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    From Mortar M.@1:124/5016 to Daryl Stout on Thu Jan 8 14:32:20 2026
    Re: Re: Pet peves
    By: Daryl Stout to Rug Rat on Wed Jan 07 2026 17:16:25

    The thing is, if you have a bad connection, you have no idea where they are in that rotation. I don't check into that net when that person is net control.

    Not quite sure what your saying (must be a bad connection :D ) but if your referring heavy QRM/N, it doesn't matter what format the net's using, it falls to NC to decide who's next.

    If your referring to joining a round-robin net after its begun, NC'll add you to the end of the list and let you in soon as it gets to you.
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Mortar M. on Tue Jan 27 22:11:56 2026
    Not quite sure what your saying (must be a bad connection :D )
    but if your referring heavy QRM/N, it doesn't matter what
    format the net's using, it falls to NC to decide who's next.

    What happens is that the node drops out...although I've been on
    nets where the station dropped out due to battery failure, or they
    were accessing the app on their smartphone, and a call came in.

    If your referring to joining a round-robin net after its begun,
    NC'll add you to the end of the list and let you in soon as it
    gets to you.

    The thing that irks me though, is that many of them are a bunch
    of impatient net-hoppers. They feel it's a crime or mortal sin if
    they miss checking into a net...so they have to try to check into
    every net in existence that day or evening. These are what I call
    "Hi, Bye, and QSY checkins".

    Daryl, N5VLZ

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  • From Mortar M.@1:124/5016 to Daryl Stout on Wed Jan 28 11:04:47 2026
    Re: Re: Ring Around the Net
    By: Daryl Stout to Mortar M. on Tue Jan 27 2026 22:11:56

    They feel it's a crime or mortal sin if they miss checking into a net...so they have to try to check into every net in existence that day or evening. These are what I call "Hi, Bye, and QSY DS> checkins".

    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.
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  • 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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