Ham Radio Repeater Etiquette: Don't be a Dunderhead - HRU S1E12

When new people get into Ham Radio many of them are afraid to get on a local repeater because they do not know what the Etiquette is on a Ham Radio Repeater.
There are no hard and fast rules except for the FCC rules. But there are some common etiquette items that are pretty common across most Amateur Radio Repeaters/
Over the last few years a couple of us have created a Ham Radio Repeater Etiquette Guide and it has been up on a few websites. In this video I am going to walk through the Ham Radio Repeater Etiquette. Why read when you can watch and listen
Please comment below, I would love your feedback..
Links:
The Etiquette Page on the maWCG Website: mawcg.org/repeater-etiquette/
Timestamps:
1:35 - Kerchunking
3:01 - FCC Regulations
3:19 - Language
3:35 - Conflicts
3:57 - Not CB Radio
4:24 - Politics and Religion
4:38 - Health and Medicine
4:50 - Listen
5:45 - Maliscous Interference
6:18 - Minimum Power
7:03 - Repeater Hogging
7:55 - Leave Space
8:34 - Announcing You Are Available
9:42 - Starting a QSO
11:33 - Breaking into a QSO
12:07 - Signal Reports
13:05 - Events
13:44 - Demo
14:21 - Nets and Round Table QSOs
15:08 - Linked Repeaters
15:55 - DMR Etiquette
16:52 - D-Star Etiquette
18:24 - Cross-Band Repeat
More:
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[@matthewlyons8783]

This was a great video. It was super informative without being preachy. Well done Sir.

[@BelmontPOC]

Great information. Can you explain how I should end a conversation? When I am done making a contact, If I am not the last person to end the conversation, I say my call sign followed by "out." If I am the last person to leave the conversation, I end with my call sign followed by "Clear" to notify others that the frequency is clear. Is this proper, or is there some other way I should be ending a conversation?
Also, I was monitoring a repeater on Echo Link. The station operator hit me up about an hour later asking if I was still on as he did not hear me sign off. Is it proper etiquette to sign off from a frequency when you are done monitoring?

[@carguy9934]

Talking too fast. Difficult to understand sometimes.

[@johnpentony]

What a terrible comment.