Your call + "testing" is fine. If a kerchunk is good enough for you to confirm that you have solid communications in the first place, just make the transmission legal and if someone replies, great. If they don't, fine too.
I always reply to "radio check" requests that "I have mine!", and when people say "for ID" I ask them what else they might be using their callsign for, and "handle" I tell them my handles are on the pots and pans in my kitchen, too... so I guess I'm turning into a repeater curmudgeon! (GRIN!) I do the above NICELY, of course... and have a real conversation with them anyway, tell 'em they sound fine, or that the wet noodle of a rubber duck that's on their HT just isn't going to cut it, or whatever... Nate WY0X -----Original Message----- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dave Gomberg Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 8:24 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Repeater Kerchunk At 05:13 3/16/2009, Joe wrote: >If you start to worry about the kerchunkers your going to drive yourself >crazy. I've had several repeaters for years and have learned that the >kerchunkers are usually someone who has just discovered your repeater >and want to know how it covers an area. I admit that on occasion I have thought of kerchunking because I check into several nets where I am at the limit of the repeater's coverage. I would kerchunk to see if I am in range or need to move a bit. I am attempting to take as little resource as possible. Would it be better for me to give my call, hope someone comes back, and ask for a signal report? -- Dave Gomberg, San Francisco NE5EE gomberg1 at wcf dot com All addresses, phones, etc. at http://www.wcf.com/ham/info.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
