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Tecnician
Tecnician
Quintessential
Q Code
Q Code
Signals
in Space
in Space
"Ham" It Up!
I'm a Rule
Follower
Follower
Hamazing
Hams
Hams
100
The amount of time that your new Tech license is valid before needing to be renewed.
What is 10 years?
100
This Q code is used to acknowledge someone or something.
What is QSL?
100
This manned space lab occasionally sends Slow Scan TV images to earth as well as having scheduled contacts with school groups.
What is the ISS?
International Space Station
100
This sparkling wine originates from an area in the northeast of France and is associated with royalty, elites, and the WARS Illuminati.
What is champagne?
100
The government body in the US that issues amateur radio licenses.
What is the FCC?
100
In 1966 this ham, with the call sign of K9EID, opened Ye Olde Music Shop in Marissa, IL where he sold Hammond organs and other music gear.
Who is Bob Heil?
200
The National Association of Amateur Radio in the US.
What is the ARRL?
American Radio Relay League
200
Often used to specify where someone calls home, it can also designate your current location.
What is QTH?
200
This type of antenna is almost a necessity when working the amateur satellites.
What is a yagi?
200
During his six decades on television, this American evangelist hosted annual "crusades" from 1947 until his retirement in 2005.
Who is Billy Graham?
200
When you upgrade from the Technician Class to this license, you can operate on a good portion of the HF spectrum allocated to amateur radio operators.
What is the General Class license?
200
WB6NOA is known for his fun amateur radio license study guides and his many articles and product reviews.
Who is Gordon West?
300
The modern day equivalent of kilocycles.
What is kiloHertz?
300
I am new at CW. Please slow down.
What is QRS?
300
Most amateur satellites are in this type of orbit.
What is low-earth orbit?
LEO
300
Nassau and Freeport are 2 cities located within this island country.
What is the Bahamas?
300
The maximum power ever allowed on the amateur radio bands in the US.
What is 1500 watts?
300
This ham lived in Colorado in the early 70s and was inspired to write the song "Rocky Mountain Way". He operates to this day as WB6ACU.
Who is Joe Walsh?
400
This type of RF modulation is designated as F3E.
What is (analog) FM?
400
More power!
What is QRO?
400
Launched on November 15, 1974 by a Delta 2310 launcher from Vandenberg Air Force Base, this amateur satellite is still functional when in continuous sunlight.
What is AO-7?
400
An Old Testament patriarch regarded by Jews as the founder of the Hebrew people through his son Isaac and by Muslims as the founder of the Arab peoples through his son Ishmael.
Who is Abraham?
400
The title given to the ham that is listed on a club station license.
What is a Trustee?
400
A prominent US politician in the 1960s, K7UGA operated many phone patches from his home in Arizona which allowed overseas US soldiers to talk with their loved ones back home.
Who is Barry Goldwater?
500
This is the maximum power that a Technician Class ham can transmit on 40 meters.
What is 200 watts?
500
Some jerk is interfering with me!
What is QRM?
500
A Qatari geostationary satellite that provides television services in the Middle East and North Africa and also contains an amateur radio transponder as part of the payload.
What is the QO-100?
Es'hail 2 a.k.a. Qatar-OSCAR 100
500
Who is Neville Chamberlain?
500
New FCC rules recently replaced HF symbol rate restrictions with this value of bandwidth.
What is 2.8kHz?
500
This actor, now SK, operated from his private French Polynesian island as FO5GJ.
Who is Marlon Brando?