![]() They remind me of people hunched over a bar counter, yapping excessively and mindlessly. Simultaneous two-way conversations aren't possible, so practicality (and etiquette?) necessitates one transmission needs to clearly finish before the other half of the conversation can respond.Īs has already been hinted at here, a notable number of the radio users of one nation don't seem to be capable of sticking to standard phraseology or brevity. Secondly, I believe, it is because there is an international, standardised phraseology and structure. Would it be the training provided? The professionalism/ideology held in aviation? Comes down to the person?įirstly, professional flyers will (should!) have had formal training and testing, so that is the foundation. What do you think makes the airline industry have amazing radio etiquette and professionalism? ![]() But not recognising when it need to be done right, or simply never doing it right, is unprofessional.īraceBrace has it correct when it comes to monkey see, monkey do, and if someone never learns what is correct in the first place, they will never be able to demonstrate professionalism when it is absolutely necessary. Some may differ and believe that it should be done right all the time, and I really couldn't argue with that position. For me, it's a matter of professionalism - knowing when it has to be done right.and doing it right. However, when it got busy, there were non-native speakers on frequency or someone had a problem, I went 100% standard phraseology as did the vast majority of others on frequency. Life without a little bit of variation or fun can be decidedly dull. I will admit to being a bit 'relaxed' on the radio on occasions when I knew it would not cause any problems for anyone and was equally happy if those on the other end of comms were similarly relaxed at times. DLARC invites radio clubs and individuals to submit material in any format.Many years ago I used to do ATC. More than 1,400 historic recordings and contemporary audio clips are available courtesy of The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive.ĭigital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications is funded by a grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications ( ARDC) to create a free digital library for the radio community, researchers, educators, and students. New additions of podcasts and videos include 200 episodes of the defunct Southgate Vibes podcast from the UK the Ham Radio Guy podcast and archives of ham radio YouTube channels KM6LYW Radio and HB9BLA Wireless. This collection includes posts spanning November 1995 through March 1998.ĭLARC has also added more than 750 books and articles written by Donald Lancaster, the American author, inventor, and microcomputer pioneer who died earlier this year and scans of hundreds of vintage electronics and radio catalogs. DLARC has scanned them all and made the trove available online.ĭLARC has expanded its collection of e-mail and Usenet conversations about ham radio from the early days of the Internet, with the addition of thousands of messages from Glowbugs Digest, an early Internet discussion list about tube-based radios. The Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club donated hundreds of radio manuals, catalogs, and magazines - literally emptying file cabinets of material. The Society of Wireless Pioneers, a program of the California Historical Radio Society, contributed documents going back to its founding in 1968. Fort Wayne (Indiana) Radio Club has contributed newsletters and other material documenting its 100-year history. Raleigh (North Carolina) Amateur Radio Society contributed more than 700 issues of its Exciter newsletter, which DLARC scanned for the first time. New additions of Canadian club newsletters include 900 issues from the Lakehead Amateur Radio Club in Ontario, the Montreal Amateur Radio Club, and the Halifax Amateur Radio Club. Both Capitol Hill Monitor and Florida Skip are online for the first time, scanned from the original paper.ĭLARC has also added newsletters from an additional 35 ham radio clubs in the United States and Canada, including hundreds of issues from the Orange County (California) Amateur Radio Club, the Northern California Contest Club, Palo Alto Amateur Radio Association, Acadiana (Lafayette, Louisiana) Amateur Radio Association, Mesilla Valley (New Mexico) Radio Club, and others. DLARC has also added more than 300 issues of Florida Skip and its follow-on magazine, SKIP CyberHam, donated by the family of the publisher. region - a complete run from 1992 through today. Additions to the newsletter category include The Capitol Hill Monitor, a newsletter for and by scanner radio enthusiasts in the Washington, D.C.
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