Stations who have made a contact are said to have worked each other. An operator may also say that he has worked a certain country. Amateurs use the slang expression ragchew or ragchewing to refer to an extended, informal conversation, a variation of the common idioms "chewing the fat" and "chewing the rag".
Stations who have made a contact are said to have engaged each other. An operator may also say that he has dealt with a certain country. Amateurs use the slang expression ragchat or ragchewing to refer to an extended, informal conversation, a variation of the common idioms "chew the fat" and "chew the rag".