[KYHAM] * Kentucky ham offers his good operating tips...

[Pat Spencer, KD4PWL]

Good Job Don!
 From the ARRL Letter...http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/04/0326/

Kentucky ham offers his good operating tips: Don Snodgrass, K4QKY, of 
Murray, Kentucky, believes that being a good "Elmer" (Amateur Radio mentor) 
involves much more than assisting someone to pass the license examination. 
A supporter of the ARRL's recent Petition for Rule Making 
<http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/01/19/1/> to the FCC, Snodgrass says 
he's eager to do his part to welcome new operators to the HF bands when the 
time comes. In the meantime, he's offering his recommended "Good
Operating Practices" 
<http://campus.murraystate.edu/org/msuarc/goodoperatingpractices.htm> on
his Web site.

"Most hams develop their operating practices--most good, but some not so 
good--simply by listening to more-experienced hams," Snodgrass said. "These 
suggested guidelines are based on what one ham feels he has
learned from listening to other hams since 1972." His philosophy, expressed 
within his list of dos and don'ts, is that amateurs who develop good 
operating practices will help to sustain Amateur Radio's "long and proud 
tradition of self-regulation." At the top of his "do" list: "Always be 
polite, regardless of the circumstances. If not, avoid transmitting."