A while back I was playing with echolink. I connected to their repeater without doing an echotest and my mic was having issues. One of their officers took exception to me connecting and not replying to his calls, he proceeded to somewhat berate me for not replying and recited my physical address over the air.
meh... I sent him an e-mail apologizing for my deviation from "protocol" of connecting to a repeater and not identifying myself.
It is what it is... ever since I just listen and really haven't tried much new in the ham world. I use it for situational awareness anyways, I like listening to the storm chasers.