okay so i've been checking into our local tuesday night 2m net for a few months now and i keep second-guessing myself on the ID thing. like i know the FCC rule is every 10 minutes and at the end of a transmission, but in practice on a net it seems like people just give their call when checking in and then don't ID again unless they have traffic or something to say. the net control usually reads everyone back so i figured that counts somehow? or does it not.

also had a situation last week where two people were going back and forth during the roundtable portion and neither one IDed for probably 15 or 20 minutes. nobody said anything about it. is that just how it goes or was that actually a violation or what. i dont want to be that guy who corrects people but also want to make sure im doing it right myself.

so the 10 minute rule is kind of a thing people interpret loosely on nets honestly. technically each station is responsible for IDing, but when net control acknowledges you by call sign that's generally considered sufficient for most practical purposes — though i've seen people debate this endlessly on the forums lol. the real answer is as long as you're IDing when you first transmit and at the end, you're almost certainly fine.

the 15-20 minute thing without an ID is probably not great practice but nobody's going to get a notice from the FCC over a local 2m net. just model good behavior yourself, ID clearly when you check in and when you sign off, and don't stress too much about what others are doing. if you ever take a turn as net control you'll start to appreciate how much is going on at once and why sometimes things slip.

yeah i had the same confusion when i first started checking into nets. what helped me was just listening to how the more experienced guys did it. our net control actually reminded everyone about proper ID procedure a few weeks back which i thought was cool, wasnt preachy about it just mentioned it casually. i think most nets are pretty forgiving especially for newer folks as long as you're making the effort.