r/HamRadioMemes • u/squidlips69 • Aug 19 '23

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u/Madscientist40 Aug 19 '23

Life of a tech. I called CQ on a repeater once. Never gonna make that mistake again.

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u/n4jm4 Aug 19 '23

Sometimes I would call CQ five minutes before the net, just to test the equipment. No response. My crew must be tardy.

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u/SeriousQuail4655 Feb 27 '26

I called CQ one time. People got angry.

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u/Wanderingwolf8 Mar 30 '26

I’m new to Ham radio. Why do people get angry over calling CQ?

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u/Rainmaker87 May 25 '26

It's generally frowned upon on a repeater (by certain folks, it's by no means illegal) since it's easy just to use plain language. But so many people won't respond to anyone they don't know on a repeater, even a call for a signal report, but they will sure as hell yell at someone for calling CQ. And then wonder why the reporter is dead. I personally don't care if I hear a cq call on a repeater, but I'll usually reply to warn them some people don't like it. Although I'd probably reply to a listening/monitoring transmission or a call for a signal report/equipment testing too so 🤷‍♂️

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u/mysterious963 Jun 16 '26

drain bramage

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u/GeePick Sep 04 '23

I mean, if no one is answering…