Friday, Jun 04, 2010 at 10:39
This is an extract from an Australian Government manual:
4.13 TRANSMISSION PRINCIPLES
Radio communications are multi-user facilities and require adherence to a
number of basic principles when transmitting as follows:
a. Listen before transmitting.
b. Keep messages short and concise.
c. Urgent or priority messages must be transmitted expediently, without
dramatisation.
d. Unusual person or place names may be spelt by using the phonetic
alphabet.
e. Long messages should be broken into natural sentences.
f. If messages are required to be written by the receiving operator, the
message should be transmitted at writing speed.
g. Avoid the use of jargon terms.
h. Do not use profane language on radio networks, they are not permitted
by law.
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