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 AG> i'd say that's sufficient to understand the concept. only
 AG> mostly they just throw out their callsign ("check in"), say hi,
 AG> perhaps answer some sort of question. (think: "what's your
 AG> favorite dinner to make on a cold night?") and then go about
 AG> their lives.

  Those are what I call "Hi, Bye, And QSY" (hello, goodbye, I'm going
to another net to checkin that's meeting at the same time as this one").

  The main reason I like to hear folks checkin, is that it lets us know
that they're still "on this side of the grass", and not "A Silent Key".

 AG> i don't check in to those very often because it's BO-RING. much
 AG> better talking to the people who get on every day or so and
 AG> actually chat

  It depends on what net you're talking about it. I do a weekly net on
Trains And Railroading...and there are other nets on cooking, computers,
RV's/Camping, Astronomy, and more.

Daryl, N5VLZ

... If you hear an onion ring, please answer it.
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