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Introduction

This Manual provides basic radio operating
Licenses 2 techniques and procedures for licensees
Permissible Communications in the various land mobile services.
Operation of Equipment It is not meant to supersede or replace good
Operational Techniques operating procedures now in use by some licensees.
Calling and Operating Procedures
for Radio Operators The material included has been developed
Radio Logs xi over a period of years and has improved
Appendix the quality and increased the number
of messages per channel hour for all who have used it.

Your radio is not a telephone. It is a radio
phone on a party line and requires good
operating techniques and consideration for
others on the same frequency.
Proper procedures will provide more messages per
frequency and cost far less than obtaining
new frequencies and equipment.
Your right to use one of the nation’s most
valuable national resources (the radio
frequency spectrum) could be jeopardized
by failure to comply with the pertinent
FCC Rules and Regulations. This manual
will help you to protect this right and get
the most out of your radio investment.