Element 1-18 Equipment Failures

Question 1

Under normal circumstances, what do u do if the transmitter aboard your ship is operating off frequency, overmodulating or distorting?

Answer 1

stop transmitting

Question 2

Which would be an indication of proper operation of a SSB transmitter rated at 60 watt PEP output

Answer 2

in SITOR communications, the power meter can be seen fluctuating regularly from zero to the 60 watt relative output reading

Question 3

If a ships radio transmitter signal becomes distorted

Answer 3

cease operations

Question 4

What would be an indication of a malfunction on a GMDSS station with a 24 VDC batter system?

Answer 4

a constant 30 volt reading on the GMDSS console voltmeter (24 VDC and 30 VOLT is bad)

Question 5

Your antenna tuner becomes totally inoperative. What would you do to obtain operation on both the 8 MHz and 22 MHz frequency band?

Answer 5

bypass the antenna tuner and use a straight whip or wire antenna aprox 30 feet long

Question 6

Which of the following conditions would be a symptom of malfunction in a 2182 kHz radiotelephone system that must be reported to the Master, then logged appropriately?

Answer 6

no indication of power output when speaking into the microphone