1. Thou shalt have no white noise before thee, behind thee, or to the side of thee whilst sharing the ether with thy fellow radio amateurs.

2. Thou shalt not love thy radio more than thy spouse or thy children; as much as, maybe, but not more.

3. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's radio, unless it exceeds in output or sensitivity twice that of thy wildest dreams.

4. Thou shalt not read "RadCom" or "Shortwave Magazine" in company time, for thine employer makes it possible to continue thine amateur radio hobby.

5. Thou shalt have at least two radios so as to keep thy M3 spouse interested when the same accompanies thee in a contest or on DX expeditions to strange lands where propagation doth roam freely.

6. Thou shalt not allow either thy sons or thy daughters to get married during the Holy Days of Hamfest, Contest, Rally or on National Field Day.

7. Thou shalt not reveal to thy spouse the true cost of thy amateur radio collection; only the individual components, and that shall be done with great infrequency.

8. Thou shalt not buy thy spouse any headsets, microphones, antennas, SWR Meters, logbooks, or any other necessities for Christmas, anniversaries, or birthdays unless thy spouse needs them for their own use.

9. Thou shalt not deceive thy spouse into thinking that ye are taking them for a romantic Saturday night drive when indeed thou art heading for a contest site.

10. Thou shalt not store thy radios in thy living room, dining room, or bedroom, lest thou be sleeping with them full time.

Addenda:
11. Verily, communicate not through thy neighbour's ICOM or YAESU, lest thee be utterly consumed by the lust of non-homebrew-fever, and thy brain and thy bank account shall shrivel and wither like branches in a flame...

Addenda:
12. Verily, communicate not through thy neighbour's Beam of Goliath, lest thee be lain bare to the fires of power-fever, and thy sanity, thy sacroiliac and thy life savings be crushed as ye grapes of wrath..