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Question #121Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

What must an amateur do when making a transmission to test equipment or antennas?

  1. Properly identify the station ✓ Correct answer
  2. Make test transmissions only after 10:00 PM local time
  3. Notify the WPC of the test transmission
  4. State the purpose of the test during the test procedure

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Question #122Operating Procedures, Morse Code and Phonetics

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

  1. Call on the quarter hour
  2. New antenna is being tested (no station should answer)
  3. Only the called station should transmit
  4. Calling any station ✓ Correct answer

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Question #123Operating Procedures, Morse Code and Phonetics

What brief statement is often used in place of "CQ" to indicate that you are listening for calls on a repeater?

  1. Say "Hello test" followed by your call sign
  2. Say your call sign ✓ Correct answer
  3. Say the repeater call sign followed by your call sign
  4. Say the letters "QSY" followed by your call sign

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Question #124Operating Procedures, Morse Code and Phonetics

Why should you use the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) phonetic alphabet when identifying your station?

  1. The words are internationally recognized substitutes for letters ✓ Correct answer
  2. There is no advantage
  3. The words have been chosen to represent amateur radio terms
  4. It preserves traditions begun in the early days of amateur radio

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Question #125Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Who is in charge of the repeater frequency band plan in your local area?

  1. The local WPC monitoring office
  2. Only WPC HO New Delhi ✓ Correct answer
  3. The recognized frequency coordination body
  4. Amateur Radio society of India

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Question #126Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

What is the main purpose of repeater coordination?

  1. To reduce interference and promote proper use of spectrum
  2. To coordinate as many repeaters as possible in a small area ✓ Correct answer
  3. To coordinate all possible frequencies available for repeater use
  4. To promote and encourage use of simplex frequencies

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Question #127Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Which of these statements is true about legal power levels on the amateur bands?

  1. Always use the maximum power allowed to ensure that you complete the contact
  2. An amateur may use no more than 200 Watts PEP to make an amateur contact
  3. An amateur may use up to 1500 Watts PEP on any amateur frequency
  4. An amateur must use the minimum transmitter power necessary to carry out the desired communication ✓ Correct answer

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Question #128Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

What is the proper way to break into a conversation between two stations that are using the frequency?

  1. Say your call sign between their transmissions
  2. Wait for them to finish and then call CQ
  3. Say "Break-break" between their transmissions ✓ Correct answer
  4. Call one of the operators on the telephone to interrupt the conversation

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Question #129Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Amateurs are forbidden to transmit about

  1. Equipments
  2. weather
  3. Antennas
  4. Third party messages ✓ Correct answer

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Question #130Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Standard time and frequency is transmitted on

  1. 7050 KHz
  2. 14050 KHz
  3. 21050 KHz
  4. 10000 Khz ✓ Correct answer

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Question #131Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

What is considered to be proper repeater operating practice?

  1. Monitor before transmitting and keep transmissions short ✓ Correct answer
  2. Identify legally
  3. Use the minimum amount of transmitter power necessary
  4. All of these answers are correct

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Question #132Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

What rule applies if two amateur stations want to use the same frequency?

  1. The station operator with a Restricted Grade license must yield the frequency to an General Grade licensee
  2. The station operator with a lower power output must yield the frequency to the station with a higher power output
  3. No frequency will be assigned for the exclusive use of any station and neither has priority ✓ Correct answer
  4. Station operators in ITU Regions 1 and 3 must yield the frequency to stations in ITU Region 2

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Question #133Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

What should you do if you hear a newly licensed operator that is having trouble with their station?

  1. Tell them to get off the air until they learn how operate properly
  2. Report them to the WPC HO.
  3. Contact them and offer to help with the problem ✓ Correct answer
  4. Move to another frequency

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Question #134Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

A3E indicates

  1. SSB
  2. AM-DSB voice ✓ Correct answer
  3. FM Voice
  4. FSK

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Question #135Antennas and Radio Wave Propagation

Line of sight propagation is the mode of communication in

  1. LF
  2. HF
  3. MF
  4. VHF ✓ Correct answer
Explanation: VHF propagation is predominantly line-of-sight; UHF is also line-of-sight, but the available option D is VHF.

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Question #136Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

The wavelength of 300 MHz is in Meters is

  1. 1 ✓ Correct answer
  2. .1
  3. 1.1
  4. 0.01

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Question #137Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Squelch control is used to eliminate

  1. static interference
  2. electrical disturbance
  3. receiver noise ✓ Correct answer
  4. unwanted carrier

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Question #138Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

4th harmonic of 2.5 MHz is

  1. 10 MHz ✓ Correct answer
  2. 15 MHz
  3. 8 MHz
  4. 7.5 MHz

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Question #139Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Indian amateurs can communicate with other amateurs in

  1. All countries ✓ Correct answer
  2. Countries permitted by ITU
  3. Countries permitted by Indian Government
  4. Countries permitted by Indian Amateur society

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Question #140Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Restricted grade amateurs can communicate on 7 MHz in

  1. A1
  2. A3
  3. F3
  4. A3E ✓ Correct answer

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