ORIGINAL MESSAGE: On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:15:19 -0500, Al Kozakiewicz <akozak at 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