All About Ham Radio
Which agency regulates and enforces the rules for the Amateur Radio Service in the United States?
The FCC
What is a valid Technician class call sign format?
KF1XXX: Any call sign that they give that fits the format
When may an amateur station permitted to transmit without a control operator?
Never
What, if any, are the restrictions concerning transmission of language that may be considered indecent or obscene?
Any such language is prohibited, use common sense
What are the two components of a radio wave?
Electric and magnetic fields
For which license classes are new licenses currently available from the FCC?
Technician, General, Amateur Extra
When are you required to transmit your assigned call sign?
At least every 10 minutes during and at the end of a communication
Who must designate the station control operator?
The station licensee
When is willful interference to other amateur radio stations permitted?
At no time
What is the relationship between the electric and magnetic fields of an electromagnetic wave?
They are at right angles
Which of the following is part of the Basis and Purpose of the Amateur Radio Service?
Advancing skills in the technical and communication phases of the radio art
When may an amateur station transmit without identifying on the air?
When transmitting signals to control model craft
When the control operator is not the station licensee, who is responsible for the proper operation of the station?
The control operator and the station licensee
Under what circumstances are one-way transmissions by an amateur station prohibited?
Broadcasting
What are the abbreviations of kilohertz and megahertz?
kHz and MHz respectively
How soon after passing the examination for your first amateur radio license may you operate a transmitter on an amateur radio bands?
As soon as your operator/station license grant appears in the FCC’s license database
Which of the following is a requirement for the issuance of a club station license grant?
The club must have at least four members
When, under normal circumstances, may a Technician class licensee be the control operator of a station operating in an Amateur Extra class band segment?
At no time
Under what conditions is an amateur station authorized to transmit music using a phone emission?
When incidental to an authorized retransmission of manned spacecraft communications
What describes the number of times per second that an alternating current makes a complete cycle and what is the unit of the previous answer?
Frequency and Hertz
Two parts, both have to be correct. How long does a Ham Radio License last (not including the grace period), and how long is the grace period?
Ten years and two years respectively.
What types of international communications are an FCC-licensed Amateur Radio Service station permitted to make?
Communications incidental to the purposes of the Amateur Radio Service and remarks of a personal character
Which of the following is an example of remote control as defined in Part 97?
Operating the station over the internet
When is it permissible to transmit messages encoded to obscure their meaning?
Only when transmitting control commands to space stations or radio control craft
Two parts, both have to be correct. What is the approximate velocity of a radio wave in free space (numerical and common term)?