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Ethics and Operating Procedures for the Ham Radio Operator

 

This is an excellent manual for any operator to read. You should operate with good sense at all the times! But sometimes we are making mistakes...read this!

 

From the Ham Radio Operating Ethics Website:

" The enormous success of "Operating Practice", written by Mark ON4WW and which has since then been translated in nearly 20 languages, is at the base of a new handbook written by John ON4UN and Mark ON4WW, which covers all the material one needs to know and to apply to become an exemplary and successful ham on the bands. Why this initiative?

During the last 50 years we witnessed a major evolution in ham radio. Nowadays, 99% of the hams active on the bands use commercial equipment built according to internationally established standards. This is one of the reasons why the technical aspects have become less of a drive to become a ham. It is undeniable that for the majority of hams who joined our ranks in the recent years, ham radio became in the first place a hobby of communication by radio, rather than a hobby about the technique of the radio communications.

Today we note a world tendency to make available licenses for beginners, based on an examination of a limited technical level. This is a good initiative because it attracts new blood, which is urgently needed. Once these newcomers have joined our ranks, they will more easily find the drive and the courage to study the technical matters necessary to pass the examination for higher class licences.

All this explains why "making contacts" has become an increasingly important facet of the hobby. Keeping the numbers of hams high and using our bands is of utmost importance, because if we don't use them, we will lose them. Too many other radio communication and broadcast services would be happy to grab important segments of our bands.

We must admit however that up to now we largely forgot to teach our newcomers and candidate hams how to operate and behave on the ham bands. In addition, the exams administered to candidate hams so far only covered this matter very superficially. This is why we hear a lot of hams using operational procedures which are far from being perfect.

We are convinced that instead of blaming them it is without any doubt better to bring them the information necessary so that they can become exemplary and accomplished radio hams. To this effect we have developed two documents, which are at the disposal of each and all, without any restriction or any cost"

By John - ON4UN and Mark - ON4WW

 

Click this link and go to the Versions section. You may find the manual translated to your favourite language!

 

http://ham-operating-ethics.org/

 

 

 

Rui MR Pinto

2010/08/08