Ron,
didn't mean to i
mply any sympathy for the offender he was obviously a jerk 
Tom Fowle WA6IVG
On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 12:26:58AM -0500, Ron Canazzi wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> 
> Well, if you knew the guy, you might feel differently.  It wasn't just 
> over this issue.  He always looked down upon new hams and on one 
> occasion on the repeater during rush hour, because of a miner 
> infringement by 2 new blind hams, he said: "I don't know where these 
> blind folks got their licenses from--must have been from a cracker jack 
> box."
> 
> 
> On 2/1/2016 10:25 PM, Tom Fowle wrote:
> > Ron,
> > I don't often recall folks using partial call signs except very casually,
> > but I'm surprised Riley cleared it. Really too bad about the guy who got
> > himself canned over such a minor deal.
> >
> > Shows how we start wars doesn't it.
> >
> > Sure wish the FCC had found somebody of Riley's caliber to replace him.  The
> > current folks probably do their best but not having that real world presence
> > is a shame.
> >
> > Tom Fowle WA6IVG
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 09:56:59AM -0500, Ron Canazzi wrote:
> >> 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
> >>>>
> >