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AMATEUR RADIO JEEPARTY
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License/ Operator Duties
Antennas/ Propagation
Electrical/ Electronics
Operating Practices
RF Safety
FCC Rules
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• What letters must be used for the first letter in
  US amateur call signs?
• A, K, N, and W
• K, N, U and W
• A, B, C and D
• A, N, V and W

A 100
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1. A, K, N, and W

A 100
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Incorrect
A 100
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• In which ITU region is Alaska?
• ITU Region 1
• ITU Region 2
• ITU Region 3
• ITU Region 4

A 200
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B. ITU Region 2
A 200
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Incorrect
A 200
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• What emission privilege is permitted a Technician
  class operator in the 219 MHz 220 MHz range?
• Slow-scan television
• Point-to-point digital message forwarding
• FM voice
• Fast-scan television

A 300
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B. Point-to-point digital message forwarding
A 300
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Incorrect
A 300
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• What is an amateur communication called that does
  NOT have the required station identification?
• Reluctance modulation
• Unidentified communications or signals
• Test emission
• Tactical communication

A 400
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B. Unidentified communications or signals
A 400
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Incorrect
A 400
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• If you have been informed that your amateur radio
  station causes interference to nearby radio or
  television broadcast receivers of good
  engineering design, what operating restrictions
  can FCC rules impose on your station?
• Nothing, unless the FCC conducts an investigation
  of the interference problem and issues a citation
• Relocate your station or reduce your
  transmitters output power
• Require that you discontinue operation on
  frequencies causing interference during certain
  evening hours and on Sunday morning (local time)
• Reduce antenna height so as to reduce the area
  affected by the interference

A 500
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C. Require that you discontinue operation on
frequencies causing interference during certain
evening hours and on Sunday morning (local time)
A 500
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Incorrect
A 500
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• What is the meaning of the procedural signal K?
• Called station only transmit
• All received correctly
• End of message
• Any station transmit

B 100
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D. Any station transmit
B 100
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Incorrect
B 100
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• What does it mean to say that a repeater has an
  input and an output frequency?
• The repeater offers a choice of operating
  frequency, in case one is busy
• The repeater receives on one frequency and
  transmits on another
• One frequency is used to control the repeater and
  another is used to retransmit received signals
• The repeater must receive an access code on one
  frequency before retransmitting received signals

B 200
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B. The repeater receives on one frequency and
transmits on another
B 200
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Incorrect
B 200
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• How should you answer a Morse code CQ call?
• Send your call sign four times
• Send the other stations call sign twice,
  followed by DE, followed by your call sign
  twice
• Send the other stations call sign once, followed
  by DE, followed by your call sign four times
• Send your call sign followed by your name,
  station location and a signal report

B 300
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B. Send the other stations call sign twice,
followed by DE, followed by your call sign twice
B 300
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Incorrect
B 300
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• If an amateur repeatedly transmits on a frequency
  already occupied by a group of amateurs in a net
  operation, what type of interference is this
  called?
• Harmful or malicious interference
• Break-in interference
• Incidental interference
• Intermittent interference

B 400
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1. Harmful or malicious interference

B 400
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Incorrect
B 400
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• What is the typical amount of time an amateur has
  to communicate with the International Space
  Station?
• 4 to 6 minutes per pass
• An hour or two per pass
• About 20 minutes per pass
• All day

B 500
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1. 4 to 6 minutes per pass

B 500
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Incorrect
B 500
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• Where does a US amateur license allow you to
  operate?
• Anywhere in the world
• Within 50 km of your primary station location
• Wherever the amateur service is regulated by the
  FCC
• Only at the mailing address printed on your
  license

C 100
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C. Wherever the amateur service is regulated by
the FCC
C 100
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Incorrect
C 100
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• When may you operate your amateur station
  somewhere in the US besides the address listed on
  your license?
• Only during times of emergency
• Whenever you want to
• During an emergency or an FCC-approved emergency
  practice
• Only after giving proper notice to the FCC

C 200
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B. Whenever you want to
C 200
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Incorrect
C 200
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• Under what conditions are amateur stations
  allowed to communicate with stations operating in
  other radio services?
• Never amateur stations are only permitted to
  communicate with other amateur stations
• When a commercial broadcast station is using
  Amateur Radio frequencies for newsgathering
  during a natural disaster
• When communicating with stations in the Citizens
  Radio Service
• When authorized by the FCC or in an emergency

C 300
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D. When authorized by the FCC or in an emergency
C 300
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Incorrect
C 300
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C 400
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• Assuming you operate within your amateur license
  privileges, what restrictions apply to operating
  amateur equipment?
• You may operate any amateur equipment
• You may only operate equipment located at the
  address printed on your amateur license
• You may only operate someone elses equipment if
  you first notify the FCC
• You may only operate store-purchased equipment
  until you earn your Amateur Extra class license

C 400
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1. You may operate any amateur equipment

C 400
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Incorrect
C 400
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• If you let an unlicensed third party use your
  amateur station, what must you do at your
  stations control point?
• You must key the transmitter and make the station
  identifications
• You must monitor and supervise the communication
  only if contacts are made in countries that have
  no third-party communications agreement with the
  US
• You must monitor and supervise the communication
  only if contacts are made on frequencies below 30
  MHz
• You must continuously monitor and supervise the
  third-partys participation

C 500
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D. You must continuously monitor and supervise
the third-partys participation
C 500
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Incorrect
C 500
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• Ducting occurs in which region of the atmosphere?
• F2
• Ecosphere
• Stratosphere
• Troposphere

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D. Troposphere
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Incorrect
D 100
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• How is the wavelength of a radio wave related to
  its frequency?
• Wavelength gets longer as frequency increases
• Wavelength gets shorter as frequency increases
• There is no relationship between wavelength and
  frequency
• The frequency depends on the velocity of the
  radio wave, but the wavelength depends on the
  bandwidth of the signal

D 200
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B. Wavelength gets shorter as frequency increases
D 200
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Incorrect
D 200
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• What would an SWR of 11 indicate about an
  antenna system?
• That the antenna was very effective
• That the impedance of the antenna and its
  transmission line were matched
• That the antenna was reflecting as much power as
  it was radiating
• That the transmission line was radiating

D 300
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B. That the impedance of the antenna and its
transmission line were matched
D 300
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Incorrect
D 300
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• Which of the following choices is often used to
  identify a particular radio wave?
• The length of the magnetic curve of wave
• The frequency or the wavelength of the wave
• The time it takes for the wave to travel a
  certain distance
• The free-spare impedance of the wave

D 400
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B. The frequency or the wavelength of the wave
D 400
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Incorrect
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• Which antenna polarization is used most often for
  weak signal VHF/UHF SSB operation?
• Vertical
• Right-hand circular
• Horizontal
• Left-hand circular

D 500
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C. Horizontal
D 500
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Incorrect
D 500
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• What does 60 hertz (Hz) mean?
• 6000 cycles per second
• 60 cycles per second
• 6000 meters per second
• 60 meters per second

E 100
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B. 60 cycles per second
E 100
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Incorrect
E 100
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• In what radio-frequency range do amateur 2-meter
  communications take place?
• UHF, Ultra High Frequency range
• VHF, Very High Frequency range
• HF, High Frequency range
• MF, Medium Frequency range

E 200
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B. VHF, Very High Frequency range
E 200
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Incorrect
E 200
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• In Figure T8-3, if block 1 is a transceiver and
  block 3 is a dummy antenna, what is block 2?
• A terminal-node switch
• A high pass filter
• A telegraph key switch
• An antenna switch

E 300
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D. An antenna switch
E 300
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Incorrect
E 300
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• If you increase your transmitter output power
  from 5 watts to 10 watts, what decibel (dB)
  increase does that represent?
• 2 dB
• 10 dB
• 5 dB
• 3 dB

E 400
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D. 3 dB
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Incorrect
E 400
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• What circuit is pictured in Figure T8-1 if block
  1 is a variable-frequency oscillator?
• A packet-radio transmitter
• A crystal-controlled transmitter
• A single-sideband transmitter
• A VFO-controlled transmitter

E 500
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D. A VFO-controlled transmitter
E 500
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Incorrect
E 500
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• Why should you never look into the open end of a
  microwave feed horn antenna while the transmitter
  is operating?
• All of these choices are correct
• You may be exposing your eyes to more than the
  maximum permissible exposure level of infrared
  radiation
• You may be exposing your eyes to more than the
  maximum permissible exposure level of ultraviolet
  radiation
• You may be exposing your eyes to more than the
  maximum permissible exposure of RF radiation

F 100
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D. You may be exposing your eyes to more than the
maximum permissible exposure of RF radiation
F 100
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Incorrect
F 100
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• How may an amateur determine that his or her
  station complies with FCC RF-exposure
  regulations?
• By calculation, based on FCC OET Bulletin No. 65
• By calculation, based on computer modeling
• Any of these choices
• By measurement, measuring the field strength
  using calibrated equipment

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C. Any of these choices
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Incorrect
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• Why are Amateur Radio operators required to meet
  the FCC RF radiation exposure limits?
• The standards are applied equally to all radio
  services
• To ensure a safe operating environment for
  amateurs, their families and neighbors
• Because amateur station operations are more
  easily adjusted than those of commercial radio
  services
• To ensure that RF radiation occurs only in a
  desired direction

F 300
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B. To ensure a safe operating environment for
amateurs, their families and neighbors
F 300
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Incorrect
F 300
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• From an RF safety standpoint, what impact does
  the duty cycle have on the minimum safe distance
  separating an antenna and people in the
  neighboring environment?
• The lower the duty cycle, the shorter the
  compliance distance
• The compliance distance is increased with an
  increase in the duty cycle
• Lower duty cycles subject people in the
  environment to lower radio-frequency radiation
• All of these answers are correct

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D. All of these answers are correct
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Incorrect
F 400
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• Which of the following antennas would (generally)
  create a stronger RF field on the ground beneath
  the antenna?
• A ½ wave dipole antenna 5 meters above ground
• A 3-element Yagi at 30 meters above ground
• A horizontal loop at 30 meters above ground
• A 3-element Quad at 30 meters above ground

F 500
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1. A ½ wave dipole antenna 5 meters above ground

F 500
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Incorrect
F 500
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• If Figure T8-5 is a diagram of a simple
  single-sideband receiver, what type of circuit
  should be shown in block 1?
• A product detector
• A ratio detector
• A low pass filter
• A high pass filter

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1. A product detector

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