When is just clicking PTT an acknowledgement?

"xyzzy" wrote in message
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I guess instead of double-clicking to end the conversation I could give
the friendly, garrolous pilot a stern lecture on proper use of the CTAF,
taking up even more time on the frequency. That's probably what you
would do, huh?

You could just ignore the "friendly, garrolous pilot" altogether. Why make
a bad situation worse?

I was departing a local uncontrolled airport today and heard a couple of
Cessnas talking to each other while sitting at the run-up area. They wasted
more than a minute of radio time chatting about how they'd switch over to
122.75 after takeoff.

I couldn't understand why they weren't already on 122.75 if they wanted to
sit there and chat.

Pete