10-17-2017, 07:55 PM
From the WRA site:
The 3-minute timeout
* Our repeaters normally have a 3 minute "timeout" setting. The 3 minute length is meant as a maximum length, not a suggested length.
* It's considered good etiquette to keep your transmission length shorter than this, especially if there are a lot of people in a QSO, or during busy times on the repeater.
* If you exceed the 3 minute limit, the repeater controller will cut off your transmission, and when you unkey, you'll hear a message from the controller letting you know that you have timed out the repeater.
* The controller timer resets ¾ of a second after the transmitting station stops transmitting, so “quick keying” will mean that the length of your transmission is added on to the length of the previous transmission. In other words, if the person just previous to you speaks for 2 minutes and 45 seconds, at 16 seconds into your transmission you'll get cut off. This is to encourage users to leave a gap between transmissions.
* Intentionally dropping your carrier just long enough to allow the time-out timer to reset is considered extremely rude, since you are then monopolizing the repeater
The 3-minute timeout
* Our repeaters normally have a 3 minute "timeout" setting. The 3 minute length is meant as a maximum length, not a suggested length.
* It's considered good etiquette to keep your transmission length shorter than this, especially if there are a lot of people in a QSO, or during busy times on the repeater.
* If you exceed the 3 minute limit, the repeater controller will cut off your transmission, and when you unkey, you'll hear a message from the controller letting you know that you have timed out the repeater.
* The controller timer resets ¾ of a second after the transmitting station stops transmitting, so “quick keying” will mean that the length of your transmission is added on to the length of the previous transmission. In other words, if the person just previous to you speaks for 2 minutes and 45 seconds, at 16 seconds into your transmission you'll get cut off. This is to encourage users to leave a gap between transmissions.
* Intentionally dropping your carrier just long enough to allow the time-out timer to reset is considered extremely rude, since you are then monopolizing the repeater
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