{"id":236,"date":"2018-11-27T21:13:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T20:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.iaru-r2.org\/?page_id=236"},"modified":"2020-02-01T11:22:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T10:22:03","slug":"spectrum-abuse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/on-the-air\/spectrum-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectrum Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Amateur radio is a&nbsp;radio communications service which relies on responsible operating standards to ensure that the spectrum is kept clear of intentional or avoidable interference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1790 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/dx-code-of-conduct.jpg\" alt width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span>&nbsp;supports the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iaru-r1.org\/on-the-air\/spectrum-abuse\/dx-code-of-conduct\/\"><span class=\"caps\">DX<\/span>&nbsp;Code of Conduct<\/a> for operators and also itself sponsors the principles in the booklet \u201cEthics and Operating Procedures for the Radio Amateur\u201d, authored by John, <span class=\"caps\">ON4UN<\/span>&nbsp;and Mark,&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">ON4WW<\/span>. Copies of this booklet in many languages are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iaru-r1.org\/on-the-air\/code-of-conduct\/\">available on the <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> Region 1&nbsp;website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, new SDR-based direction finding networks are making it easier to locate those operators who intentionally set out to interrupt amateur communications.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1793\" style=\"width: 761px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1793 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/TDoA_Pinneberg.20180722-002.jpg\" alt width=\"761\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/TDoA_Pinneberg.20180722-002.jpg 917w, https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/TDoA_Pinneberg.20180722-002-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/TDoA_Pinneberg.20180722-002-768x369.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/TDoA_Pinneberg.20180722-002-300x144@2x.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An example of&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">SDR<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">TDOA<\/span>&nbsp;direction finding\u2009\u2014\u2009the&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">DWD<\/span>&nbsp;transmitter at Pinneberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Causing intentional interference is irresponsible and gives spectrum regulators a&nbsp;poor impression of amateur radio. Please report cases to your national <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> member society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amateur radio is a&nbsp;radio communications service which relies on responsible operating standards to ensure that the spectrum is kept clear of intentional or avoidable interference. <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span>&nbsp;supports the&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">DX<\/span>&nbsp;Code of Conduct for operators and also itself sponsors the principles in the booklet \u201cEthics and Operating Procedures for the Radio Amateur\u201d, authored by John, <span class=\"caps\">ON4UN<\/span>&nbsp;and Mark,&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">ON4WW<\/span>. Copies of&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1790,"parent":210,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-236","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/236\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}