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Question #141Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Lady amateurs are known as

  1. XL
  2. XYL
  3. YL ✓ Correct answer
  4. LY

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Question #142Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Minimum age to become an amateur is

  1. 18 years
  2. 14 years
  3. 12 years ✓ Correct answer
  4. 16 years
Explanation: The Telecommunications (Amateur Services) Rules, 2024 set the minimum ASOC eligibility age at 12 years.

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Question #143Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

All timing in the Log book should be in

  1. IST ✓ Correct answer
  2. UTC
  3. GMT
  4. Local time
Explanation: The 2024 Indian Amateur Services Rules explicitly require all log times to be recorded in Indian Standard Time (IST).

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Question #144Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Amateurs should preserve their log for a period of

  1. 6 months
  2. 1 year ✓ Correct answer
  3. 2 years
  4. 9 months from the date of the last entry

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Question #146Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Test signal shall not be continued more than

  1. 30 seconds ✓ Correct answer
  2. 1 minute
  3. 2 minutes
  4. 3 minutes

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Question #147Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

In India the standard time signal is broadcast by

  1. ISRO
  2. WPC
  3. OCS
  4. NPL ✓ Correct answer

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Question #148Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

PANPAN transmitted thrice indicates

  1. Distress
  2. Emergency
  3. Urgency ✓ Correct answer
  4. Distress and emergency

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Question #149Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

The broadcast of music is allowed in amateur service

  1. on request
  2. when channel is free
  3. never ✓ Correct answer
  4. only for testing

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Question #150Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

The abbreviation VA means

  1. End of transmission
  2. End of message
  3. End of working ✓ Correct answer
  4. End of schedule

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Question #151Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Swl's are permitted to transmit in the frequency band of

  1. 7-7.1 MHz
  2. 3.89-3.9 MHz
  3. 144-146 MHz
  4. None of these ✓ Correct answer

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Question #152Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

The amateur license is renewed by

  1. P & T
  2. Ministry of communication ✓ Correct answer
  3. Monitoring stations
  4. None of these

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Question #153Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

FM Broadcasting station emission is

  1. A1E
  2. A3E
  3. J3E
  4. F3E ✓ Correct answer

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Question #155Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

Amateur station on a ship can contact another amateur on land on a frequency authorized to

  1. the ship
  2. amateur stations ✓ Correct answer
  3. by the ministry of communication
  4. ships calling frequency

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Question #156Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

SOS transmitted three times indicates

  1. urgency
  2. distress ✓ Correct answer
  3. safety
  4. none of these

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Question #157Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

All timings in logbook should be in

  1. IST ✓ Correct answer
  2. GMT
  3. UTC
  4. Local time

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Question #433Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

The Amateur Service may be briefly defined as:

  1. a private radio service for personal gain and public benefit
  2. a public radio service used for public service communications
  3. a radio communication service for the purpose of self-training, intercommunication and technical investigation ✓ Correct answer
  4. a private radio service intended only for emergency communications

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Question #434Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

The organization responsible for the International Radio Regulations is the:

  1. European Radio communications Office
  2. United Nations
  3. International Telecommunication Union ✓ Correct answer
  4. European Telecommunication Standards Institute

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Question #435Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

The fundamental regulations controlling the Amateur Service is to be found in:

  1. the International Radio Regulations from the ITU ✓ Correct answer
  2. the Radio Amateur's Handbook
  3. the Ham Call book
  4. on the packet radio bulletin-board 254.All amateur stations, regardless of the mode of transmission used, must be equipped with:

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Question #437Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

The term "harmful interference" means:

  1. interference which obstructs or repeatedly interrupts radio communication services ✓ Correct answer
  2. an antenna system which accidentally falls on to a neighbor's property
  3. a receiver with the audio volume unacceptably loud
  4. interference caused by a station of a secondary service

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Question #438Amateur Radio Regulations and Licensing

International communications on behalf of third parties may be transmitted by an amateur station only if:

  1. prior remuneration has been received
  2. such communications have been authorized by the countries concerned ✓ Correct answer
  3. the communication is transmitted in secret code
  4. English is used to identify the station at the end of each transmission

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