On 08-02-97 Jeff Edmonson wrote to Mark Magill... 
 
 JE> > JE> Could you also tell me the difference between saying 
 JE> > JE> "KA5THB" on 2m or saying "KA5THB -monitoring-"? 
 JE> 
 JE> >      Around here, its a common way of identifying someone 
 JE> > who's passing through from someone who sits by the radio for 
 JE> > quite some time. I'm often by the radio for hours at night 
 JE> > doing other things and keep an ear out for anyone who may 
 JE> > need help.  Might be just semantics, but thats one idea of it. 
 JE> 
 JE> Probably is - and more than likely will fall into the 
 JE> catagory of a mobil station saying "I've reached my 
 JE> destination" . . . 
 
 Sounds better to me, and many do it here as an explaination for 
 signing off, than to say "I'm destinated!" 
 
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