Over use of call sign announcements on GMRS

[WRKC935]

Well, I am with Randy,,,, yet again,, and this REALLY needs to stop.

You are going to find clowns that think they are calling for the release of nuclear weapons from NORAD when they get on the radio.  And that sort of operational technique does need to be called out so it can be corrected. 

This can be done politely, by gently reminding the operator that their call sign as issued is WRKC935 and NOT Whiskey Romeo.... you are operating on an FM repeater with good quality audio and the phonetics are not needed.

Or, 'YOU AIN'T CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS YOU CLOWN.  STOP WITH THE FING PHONETICS ON THE FING REPEATER AND TAKE YOU SORRY A DOWN ON THE HAM BANDS WHERE THE REST OF THE CLOWNS ARE HOLDING COURT.'

One of course is a bit less direct than the other.  And occasionally the phonetics are needed from the guy that rattles his call sign off like he's selling cattle at an auction. 

Of course, 'HEY DUMBSHT, this ain't a Barrett Jackon auction and you ain't selling a Superbird.  You wanna repeat that for the rest of use that don't speak auctioneer?'

Again, the phonetic route in this case is probably better.  Depends on if you own the repeater or not, and if you want anyone using it or not.  Do that on someone else's repeater, especially to the owner of that repeater and he might decide that you need to tune to a channel other than his and kick rocks. 

 

[OffRoaderX]

1 hour ago, WSEL330 said:

I was brought into radio protocol via the military. The lessons are hard to break

I gay-rhun-tee that 98% of the guys doing this have never been in the military, nor would they even be fit to join.

[WSEL330]

Noted

[H8SPVMT]

On 7/11/2025 at 9:11 PM, SvenMarbles said:

It kind of seems to me like so many social GMRS users are eager to shout out their call signs on the air. 
 

Why?

 

is it like a radio-cool thing? Or you just genuinely want to shout out your home address to goobers with mustard stains on their shorts?

It’s also legal to run it off in fast CW and ASSUREDLY no GMRS users would know how to deal with it. Legal.

Your license situation is between you and the FCC. You don’t need to share it with every mouth breather on the air…

Life is too short to argue with total strangers on the internet.

[UncleYoda]

37 minutes ago, WRKC935 said:

Well, I am with Randy,,,, yet again

Too bad guys, it doesn't break any rules... deal wid it.  (My user ID here is based on phonetics and I don't intend to ID as a uniform yankee.)

[WRKC935]

45 minutes ago, SvenMarbles said:

It’s simple. If you’re not with a concerned group of people with utility of the GMRS service. Beat it…

It’s not a radio AOL chat room. It’s concerned groups and families doing THINGS. 
 
Don’t clog up a repeater pair with your money if you’re not with that vibe. 
 

The technicians class and the 440 is SOOO available for you guys…  And you’re right at home there. You can just pour over your latest dialysis treatments and all the rest, and they’ll hang on your every word.  
 

But the GMRS/FRS is just for the groups, friends, and families just trying to keep in touch in the field. It’s wives, 13 year old girls, and dads. 
 

If you made a repeater, and this type of traffic isn’t welcome, then actually… YOU need to vacate. Free up that repeater pair for the 5 watt repeaters that actually need to be there..

So there it is.  Control, and the fact you have none. 

And other GMRS operators trying to move in on your woman.  Maybe it is effecting things in the bedroom.  Maybe I shouldn't have gone there.  NAAA, your a control freak and want ALL GMRS users to conform to your interpretation of the service.  That ain't happening. And worrying about guys that use phonetics for their call signs as a rule... your concerned about them?  They ain't seen female reproductive parts since they were born and women don't speak to them like that unless they are getting paid to do so.  That's who you are worried about.  There are little blue pills for that if you aren't taking care of things  yourself to the point those people are a concern. 

Because it is now an AOL chat room.  It's being used as a social communications platform, like it or not.  If you don't like it, call the FCC and turn them in.  They will laugh at you same as we are.  And they will do NOTHING. 

And telling me to take MY repeater down.... again, keep hoping, but I will tell you that ain't happening either.  I invite all users and all types of traffic to my machine.  If YOU don't like the content, the channel knob is right there on the front of your radio.  Go elsewhere.

 

 

[WRTC928]

43 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said:

I gay-rhun-tee that 98% of the guys doing this have never been in the military, nor would they even be fit to join.

I don't know about "those guys", but I know that after 33 years in uniform, it feels a lot more natural to use it than not. On GMRS, I try not to use it for the sake of the butthurt crybabies who'll take offense, but sometimes it slips out anyway.

[OffRoaderX]

12 minutes ago, WRTC928 said:

On GMRS, I try not to use it for the sake of the butthurt crybabies who'll take offense

They/we are neither butt-hurt nor (usually) crybabies.. We're simply amazed by how stupid "some people" sound when they do this and how incapable they are of 1) reading the room  and 2) adhering to social norms...

But for those that insist on making themselves sound like retards and doing it anyway either through force of habit (2%) or because they are socially/emotionally/mentally broken (97%), and dont "get it" when everyone is laughing at them, more power to them..

[WRXL702]

Wow - This Entire Forum Post Is Way Better Than Jerry Springer Reruns......

Maybe Randy Could Convert It To A Comical Video So All Could Watch & Not Have To Read The BS Attitudes........

[OffRoaderX]

18 minutes ago, WRXL702 said:

Maybe Randy Could Convert It To A Comical Video

Sir, I am a serious Youtuber.. I don't "do" comical videos as they are beneath me and my audience.

[WRXL702]

27 minutes ago, OffRoaderX said:

Sir, I am a serious Youtuber.. I don't "do" comical videos as they are beneath me and my audience.

Could Have Fooled Me......LOL

"Some People" Have A Different Opinion On That - Many Folks Enjoy Your Comical Videos......

[SvenMarbles]

1 hour ago, WRKC935 said:

So there it is.  Control, and the fact you have none. 

And other GMRS operators trying to move in on your woman.  Maybe it is effecting things in the bedroom.  Maybe I shouldn't have gone there.  NAAA, your a control freak and want ALL GMRS users to conform to your interpretation of the service.  That ain't happening. And worrying about guys that use phonetics for their call signs as a rule... your concerned about them?  They ain't seen female reproductive parts since they were born and women don't speak to them like that unless they are getting paid to do so.  That's who you are worried about.  There are little blue pills for that if you aren't taking care of things  yourself to the point those people are a concern. 

Because it is now an AOL chat room.  It's being used as a social communications platform, like it or not.  If you don't like it, call the FCC and turn them in.  They will laugh at you same as we are.  And they will do NOTHING. 

And telling me to take MY repeater down.... again, keep hoping, but I will tell you that ain't happening either.  I invite all users and all types of traffic to my machine.  If YOU don't like the content, the channel knob is right there on the front of your radio.  Go 

[SvenMarbles]

6 minutes ago, SvenMarbles said:

1 hour ago, WRKC935 said:

So there it is.  Control, and the fact you have none. 

And other GMRS operators trying to move in on your woman.  Maybe it is effecting things in the bedroom.  Maybe I shouldn't have gone there.  NAAA, your a control freak and want ALL GMRS users to conform to your interpretation of the service.  That ain't happening. And worrying about guys that use phonetics for their call signs as a rule... your concerned about them?  They ain't seen female reproductive parts since they were born and women don't speak to them like that unless they are getting paid to do so.  That's who you are worried about.  There are little blue pills for that if you aren't taking care of things  yourself to the point those people are a concern. 

Because it is now an AOL chat room.  It's being used as a social communications platform, like it or not.  If you don't like it, call the FCC and turn them in.  They will laugh at you same as we are.  And they will do NOTHING. I actually love men and it haunts me. I find peace by finding companionship on the radio. 

And telling me to take MY repeater down.... again, keep hoping, but I will tell you that ain't happening either.  I invite all users and all types of traffic to my machine.  If YOU don't like the content, the channel knob is right there on the front of your radio.  Go 

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I get it.. You’re vested in your GMRS situation and identity.

You should meditate on it. 
 

You actuate out of bounds. 

[UncleYoda]

I don't think it's comical or anything like the Jerry Springer garbage.  I think it is a typical example of what the situation is here on the forum and on the air.  We all have our opinions but nobody has any authority, so we deal with this anarchy.  Some want to ignore rules that aren't enforced by the Feds.  Others (repeater owners) want to make up their own rules with the idea they can enforce whatever restrictions they choose.  Neither is good.  I can just stick to simplex where I am the master of my domain and I do things my way within the Fed regs.

[WSEL330]

I don't get it (sitting back nawing on crayons) Tick, tick...Am I a Retard or am I being controlled by the man, I mean the HAM...WOW, my  life just shuttered like an old truck on ice. Man, this site is tipping my flat little world!

[OffRoaderX]

42 minutes ago, UncleYoda said:

where I am the king of my domain and I do things

"master"...

[WRYZ926]

WOW!!!

Looks like some people could use a Snickers Bar about now. We can't blame it on people being cooped up in the house due to cold weather either.

We aren't sticklers on the use of call signs on our repeater. You can either give your call sign at the beginning of your first transmission or at the end of your first transmission. I know the rules only state every 15 minutes and at the end of the conversation. But it's a curtesy to give it in the first transmission since we have a lot of people with the same names or they sound similar on the radio. It makes it easier to know who we are talking to.

The only time we say anything about someone NOT using a call sign is if they are kerchunking the repeater. It' not hard to just say "your call sign testing".

And if they want to give their call sign at the end of every transmission, we won't say much about that either. This is especially true if there are a few of us on the repeater talking as a group..

To each their own. 

[WRTC928]

3 hours ago, OffRoaderX said:

They/we are neither butt-hurt nor (usually) crybabies..

Sure...keep telling yourself that...while you're literally complaining about something that matters less than the color of your socks.  

[marcspaz]

It's not so much complaining, more sharing an opinion.  It drives me nuts, too.  Its actually a topic I cover briefly in all of my training classes.

[LeoG]

2 hours ago, WRYZ926 said:

WOW!!!

Looks like some people could use a Snickers Bar about now. We can't blame it on people being cooped up in the house due to cold weather either.

We aren't sticklers on the use of call signs on our repeater. You can either give your call sign at the beginning of your first transmission or at the end of your first transmission. I know the rules only state every 15 minutes and at the end of the conversation. But it's a curtesy to give it in the first transmission since we have a lot of people with the same names or they sound similar on the radio. It makes it easier to know who we are talking to.

The only time we say anything about someone NOT using a call sign is if they are kerchunking the repeater. It' not hard to just say "your call sign testing".

And if they want to give their call sign at the end of every transmission, we won't say much about that either. This is especially true if there are a few of us on the repeater talking as a group..

To each their own. 

That's why we have 3 digit IDs that are sequential as you join the group.

[WRYZ926]

54 minutes ago, LeoG said:

That's why we have 3 digit IDs that are sequential as you join the group.

Everyone does things a little different. Go with what works for you and your repeater.