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IDENTIFIER
INTRODUCTION
This first signal to be received will start the ID cycle. The ID
’er is polite and will wait for the signal to
disappear. It then sends the INITIAL ID message in CW, and executes the INITIAL ID MACRO. (If,
however, the signal is received continuously until the ID timer timeout is reached, then the controller
will send the INITIAL ID message in CW and execute the IMPOLITE MACRO).
During the conversation, the controller will keep looking for a carrier drop during the 30 seconds
prior to the ID timer timeout. If it finds such a point, it sends the NORMAL ID message in CW and
executes the NORMAL ID MACRO. If it cannot find such a break, it will send the NORMAL ID
message in CW and execute the IMPOLITE ID MACRO. (When selecting the ID time interval, keep
in mind that the selected interval is the maximum interval between IDs, and that IDs may occur up
to 30 seconds early).
If the QSO is over and the ID timer times out, the controller will send the NORMAL ID message in
CW and execute the POLITE ID MACRO. It will not ID again until a new cycle is begun.
Several possibilities are open to the repeater trustee. You may wish to delete the NORMAL and
INITIAL CW messages, and operate the ID
’er from three macros. In this way, synthesized voice
message might greet the initial user with callsign and frequency information; or, you may pulse an
external tape cartridge machine. The POLITE ID macro may contain a short synthesized or CW
message. The IMPOLITE ID macro should probably be a short CW message since it will be sent
"on top" of the transmitting station.
