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Repeater Etiquette - Calling family / same callsign
savery replied to savery's topic in General Discussion
Technically by the CFR you don't even need to identify at the beginning. You could technically broadcast "Hey sis, you out there?" as long as you both identify yourself at the end of the conversation and every 15 minutes.... but the regs and etiquette are not the same I've spoken to the repeater owner and will follow their guidelines for use which is quite relaxed fortunately. -
The repeater that I use runs on solar and battery for this reason Also, I'm new too, so welcome to all who are also newbies like me. I found that everything was very quiet until I jumped on a local repeater - all it took was a radio check and met some (so far) great folks on air. Don't give up if it seems quiet. Simply announce occasionally that you are listening or ask for a radio check and you might very well find someone else lurking.
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Repeater Etiquette - Calling family / same callsign
savery replied to savery's topic in General Discussion
Thanks for the tips. We're going with ABCD123 {name} as that seems to make the most sense and allows us to listen for our names. Now to figure out the rest of the logistics and fun... There's a great repeater I can hit from the house on the handheld that I can't get most of the areas we go in the car.. so now I have to look at options to make it work in the car haha.. At least I have the callsign bit figured out! -
I understand the basic etiquette for announcing ID, and the rules for use etc.. but I can't find anything on etiquette for using a public repeater and calling family with the same callsign. If we had different callsigns, we would do xxx123, xxx456 (caller being 456). Would we do "xxx123 joe, xxx123 jane"? Or is it acceptable to do something like "xxx123 joe, this is jane"?
