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BECAUSE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IN AMATEUR RADIO INVOLVES KNOWING WHEN YOU ARE
BEING CALLED. IMAGINE TRYING TO WORK A DX STATION.  IF YOU GIVE YOUR CALL
SIGN AND THE DX STATION CALLS YOU, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOUR OWN
CALL SIGN. ANOTHER CASE IS WHEN YOU CALL CQ.  THE STATION THAT RESPONDS WILL
SURELY SEND YOUR CALL SIGN.  UNDERSTANDING YOUR CALL SIGN SEEMS KIND OF
OBVIOUS AND BASIC, BUT THATS THE POINT.  BEING ABLE TO COPY YOUR CALL SIGN
WHEN YOU HEAR IT IS AN ESSENTIAL SKILL.  THE GAME RUNNER WILL CALL THE
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PLAYER BY THEIR CALL SIGN FIRST.  TO RESPOND, THE PLAYER WILL CALL BACK THE
GAME RUNNER BY THEIR CALL SIGN.  WHEN THE PLAYER CALLS THE GAME RUNNER, THE
GAME RUNNER WILL CALL THE PLAYER AGAIN, AND SO ON.  THE GAME RUNNER AND THE
PLAYER PRACTICE THIS SO THE PLAYER CAN LEARN TO HEAR AND UNDERSTAND THEIR
CALL SIGN WHEN SOMEONE IS TRYING TO CALL THEM.  SOME PLAYERS MAY FIND IT
REPETITIVE, BUT IT IS STILL GOOD PRACTICE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF
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