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rec.radio.amateur.moderated Posting Guidelines

Welcome to rec.radio.amateur.moderated! RRAM is an online community for
amateur ("ham") radio operators and other people having an interest in
the Amateur Radio Service, as defined by national regulations and
international treaties.

The posting guidelines for this group include the following sections:

1. Acceptable and unacceptable topics
1.1 Acceptable topics
1.2 Unacceptable topics
1.3 Buy/sell/trade posts
2. Crossposting
3. Netiquette
3.1 Civility
3.2 Posting form
3.3 Anonymity and pseudonyms
3.4 Signature (.sig) files
3.5 Excessive quoting
3.6 Pointers to outside sources
3.7 Other sources of netiquette advice


1. Acceptable and unacceptable topics

rec.radio.amateur.moderated participants are invited to discuss amateur
radio issues and to exchange information about the hobby/service in an
atmosphere of civility, friendship, and fun.

Submitted posts must be on-topic for amateur radio. A rule of thumb that
our moderation team applies is whether the article mentions amateur
radio, ham radio, some synonym for amateur or ham radio, some technique
or practice of amateur or ham radio (including closely related technical
topics such as antennas or portable power), or regulatory policies that
directly affect amateur radio. This rule of thumb also determines
whether a thread has drifted too far off-topic. For example, articles
drift into general rants or monologues will probably be returned with a
polite request to rewrite them to include a reasonable amateur radio
connection or angle.

1.1 Acceptable topics

Acceptable topics for RRAM include (but are not limited to) questions
and discussions about amateur radio licensing and regulations, tips on
various aspects of setting up an amateur radio station, and operating
experiences and insights.

Posts that contain reasoned, civil, and fact-based discussion of the
activities and internal politics of national amateur radio societies are
also permitted. Relatively unbiased announcements or reviews of amateur
radio-related products or services may be permitted at the discretion of
the moderators. Please see the section "Buy/sell/trade posts" for
limitations on promoting products or services on this newsgroup.

1.2 Unacceptable topics

Unacceptable topics include (but are not limited to) buy/sell/trade
offers, promoting or defending unlawful activities, topics that are not
relevant to amateur radio, and meta-discussions about the group itself.

Mentions of unlawful operation in the Amateur Radio Service should be
limited to discussions of verified violations (documented in criminal
convictions or other government enforcement actions), factual
descriptions of the laws in various jurisdictions, and reasoned debate
over whether certain operating practices should or should not be
lawful. Posters' opinions as to what practices they consider unlawful
are not permitted. In particular, posters are cautioned not to
extrapolate their country's laws and regulations to those in other parts
of the world, as they may be quite different.

Posts that entirely concern themselves with other radio services or
hobbies--such as Citizen's Band, General Mobile Radio Service/Family
Radio Service, and scanner or shortwave listening--are considered
off-topic for the rec.radio.amateur.moderated newsgroup. Newsgroups such
as rec.radio.cb, rec.radio.scanner, and/or rec.radio.shortwave are more
appropriate venues for such posts.

Posts about the moderation policies of the newsgroup--including comments
about whether a specific posting should have been approved or
rejected--are also not permitted. Please direct any such feedback to our
administrative contact address, which is included in the headers of
every RRAM posting and is given at the end of these guidelines. Your
comments will be carefully considered by the moderators. If you are
objecting to a specific decision by the moderators, your message will be
forwarded to our appeals team, which is distinct from the initial team
of moderators that approves or rejects article submissions and thus can
provide independent oversight of moderation decisions.

1.3 Buy/sell/trade posts

Posts containing offers to buy, sell, or trade are not permitted on
RRAM. The rec.radio.swap newsgroup was created for this purpose, and
should be used instead. All such articles will be rejected by the
moderators with the advice to re-post to that newsgroup.

References to online sales or auction sites are acceptable as long as
they are incidental to the posting and do not directly benefit the
poster, a friend/relative of the poster, or the poster's
employer. Postings that are entirely advertisements or other public
relations materials will not be permitted. Posters are asked to disclose
their financial or professional interest, if any, in the products or
services they discuss.

Mentions of small amounts of free items for giveaway will be permitted
on an occasional basis from casual, non-commercial posters, and at the
discretion of the moderators. The items should be free except for
reasonable direct costs such as shipping. They must be directly related
to amateur radio, in serviceable condition, and practical to ship to a
distant recipient. This is intended as a common-sense exception to our
ban on for-sale postings, provided that such postings do not overwhelm
the basic character of our discussion newsgroup.


2. Crossposting Frequently-Asked-Questions lists and other
information/bulletin/announcement postings may be crossposted to
rec.radio.info, rec.answers, and news.answers only with prior approval
of the moderators of those newsgroups. In all such cases, an appropriate
"Followup-To" header containing only rec.radio.amateur.moderated will be
added by the moderators if one is not already provided.

Limited simultaneous crossposting is permitted between RRAM and
appropriate unmoderated newsgroups. Approved rec.radio.amateur.*
newsgroups are those listed in the latest version of the "List of Big
Eight Newsgroups" which is posted monthly to news.announce.newgroups,
news.groups, and news.lists.misc. Approved alt.radio.amateur.* and
alt.ham-radio.* newsgroups are those that have been created consistent
with the suggestions in "So You Want to Create an Alt Newsgroup" at
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/alt-creation-guide. Approved regional hierarchy
newsgroups are those that contain either "radio.amateur" or "ham-radio"
in their names, including uk.radio.amateur and aus.radio.amateur.misc.

We make every reasonable effort to keep our list of approved newsgroups
up-to-date. In case we have overlooked any, and a submission is rejected
in error as a result, the rejected submitter can email us at our
administrative contact address (at the bottom of this article, and the
default Reply-To for the rejection message) requesting that it be added,
and that the article be approved. We may still choose to reject articles
crossposted to any alt.* newsgroup with an inappropriate name, including
obscene language, embedded name-calling, or encouragement of unlawful
conduct.


3. Netiquette

3.1 Civility

Posters are encouraged to state their own views and share their
experiences, but to maintain a basic tone of civility and refrain from
making assumptions about the motivations of other newsgroup
participants.

Nastiness addressed at a person is considered name-calling. Criticizing
a person's actions is not, provided that it is done in a civil
manner. For example, "That's a lie" implies an intentional prevarication
and is considered name-calling. Acceptable ways of questioning the truth
of a poster's statement include the more tactful "I don't think that's
true," "I believe you are mistaken because..." or even simply "That's
not true."

Posts containing unsolicited advice questioning the right, worthiness,
suitability, and/or readiness of any individual (or members of any
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