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It is more useful to say, "A0NEW, Monitoring 147.000." (replace A0NEW with your call sign and 147.000 with the repeater frequency or repeater name." Now any hams that are scanning through repeaters know where you are. It's not required but increases the probability of a response. Furthermore, experienced hams sometimes drop the "monitoring" and simply state their call sign and what repeater they are on.It is more useful to say, "A0NEW, Monitoring 147.000." (replace A0NEW with your call sign and 147.000 with the repeater frequency or repeater name." Now any hams that are scanning through repeaters know where you are. It's not required but increases the probability of a response. Furthermore, experienced hams sometimes drop the "monitoring" and simply state their call sign and what repeater they are on. If they are mobile they might even include the fact by saying, "A0NEW on 147, mobile."