Hmmm ... I was, last time I checked. (grin) Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]> Amateur Radio: < K 7 U I J > On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Don Bishop wrote: > Nothing, as far as I know, unless you're not really k 7 u i j. <smile> > > Don > > On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:08:24 -0700, Mike Freeman wrote: > > >I still like CQ but, as everyone has correctly pointed out, that's not > >accepted usage these days. > > > >So what's wrong with: "K 7 U I J here! Anyone wanna gab?" > > > >Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]> > >Amateur Radio: < K 7 U I J > > > > >On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Don Bishop wrote: > > > >> Well, I don't see anything wrong with "monitoring". After all, if > >> you're kind of interested in talking to anybody you probably will > >> indeed be monitoring to see if anybody comes back or whatever. I > >> suppose you could call cqcq and give your call and then say monitoring, > >> but that's probably overkill to say the least. <smile> > >> > >> Or you could also say something like: > >> > >> "this is W6SMB on channel; anybody around?" > >> > >> But then I suppose we could get into a discussion of whether you're on > >> frequency or chanel, at which point I think I'll just go back to 20 cw. > >> > >> Don W6SMB > >> >