{"id":3855,"date":"2021-10-23T13:01:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T17:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.w3nd.org\/?page_id=3855"},"modified":"2023-02-13T21:59:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T02:59:45","slug":"the-amateur-code","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/?page_id=3855","title":{"rendered":"The Amateur Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\"><strong>The Amateur Code<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p id=\"line1\" class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>by Paul M. Segal, W9EEA (1928)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>CONSIDERATE:<\/strong>\u00a0A good operator never knowingly operates in such a way as to lessen the pleasure of others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>LOYAL:<\/strong>\u00a0A good operator offers loyalty, encouragement and support to other amateurs, local clubs, the IARU Radio Society in his\/her country, through which Amateur Radio in his\/her country is represented nationally and internationally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>PROGRESSIVE:<\/strong>\u00a0A good operator keeps his\/her station up to date. It is well-built and efficient. His\/Her operating practice is above reproach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>FRIENDLY:<\/strong>\u00a0A good amateur operates slowly and patiently when requested; offers friendly advice and counsel to beginners; kind assistance, cooperation and consideration for the interests of others. These are the marks of the amateur spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>BALANCED:<\/strong>\u00a0Radio is a hobby, never interfering with duties owed to family, job, school or community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>PATRIOTIC:<\/strong>\u00a0A good operators station and skills are always ready for service to country and community.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Amateur Code by Paul M. Segal, W9EEA (1928) CONSIDERATE:\u00a0A good operator never knowingly operates in such a way as to lessen the pleasure of others. LOYAL:\u00a0A good operator offers loyalty, encouragement and support to other amateurs, local clubs, the IARU Radio Society in his\/her country, through which Amateur Radio in his\/her country is represented&#8230; <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/?page_id=3855\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"parent":306,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3855","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4722,"href":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3855\/revisions\/4722"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w3nd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}