The DX Code of Conduct

from the FOC website.

G3PJT (Chairman of FOC, the First Class Operators’ Club) has proposed the following “DX CODE OF CONDUCT”:

1. I WILL LISTEN, AND LISTEN, AND THEN LISTEN SOME MORE.
   
2. I WILL ONLY CALL IF I CAN COPY THE DX STATION PROPERLY.
   
3. I WILL NOT TRUST THE CLUSTER AND WILL BE SURE OF THE DX STATION’S CALL SIGN BEFORE CALLING.
   
4. I WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE DX STATION NOR ANYONE CALLING HIM AND WILL NEVER TUNE UP ON THE DX FREQUENCY OR IN THE QSX SLOT.
   
5. I WILL WAIT FOR THE DX STATION TO END A CONTACT BEFORE CALLING HIM.
   
6. I WILL ALWAYS SEND MY FULL CALL SIGN.
   
7. I WILL CALL AND THEN LISTEN FOR A REASONABLE INTERVAL. I WILL NOT CALL CONTINUOUSLY.
   
8. I WILL NOT TRANSMIT WHEN THE DX OPERATOR CALLS ANOTHER CALL SIGN, NOT MINE.
   
9. I WILL NOT TRANSMIT WHEN THE DX OPERATOR QUERIES A CALL SIGN NOT LIKE MINE.
   
10. I WILL NOT TRANSMIT  WHEN THE DX STATION CALLS OTHER GEOGRAPHIC AREAS THAN MINE.
    
11. WHEN THE DX OPERATOR CALLS ME, I WILL NOT REPEAT MY CALL SIGN UNLESS I THINK HE HAS COPIED IT INCORRECTLY.
    
12. I WILL BE THANKFUL IF AND WHEN I DO MAKE A CONTACT.
    
13. I WILL RESPECT MY FELLOW HAMS AND CONDUCT MYSELF SO AS TO EARN THEIR RESPECT.