Hi Group,

Sorry, part 97 says nothing about signing at the beginning of a 
transmission. It is good practice to do so, but by law it is not required.

In addition, we had a controversy at a local club years ago concerning 
whether it is OK to sign with a partial callsign on a repeater when 
trying to break into a QSO.  One of the old timers said it wasn't.  He 
was persistent about it, so we actually wrote to Riley Hollingsworth and 
he wrote back stating definitively that it _was OK_ to do so.  The old 
timer still persisted and this and other reasons actually resulted in 
his removal from the club and repeater privileges.  He used to yell 
'illegal transmission' every time anyone signed on with a partial 
callsign.  And after the Hollingworth directive was read over the 
repeater net and he still wouldn't back off, he was canned.



On 2/1/2016 8:39 AM, Wayne Genz wrote:
> Good morning Tom, I am a fairly new ham and I remember that the rules state
> you have to ID when you come up on frequency, every ten minutes, and at the
> end of the transmission when you sign. A wise man once told me that you
> could even sign at the end of each transmission segment for good practice.
> If you did this the ten minute rule would be covered in case you get a
> operator who gets a little long winded. I have found my self not remembering
> every ten minutes because the qso is going so well that breaking the
> conservation would ruin the flow. I also  just now remember that you should
> state the other stations call every couple of turns at the mike.  Wayne
> wa2usm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Tom Behler
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 7:46 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: identification requirements/
>
> What is interesting is that, say in a contest, if a station  is responding
> to a CQ, the responding station often gives its call, and then after the
> station calling CQ gives its report, the responding station gives its
> report.  When responding to a contest CQ, I always used to put my call sign
> at the end of the transmission where I give my report, but no one seems to
> do that any more.  Then again, contest contacts are so short that it may not
> matter.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Ron Canazzi
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 12:16 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: identification requirements/
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> As far back as I can remember, the only requirement for US hams as far as
> call sign identification is to state your call sign every ten minutes and at
> the end of your transmission.  By end of transmission, I mean just before
> you sign off.
>
>
> On 1/31/2016 11:06 PM, Tom Fowle wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> Now I get to slightly embarrass my self.
>> Are U.S. licensed hams still required to send both own call and call
>> of station with whom we're attempting to communicate both at beginning
>> and end of exchange? as well as every 10 minutes during long qsos?
>> TNX&73
>> Tom Fowle WA6IVG
>>
>