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Comments such as "73 ol' buddy have a nice day" (unidentified of course), after the NCS has acknowledged a station, or after a station has ended his/her transmission, is a bad habit and only slows down a net and causes confusion. (What if everyone did it?) If you wish to make a contact, say "contact" or your call sign (or hail sign if in Morse) and wait until recognized by net control. (The term "break" should be reserved for emergency traffic only.)
Another common "gripe" is: People who checking into a net by "proxies."
Example: "Check me into the net tonight. I'm going bowling!"
You are either participating and available in a net...or you are NOT. It is acceptable (if you must) to have another operator say: "Elmer, W1--- said to tell everyone hello and that he's sorry he can't be on the net tonight. He will be on next week."
Another common example of poor operating is the failure to identify at the end of transmission (when a station/operator is done and/or is not expected to return to the net within ten minutes.)
If we all use the proword "OVER"... and there will be a lot less guesswork and "doubling".
(On CW, Morse operators always (well almost always) send the prosign: "K" or "KN")
Establish two-way contact before you start yakking. (Not needed on repeaters with a "courtesy tone".)
ALWAYS make sure that the calling station doesn't have some urgent message before you launch into a long spiel.*)
If someone says "I have EMERGENCY traffic." (9 out of 10 times these are NOT an actual emergency). Ask "state the emergency?"
Example: Reporting a stranded motorist is not an emergency...unless of course the motorist is well along in labor!
All these examples of poor operating on 'phone would be avoided if operators would first ask yourself:
"Would I send all that I am saying if I were on CW?"
TACTICAL CALL SIGNS -- HOW, WHY and WHEN?
FOR REVIEW -
• OPERATING PROCEDURES: www.wrrl.org:80/operating/
• PHONETICS: www.wrrl.org/operating/itu_phonetics.htm
*HONE YOUR 'PHONE OPERATING SKILLS Part I was in the February 2007 EM: www.emcomm.org/em/february2007.htm
HONE YOUR 'PHONE OPERATING SKILLS Part II was in the March 2007 EM: www.emcomm.org/em/march2007.htm
** Spiel: "to talk volubly or extravagantly."
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73 Jerry N9LYA@N9LYA.#SIN.IN.USA.NA
Posted with persmission of Emcomm Monthly.
"Reproduced Courtesy of Emcomm Monthly and the WRRL"
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