Radio Courtesy Chapter 4'1

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Radio Courtesy(Chapter 4.1)
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Language

• No indecent or obscene language (T3C05)
• Its offensive
• Any child with a scanner can hear
• Its against FCC regulations
• There is no official list of words that are
  prohibited. (T3C08)
• Dont use racial or ethnic slurs (T3C06)
• Its offensive and a poor public image
• If you dont think President Monson would use the
  wording in a broadcast address then dont you use
  it.
• Avoid Church References and Terms
• We do have a language that is confusing to others
• We dont want to make others feel threatened
• Problems in the West with antis jamming

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Ok Communication

• FCC does not allow Amateur Radio to be used for
  commercial purposes
• Some older operators wont even discuss equipment
  for sale
• Occasional is ok
• It is OK to discuss (T3C09)
• Politics
• Jokes and Stories
• Religious preferences

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Right of Way

• Use the minimum power needed for the
  communication (T3B07)
• My observations
• It helps your equipment last longer
• It uses less energy (likely in short supply after
  a disaster)
• Reduces chances for accidental interference
• It is an FCC rule
• If two stations want to use same frequency no one
  is assigned exclusive use or priority (T3C04)
• Listen first to see if its clear
• Ward and Stake frequency picks have been checked
  for low use
• We have back-up frequencies

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A Spirit of Cooperation

• If you here a new operator who is having trouble
  with his station
• Contact the operator and offer help (T3C07)
• Rules can never anticipate every situation
• If you run into something not covered by the
  rules use good engineering and considerate radio
  practice (T3C10)

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Amateur Radio Customs

• Old Morse code days left a lot of shorthand terms
  starting with Q
• The term for interference from other stations is
  QRM (T6C10)
• You tell someone you are changing frequencies
  with QSY (T6C11)
• Radio operators like to keep track of where they
  have contacted people
• Some have maps of the US divided into little
  squares (or grid)
• Each square has a number and letter designation
• A Grid Locator is the number and letter
  designation given to a specific geographic
  location (T7A09)