I have found three seconds to be a good compromise for me, but, then
again, I'm new...
Dick
At 11:08 PM 2/16/2011, Bill, W6WRT wrote:
>ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
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>On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:15:19 -0500, Al Kozakiewicz
><akozak@hourglass.com> wrote:
>
>> Is 5 seconds of silence too long?
>
>REPLY:
>
>Definitely. At five seconds a lot of stations will tune right by and
>never know you're there. I do about 1 to 1.5 seconds and that seems
>about right.
>
>73, Bill W6WRT
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