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Question #601Operating Procedures, Morse Code and Phonetics

What are the letters required to be sent for a third station to enter between two stations in a Morse code transmission are

  1. BR
  2. BK ✓ Correct answer
  3. BREAK
  4. BN

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Question #602Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

What will be the speed in wpm. when at message being transmitted contains 60 characters in a minute

  1. 5 wpm
  2. 8 wpm
  3. 10 wpm
  4. 12 wpm ✓ Correct answer

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Question #603Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Who can inspect and examine an Amateur Wireless station?

  1. An officer of State Government
  2. An officer of Local body
  3. A police officer
  4. An officer authorized by the Central Government in that behalf in writing by them ✓ Correct answer

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Question #604Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

When are amateur stations permitted to handle third party messages?

  1. Always
  2. Never
  3. In case of failure of normal telecommunication facilities and pertaining to natural calamities ✓ Correct answer
  4. When the band is free

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Question #605Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Which station's call sign will have a suffix 'MS'

  1. Amateur station on board a ship ✓ Correct answer
  2. Amateur station on mobile
  3. All amateur stations have
  4. None of the above

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Question #606Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

When may you send indecent or profane words from your amateur station?

  1. Never ✓ Correct answer
  2. Only when they do not cause interference to other communications
  3. Only when they are not retransmitted through a repeater
  4. Any time, but there is an unwritten rule among amateurs that they should not be used on the air

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Question #607Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

When may an amateur station in two-way communication transmit a message in a secret code in order to obscure the meaning of the communication?

  1. During a declared communications emergency
  2. During contests
  3. Never ✓ Correct answer
  4. When transmitting above 450 MHz

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Question #608Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Which type of station may transmit one-way communications?

  1. Beacon station ✓ Correct answer
  2. Repeater station
  3. HF station
  4. VHF station

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Question #609Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

What identification, if any, is required when two amateur stations begin communications?

  1. No identification is required
  2. Each station must transmit its own callsign
  3. Both stations must transmit both call signs ✓ Correct answer
  4. One of the stations must give both stations' call signs

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Question #610Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Amateur third party communications is

  1. the transmission of commercial or secret messages
  2. a simultaneous communication between three operators
  3. the transmission of non- commercial or personal messages to or on behalf of a third party ✓ Correct answer
  4. none of these answers

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Question #611Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

An amateur station using radio telephony must install a device for indicating or preventing

  1. resonance
  2. antenna power
  3. plate voltage
  4. over modulation ✓ Correct answer

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Question #612Operating Procedures, Morse Code and Phonetics

What is the Standard International Phonetic for the letter G?

  1. Golf ✓ Correct answer
  2. George
  3. Germany
  4. Gibraltar

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Question #613Operating Procedures, Morse Code and Phonetics

What is the correct way to call "CQ" when using Morse code?

  1. Send the letters "CQ" three times, followed by "DE", followed by your call sign sent once
  2. Send the letters "CQ" ten times, followed by "DE", followed by your call sign sent once
  3. Send the letters "CQ" over and over
  4. Send the letters "CQ" three times, followed by "DE", followed by your call sign sent three times ✓ Correct answer

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Question #614Operating Procedures, Morse Code and Phonetics

What is the meaning of the morse signal "R"?

  1. Received all correctly ✓ Correct answer
  2. From
  3. Calling any station
  4. Directional Emissions

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Question #615Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

What is the meaning of the procedural signal "K"?

  1. End of message
  2. Any station transmit ✓ Correct answer
  3. Called station only transmit
  4. All received correctly
Explanation: In CW procedure, the prosign K means “go ahead” / any station transmit. AR means end of message.

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Question #616Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

What is meant by the term "DX"?

  1. Calling any station
  2. Distant station ✓ Correct answer
  3. Go ahead
  4. Best regards

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Question #617Operating Procedures, Morse Code and Phonetics

What is the meaning of: "Your signal report is 5 9 plus 20 dB"?

  1. The bandwidth of your signal is 20 decibels above linearity
  2. Repeat your transmission on a frequency 20 kHz higher
  3. A relative signal-strength meter reading is 20 decibels greater than strength 9 ✓ Correct answer
  4. Your signal strength has increased by a factor of 100

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Question #618Operating Procedures, Morse Code and Phonetics

What does "RST 579" mean in a Morse code contact?

  1. Your signal is perfectly readable, moderately strong, and with perfect tone ✓ Correct answer
  2. Your signal is perfectly readable, weak strength, and with perfect tone
  3. Your signal is fairly readable, fair strength, and with perfect tone
  4. Your signal is barely readable, moderately strong, and with faint ripple

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Question #619Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

What is a "QSL card"?

  1. A notice of violation from WPC
  2. A written proof of communication between two amateurs ✓ Correct answer
  3. A postcard reminding you when your station license will expire
  4. A letter or postcard from an amateur pen pal

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Question #620Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

What type of subjects are not prohibited communications while using amateur radio?

  1. Political jokes.
  2. Jokes and stories.
  3. Religious preferences.
  4. All of these answers are correct ✓ Correct answer

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