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Question 1

T1A01: Which of the following is part of the Basis and Purpose of the Amateur Radio Service?

Answer 1

Advancing skills in the technical and communication phases of the radio art

Question 2

T1A02: Which agency regulates and enforces the rules for the Amateur Radio Service in the United States?

Answer 2

The FCC

Question 3

T1A03: What do the FCC rules state regarding the use of a phonetic alphabet for station identification in the Amateur Radio Service?

Answer 3

It is encouraged

Question 4

T1A04: How many operator/primary station license grants may be held by any one person?

Answer 4

One

Question 5

T1A05: What proves that the FCC has issued an operator/primary license grant?

Answer 5

The license appears in the FCC ULS database

Question 6

T1A06: What is the FCC Part 97 definition of a beacon?

Answer 6

An amateur station transmitting communications for the purposes of observing propagation or related experimental activities

Question 7

T1A07: What is the FCC Part 97 definition of a space station?

Answer 7

An amateur station located more than 50 km above Earth’s surface

Question 8

T1A08: Which of the following entities recommends transmit/receive channels and other parameters for auxiliary and repeater stations?

Answer 8

Volunteer Frequency Coordinator recognized by local amateurs

Question 9

T1A09: Who selects a Frequency Coordinator?

Answer 9

Amateur operators in a local or regional area whose stations are eligible to be repeater or auxiliary stations

Question 10

T1A10: What is the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES)?

Answer 10

All these choices are correct (A radio service using amateur frequencies for emergency management or civil defense communications, A radio service using amateur stations for emergency management or civil defense communications, An emergency service using amateur operators certified by a civil defense organization as being enrolled in that organization)

Question 11

T1A11: When is willful interference to other amateur radio stations permitted?

Answer 11

At no time

Question 12

T1B01: Which of the following frequency ranges are available for phone operation by Technician licensees?

Answer 12

28.300 MHz to 28.500 MHz

Question 13

T1B02: Which amateurs may contact the International Space Station (ISS) on VHF bands?

Answer 13

Any amateur holding a Technician class or higher license

Question 14

T1B03: Which frequency is in the 6 meter amateur band?

Answer 14

52.525 MHz

Question 15

T1B04: Which amateur band includes 146.52 MHz?

Answer 15

2 meters

Question 16

T1B05: How may amateurs use the 219 to 220 MHz segment of 1.25 meter band?

Answer 16

Fixed digital message forwarding systems only

Question 17

T1B06: On which HF bands does a Technician class operator have phone privileges?

Answer 17

10 meter band only

Question 18

T1B07: Which of the following VHF/UHF band segments are limited to CW only?

Answer 18

50.0 MHz to 50.1 MHz and 144.0 MHz to 144.1 MHz

Question 19

T1B08: How are US amateurs restricted in segments of bands where the Amateur Radio Service is secondary?

Answer 19

U.S. amateurs may find non-amateur stations in those segments, and must avoid interfering with them

Question 20

T1B09: Why should you not set your transmit frequency to be exactly at the edge of an amateur band or sub-band?

Answer 20

T1B10: Where may SSB phone be used in amateur bands above 50 MHz?

Question 21

T1B11: What is the maximum peak envelope power out for Technician class operators in their HF band segments?

Answer 21

200 watts

Question 22

T1B12: Except for some specific restrictions, what is the maximum peak envelope power output for Technician class operators using frequencies above 30 MHz?

Answer 22

1500 watts

Question 23

T1C01: For which license classes are new licenses currently available from the FCC

Answer 23

Technician, General, Amateur Extra