satzmichael

Please advise: What is the proper procedure for one licensed GMRS user to call another when both have licenses? In other words, I am new, what is the proper way to call another licensed user? Do I say xxxx123 to xxxx321, Michael to John, or radio check? What is the proper procedure to call a known person, or an unknown person, i.e. "Hey, is anyone using this frequency?"
 
Please don't respond with jargon or abbreviations, I am new and have no idea what a "travel tone, PL, off-set," or any of the other terms bantered about are on this site... hopefully, I'll learn them shortly, but for example, I'm trying to connect up to the Ft Lauderdale, FL Repeater... I can hear it (sometimes), sometimes I hear morse, but can't seem to activate it as I can't hear it back on another HT (I just learned that term!) So, what's the way I should "call" to see if anyone can hear me? 

It is amazing to me the depth of information on this site for the newly licensed user! Awesome job guys! 
 
Michael S

Probably... Walkie-Talkie generally is used to refer to the cheapo FRS radios. Of course, there is no US department of radio nomenclature, so you are free do use whatever terms you want, even if it does annoy the natives.

HT, from Motorola’s Handie-Talkie, or just Hand-Held, are commonly used terms. Welcome aboard.

Our "Travel Tone" is again active, however we are still catching a small amount of illegal interference. If you have trouble with that tone, let me know and I will give you an alternative.