From: utzoo!decvax!genradbo!mitccc!jfw Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Title: Re: 2M CQ - (nf) Article-I.D.: mitccc.269 Posted: Fri Jan 21 22:48:50 1983 Received: Mon Jan 24 06:51:17 1983 References: eagle.739 When I have the urge to call CQ on a 2M repeater, I usually say: "Is anyone around? WB7EEL" or something on the order. I have yet to receive a complaint. My only objection to someone who would say "CQ from ax1e"* would be the fact that "CQ" belongs to CW, and the more informal nature of 2M makes the terse "CQ" rather silly. John Woods WB7EEL/1, ...!genradbo!mitccc!jfw *apologies to the hypothetical AX1E, the visual pun was too tempting.