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Ham Radio Operating Ethics and Operating Procedures
16 November 2019 | by In 2008, John Devoldere, ON4UN, and, Mark Demeuleneere, ON4WW, wrote a comprehensive document entitled “Ethics and Operating Procedures for the Radio Amateur.” The purpose of this document was for it to become a universal guide on operating ethics and procedures.
This document was accepted by the IARU (International Amateur Radio Union) Administrative Council as representing their view on the subject. During subsequent Regional IARU meetings it was emphasized that the document be made available to the Amateur Radio Community via all available means, at no cost, and in as many languages as possible.
The document has since been translated into more than 25 languages. In some countries, the document is also offered in printed format and many Amateur Radio websites have a link to the document. Our most sincere thanks go to all our friends who spent hundreds of hours to take care of these translations.
To achieve easier access to all of the existing versions and languages of the document, the authors have set up the Ham Radio Ethics and Operating Procedures web site at:
https://www.hamradio-operating-ethics.org/versions/
It contains a listing of all versions/languages, sorted by country, where you can download the translations in any of the following forms:
*PDF or Word documents from various countries
*Directly from the different Radio Societies’ web sites
*A downloadable PowerPoint Slideshow Presentation (available in one of three languages–English, French and Dutch)
John, ON4UN, and Mark, ON4WW
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Thanks!
I was asked to help a new ham around the question “I’ve got the technical bit but what do I actually do. I don’t want to make a fool of myself!”
I was going to write something and tripped over this document – which is pretty well what I would have written. I have printed a copy and placed it next to the rig – even though I have been active for 45 years!
I think that it should be a mandatory part of the syllabus for getting a licence.
Excellent
John
G0GCD
In addition to spreading this document around, far and wide, it does each of us good to mentor by the leadership of exemplary demonstration. Yes, “lead by example.”