IDENTIFICATION

Your license requires that you give your callsign at the beginning of a period of transmission, every 15 minutes during a period of transmission, and at the end of the period. Please remember though, that a mobile station, monitoring the repeater, could very easily come into, and go out of, range of the repeater, in a much shorter time. Use your discretion when giving call-signs. If you are sending "rapid fire" type over(s), then it is not necessary to give your callsign every time, but if you have a tendency to "waffle" then a callsign every over would be much appreciated, by other users.

Therefore out of courtesy to mobile operators we ask that you give your YOUR OWN CALLSIGN during each transmission you make through the repeaters.

BREAK IN

DO NOT use the word "BREAK" to interrupt a QSO to make a call, unless you accompany the word with your CALLSIGN. Your license requires that your first transmission on a frequency requires identification. If you wish to make a call, use the gap before the 'K' (BC) or between the 2 pips (SG), giving the callsign of the station you wish to contact followed by your call-sign, is the method that causes the least disruption to the QSO in progress.

ABUSE

The policy of the Bristol Channel Repeater Group, on the matter of abuse, is clearly defined. DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE, OR RESPOND IN ANY WAY, TO ILLEGAL USE OF THE REPEATERS. You may feel tempted, on occasions, to reply to a station who is being obscene, offensive, or by general misconduct, abusing the repeater. PLEASE do NOT RESPOND, by acknowledging the presence of the abuse. By and large, you are favouring the abusers with the response they want. It is far better, to totally ignore any such transmissions.

If you feel you can't ignore the problem, then we ask that you either QSY to another frequency or switch off your radio for a few minutes and try again later.