Many times PINGS take a looooooong time occupying the calling frequency for no good reason.
I suggest to put a timeout in how long a PING can last. I think 60 seconds or even less might be a good start. If within 60 seconds a PING cannot be completed then the information that we might receive at the expense of occupying the calling frequency is not of any value really.
73 de M0SUY
The unintended consequences of neutering Ping is that Connect/SNRR/DISC is the new Ping.