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+## Why Does This Exist?
+I needed a place to practice CW with actual human beings, and I wanted it to be as close as possible to what I'd experience on a radio. I also didn't have a lot of money to spend on equipment, but I did have a computer, phone, and gamepad. At the time I wrote it, there was nothing else like it on the Internet. Now there is VBand, which is very good, and you should check it out too.
+
+## What does "local" mean next to the repeater name?
+It means this repeater doesn't repeat anything: nothing you key in will be sent anywhere. These are to help people practice and learn, without worrying about anyone else hearing them fumble around.
+
+## Why do I hear a low tone?
+This is the "drop tone", and will be accompanied by an error.
+
+This means the packet arrived so late, it can't be played in time. In technical terms: the timestamp of the packet plus the receive delay is less than the current time. It can't be scheduled to play, because we can't go back in time.
+
+This could be happening for three reasons:
+
+1. You (the person hearing the drop tone) need a larger receive delay
+1. The receiving computer's clock is in the future (running fast)
+1. The sending computer's clock is in the past (running slow)
+
+Vail attempts to correct for clock differences, but making sure your computer has correct time, down to the millisecond, can help with reliability.
+
+## How can I help?
+
+* Improve the source code
+* Email me and let me know you're using it
+* Vail costs me 50¢ a year to run: you could buy me a cup of coffee every 5 years or so to offset the expense
+
+## Who are you?
+
+Neale Pickett - kd7oqi
+
+You can look my name up in a search engine and find a bunch of stuff about me.