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  • Re: Ring Around the Net

    From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Mortar M. on Tue Feb 3 17:47:27 2026
    That's a supposition, but I do see a lot of "Hi, bye"s on
    traffic nets. I never got that. If you don't have any
    traffic, why check in? I've heard TNs that get maybe 10
    check-ins, and nobody has traffic, so the net ends. There's 10
    min. wasted.

    Exactly. When I check into a net, I try to stay around, so I won't
    miss important information.

    As I noted in another post, "patience is a virtue" in ham radio,
    but so many ham radio operators don't have it...as they're in a rush
    to get off to another net they HAVE to checkin to.

    Now, I can understand being "short time", as you're going out on
    errands, etc.

    But, the stations you talked about are basically "in and outs".

    Daryl

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  • From Rug Rat@1:135/250 to Mortar M. on Thu Feb 5 13:51:46 2026
    On Wed 28-Jan-2026 11:04a, Mortar M.@1:124/5016.0 said to Daryl Stout:

    That's a supposition, but I do see a lot of "Hi, bye"s on traffic nets. I never got that. If you don't have any traffic, why check in? I've heard TNs that get maybe 10 check-ins, and nobody has traffic, so the net ends. There's 10 min. wasted.

    LOL. That sounds like some people who check in / out on the weekly East Coast Reflector Trivia net. Of all the nets that this is superfluous on this would be the one where it is the most.

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