Agree with Jim here. The word "should" (to me) is a permissive word
which means that you are in a position to follow the rule, but if
situations and circumstances warrant, you may depart from the rule.
In my field of work - legal and international trade - the word "shall"
is an absolute word which defines - clearly - what you can and cannot do.
Seeing the phrase "should be avoided" means that the rules prefer that I
not go somwhere, but does not expressly forbid it.
73 Rich NN3W
On 9/9/2016 12:44 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
The heart of the problem is, indeed, in the translation.
I am a member of the Standards Committee of the Audio Engineering
Society, which is an international body, and our Standards are written
to be applied worldwide. Several European countries are well
represented (AESSC is a voluntary body). An important element of
"getting it right" is carefully choosing words that translate the same
or mean the same in other languages and cultures. Our Standards are
written in English. Another important Standards body, the IEC,
publishes in both English and French.
In the English language, the word "should" makes a recommendation,
NOT a requirement. The word "shall" defines a requirement. As quoted
below (I have not read the rules on the website), the rules do NOT
forbid operation in those segments, they say that those segments
"should be avoided." "No operation to take place on" is ambiguous --
it attempts to clarify, but it still lacks the word "shall."
73, Jim K9YC
On Wed,9/7/2016 10:02 AM, David Siddall wrote:
For background, in its English translation, the WAE rule reads:
According to IARU recommendations operation should be avoided outside
contest-preferred segments. No operation to take place on:
*CW* : 3560-3800; 7040-7200; 14060-14350 kHz
*SSB*: 3650-3700; 7050-7060; 7100-7130; 14100-14125; 14300-14350 kHz.
Some could find this formulation to be unclear. In one
interpretation, the
first sentence refers to the IARU recommendations. The second sentence
adopts the IARU Region 1 recommendations as requirements for the
competition, and without exception, so it applies to all competitors
worldwide. (This makes sense since WAEDC is a "world-work-EU-only"
contest, so no valid QSO is possible inside the excluded band segments.)
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