Toran M7TORJust had my first, if brief, contact. It was with a friend down the other end of the village, who is helping me set up my #BaoFangUV5R, but it did feel good to speak with him on the air. Just have to get used to all the correct lingo. 🙂
Victoria (K8VSY) (she/her)@m7tor awesome! 🙂
we all start somewhere! hopefully is is the first of many contacts for you 😃
@k8vsy ta. 🙂
Neil G4DBN@m7tor I've spent 50 years trying NOT to use the weird lingo that some folks think (for unfathomable reasons) should be used on the air. The only time when stilted and abbreviated forms make sense are in extreme weak signal contacts, where you don't want to say anything unnecessary or easily mistaken, and for emergency comms, where absolute clarity of procedure is important. Otherwise I talk like ordinary folks do when they are talking to each other!
@g4dbn that makes sense, ta. 🙂
Though, for me, it's also about getting used to the correct formula for signing off and things like that!
W6KME@m7tor Don't forget; plain English beats lingo every time.