DX Code of conduct

DX CODE OF CONDUCT

1. I WILL LISTEN, AND LISTEN, AND THEN LISTEN SOME MORE!!!

2. I WILL ONLY CALL IF I CAN COPY THE DX STATION PROPERLY.

3. I WILL NOT TRUST THE CLUSTER AND WILL BE SURE OF THE DX STATION’S CALL SIGN BEFORE CALLING.

4. I WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE DX STATION NOR ANYONE CALLING HIM AND WILL NEVER TUNE UP ON THE DX FREQUENCY OR IN THE QSX SLOT.

5. I WILL WAIT FOR THE DX STATION TO END A CONTACT BEFORE CALLING HIM.

6. I WILL ALWAYS SEND MY FULL CALL SIGN – MOST IMPORTANT. PLEASE STICK TO THIS ONE!

7. I WILL CALL AND THEN LISTEN FOR A REASONABLE INTERVAL. I WILL NOT CALL CONTINUOUSLY.

8. I WILL NOT TRANSMIT WHEN THE DX OPERATOR CALLS ANOTHER CALLSIGN, NOT MINE.

9. I WILL NOT TRANSMIT WHEN THE DX OPERATOR QUERIES A CALL SIGN NOT LIKE MINE.

10. I WILL NOT TRANSMIT WHEN THE DX STATION CALLS OTHER GEOGRAPHIC AREAS THAN MINE.

11. WHEN THE DX OPERATOR CALLS ME, I WILL NOT REPEAT MY CALL SIGN UNLESS I THINK HE HAS COPIED IT INCORRECTLY.

12. I WILL BE THANKFUL IF AND WHEN I DO MAKE A CONTACT.

13. I WILL RESPECT MY FELLOW HAMS AND CONDUCT MYSELF SO AS TO EARN THEIR RESPECT.