Thanks for bringing this up Michael. I don't know how many times I have been called and don't know how to reply or missed capturing the call sign. Setting the TX MSG to STEVE UR=K5CTX B or REG 4 B (as applicable) really helps and many radios store the RX TX Message. 73, Steve
--- In [email protected], "Michael Carey" <michaelcare...@...> wrote: > > Another very important thing to do when calling CQ on a distant repeater > module is to announce HOW you are getting your signal to them. > > If you know you are working via a Dplus linked session, then announce this > during your CQ transmission. Hopefully they will then realize that they don't > need to do anything special on their radio (as long as they have URCall as > CQCQCQ and RPT1 and RPT2 set correctly). > > If you are pushing your audio to a repeater module port with Icom > callsign/repeater routing (eg. setting URCall to /VK5REXB), then announce > this during your transmission. This extra information can make all the > difference when someone listening on VK5REX port B wants to call you back, if > they are quick and they use the one-touch reply setting facility... the radio > will be ready to go. If they don't use one-touch reply and they don't know > where you are calling from, they might not be able to talk back to you. >
