What is the best length to set your TOT? If you are a beginner and tend to ramble set your TOT for 2 minutes or maybe less, this will help train yourself to not go on too long. Once you are conditioned to keeping your transmissions short put your timer back up, but usually no more than 3 minutes.
If you’re an “old timer” who tends to just ramble on and stay keyed up while you’re trying to “think of something else to talk about” then you should set your TOT to one minute or LESS.