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I agree. I definitely don't think it's "cool'. If conditions allowed and I were to make a contact to another country on AM I for sure would not be saying, and I just got up, and I just got down, you got a grip on my lip excetera excetera. As a matter of fact I don't use those funny sayings now (they make me laugh when I hear them). I find that aspect of the AM lingo ridiculously absurd and will not those phrases won't be coming out of my mouth. And although the only way it seems for me to make most of the AM contacts I do is to use what I believe is what it takes for me to make them. I would rather make contacts on AM just like I do on SSB but, as you can note in my op, it's not possible. Or very unlikely considering my operating conditions. It seems as if the stations with ideal operating conditions for AM skip use the lingo to the max anyway. I have to be one of those who calls a potential contact three times if I'm to be heard. It's just a fact of AM skip for me. 73