Is this an actual FCC rule for hams?

[jeff48356]

Is it true that ham operators are not allowed to use the words "husband" and "wife" on the air, and that they must use "OM" and "XYL" instead?

As an example, one day I was driving to visit some extended family (my cousin, his wife, and kids). I was talking to another ham on a local repeater and I said, "I'm travelling to visit my cousin, his XYL, and kids. Then later I'm going to see my other cousin, her OM, and kids."

 

[AudioShockwav]

Is it true that ham operators are not allowed to use the words "husband" and "wife" on the air, and that they must use "OM" and "XYL" instead?

:blink: :blink: :blink: :blink:

That is the biggest line of Bullshit I have ever heard, whoever is giving you this info.....run away.
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Part 97 rules

You are not supposed to use "obscenities" on the air.....but that rule rarely gets enforced nowadays.
Oh and you can not play music.,,,,unless you are waking up the Astronauts Lol.

73
Jeff

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

:blink: And I thought the CB band had some pretty wild falsehoods floating around. :bored: