Brand New User - Trying a repeater out - owner has rules that I need help with.

[WSEZ526]

First, Thank you for your help.  I'm brand new to GMRS with no radio background.  I've learned and have been able to connect to a local repeater.  Before sending a message I'm leery about causing frustration to the repeater owner as well as others.  The owner has a few rules to make use more enjoyable for all.  These are their words and the bolded areas are the areas I don't know what it means.

1.  Please use polite communications protocols (no fowl language, etc.) at all times, and ID with your GMRS callsign as required (IE: whenever keying the repeater, when making/ending a conversation and every 15 minutes during any lengthy conversations).

2.  If your radio has any ANI, MDC or other transmitted tones other than PL/CTCSS (especially those "FRS" warble tones) PLEASE TURN THEM OFF! Very annoying to hear that on a repeater, as they serve no purpose whatsoever. The repeater already has a courtesy tone at the end of every transmission, so no other tones are needed or welcome.

Please teach me.  I have a rugged radio hand held gmr2 plus, if that matters. 

[LeoG]

Keying the repeater is just "using the repeater"  He wants you to ID with your call sign when you first use the repeater and then again when you are done using the repeater.  If you are talking with someone a long time, every 15 minutes you need to ID using your call sign.  That's just standard FCC protocol.

Radios are capable of putting out multiple sets of tones to activate or ID or call another radio.  And there's a thing called a Roger Beep that usually goes off when you release the PTT button to let the other party know you are done talking.  It takes the place of saying "over" at the end of each conversation.  Since you are new to the radio world it's very doubtful you have any of these programmed into your radio other than the PL tone which is used to activate the repeater.

[SteveShannon]

1 hour ago, WSEZ526 said:

1.  Please use polite communications protocols (no fowl language, etc.) at all times, and ID with your GMRS callsign as required (IE: whenever keying the repeater, when making/ending a conversation and every 15 minutes during any lengthy conversations).

There’s something that some people do when testing to see if they are on a repeater. It’s called “kerchunking” and it simply refers to clicking the PTT without saying anything, which caused the mechanical transmit/receive relay in older equipment to make a clack-clack or kerchunk sound. Most repeater owners (and many people who monitor the repeater during the day don’t appreciate that, so this owner is gently urging people to identify themselves rather than simply kerchunking.  So, simply say “WSEZ526 testing”.

[WSEZ526]

Educated! Thanks so much for the kind replies.  I'm on my way!

[WRVR303]

The Roger Beep may be on by default on your radio. Function shortcut F+7 toggles in on and off.