothing to look at anyway! Its all about the audio content. Thanks for watching, or in this video, thanks for listening!
Thanks for the tips!
You're welcome! thanks for watching.
you could do a video to show us how to hook up a mobile 12V unit indoors, like you have there.
Thats a great idea... i have lived in many different places with different antennas indoor and outdoor antenna, battery and power supply set-ups, i suppose that would be useful... thanks for watching and the comment!
@@hamradiocomms I'd just bring in a hot car battery (charged, not stolen LOL) and just hook red to red and black to ground? I'd like to know if there's something we can use for a power source besides hooking it straight to the battery...perhaps you have a better idea.
trid2bnrml It’s not a good idea to use car batteries they are only good for starting engines, marine batteries are better but most are very heavy ... 12v 35ahr GEL cell that are used for golf carts etc are perfect, cost about $70 and last a long time and radio fused cable can be directly connected or use power poles. And can be used during power outage. I generally use a 20A power supply at home.
Hit the my bell notification icon and you’ll get notified when i upload my next video that will be all about home power antennas etc for base station vhf/uhf operations.
@@hamradiocomms - Now see that? Another bit of useful info. I already thumped the bell, thanks...
great video and thanks for the info :)
Well done and good info.
Thank you! and thanks for watching..
Be sure to spell your name phonetically using non-standard phonetics even if it's a common name because it sounds "hammy". Also be sure to say things like "over, back to you and go ahead" even when you are using a repeater with a courtesy tone because you heard them do it in an old movie once. And definitely be sure to repeatedly say "roger that or copy that" over and over until people become ill and turn their radios off in disgust. And finally, when you arrive at your destination be sure to tell everyone that you are "destinated" because hams are legally authorized to invent their own words. You get the picture. 😅🙈😒
Roger that and ten four good buddy, over
Yes good evening hi hi that's a good analogy you wouldn't say LOL Envoy she just laughs but hi hi hi hi means humor intended hi
tx for sharing, good insight KK6BIB 73
Thanks!
Breaker Breaker!
Argh!!!
Thanks man... good stuff especially since I just got Tech.... studying for General at this time KE0UXE
Thanks! and thanks for watching, I'm glad you liked it..
Good luck on your General exam!
73,
N1UHF
thx for sharing
Great Information W3BHE
Thanks! and thanks for watching..
Ed, N1UHF
do you need a dmr id and callsign to use a dmr radio like the retevis rt82
You will need a valid amateur radio license.
I just find the rituals that come with repeater use is getting old. How many times in a 10 minute span are you going to repeat your call sign. Once every 10 minutes. Enough already!
Awesome video
Thank you! I appreciate it.. 73
Ed N1UHF
Hehe good one
A little Italian heritage there? :)
Yes I'm part Italian, 25%! Especially my hands when I talk.. Lol
what is a D Star system? You mention it like we know what it is????
D-STAR was the first digital mode on repeaters for hams almost 20 yrs ago. Now we have C4FM and DMR digital repeaters as well very common.
It’s a big subject in itself, there are some great videos here on vhf / uhf digital modes.
Thanks for the questions and for watching!
@@hamradiocomms Thank you again.
Good content, but lacking focus LOL😉
What does it mean "requires logon?" How do you do that?
I need more information... what does “it” refer too?
@@hamradiocomms I saw it on the popup of the repeater site in your video.
David Englund - Video Spotlights Oh ok... I have Ads on my videos, so it must have been an ad for something but I have no idea what ad you saw I don’t get notified what ads show so I don’t know what you saw unfortunately.
Thanks for watching my video on repeaters.
@@hamradiocomms See this video: ruclips.net/video/AQTQptqusfc/видео.html at 16:47 he shows a ID tag for WRBW318 that says "Tone In: Login Required." That's what I'm asking about. How does one do this? Thanks!
@@davidenglund HI david, that map is run by www.mygmrs.com GMRS repeater directory and forum website. You just have to go to that website and register and then you'll have the login info required to see the in & out tones etc..
Yes...
What part of Maine?
Sorry for the late reply.... I'm located in the Augusta area
Is a repeater like a hub or a tower?
Hi. For amateur radio, and many other radio services a repeater is a collection of machines that take a weaker signal in and repeat the signal out from a high location like a tower, high building, mountain, etc so that a mobile radio, base station, and / or handheld portable radio can all communicate with each other even if on other sides of mountain or far distance from each other. The repeater consists of built in radios, repeater controller, duplexers, antenna, often tower and is quite costly so is often paid for and managed by clubs or organizations but sometimes ham radio operator who pays for everything themselves as a hobby.
@@hamradiocomms so it can act as a relay station or just a base station for people to communicate to as an inbetween point for people who are at opposite ends?
A A yes, it basically extends the range for everyone and acts as a meeting place on the frequency the the repeater is programmed for and is published in books or online these days as a repeater list. If u checked out www.nerepeaters.com u can see listings for new england for example on this list by band. It has location freq etc and who owns it by call sign.
Don't be that guy who could time out 80 meters, either.
How about the term "copy?"?
No problem, copy has been used forever in Morse, and later on voice as well. Used on HF and repeaters.. usually during traffic, as in "I copy" or "did you copy?" or someone very weak into the repeater may say "do you copy me?"
Thanks for watching and the question.
hamradiocomms, thank you!
Also subscribed. I'm very much interested in becoming licensed, may start with GMRS. A bit of activity in my area, quite a few GMRS repeaters.
Where in Maine do you live?
Augusta
I would rather say CQ CQ CQ than CALLING ANY STATION, CALLING ANY STATION, CALLING ANY STATION. So I guess there is some wiggle room.
Actually both are frowned upon and not used on any repeaters I know of.. HF is the CQ CQ CQ or calling any station, and totally agree on HF say CQ CQ CQ or better yet have a digital recording in the radio do it automatically if during a contest.
On VHF / UHF repeaters the acceptable etiquette still after 7 yrs when I made the video is: "my call sign, listening" or "call sign , mobile" or " good morning, call sign monitoring" etc.. even though FCC doesn't require call sign given at the start, most repeater owners and users like it in the beginning.
The people you can't understand are probably pilots ;)
Thanks for the great advice! KG7CUY
But you're supposed to announce your call sign at least every 10 minutes
That’s right! Why, did you mention this, did you think I said something in the video?
I could be wrong but I don’t remember hearing that specific Bit of information
@@ubergeek318 hi, I"m not sure, i made it 5 yrs ago, but it's about etiquette not the amatuer radio regulations so it's possible I didn't.. I thought I mentioned not giving the call sign too much, like every transmission instead of every 10m so I might have ?? someday I listen to it again! In the mean time: The call sign is not required at the beginning, then every ten minutes, and then at the end, per regulations. It's polite on the repeaters to give it in the beginning..
thanks for the comment and for watching!