Technician Subelement T2 Flashcards
Which of the following is a common repeater frequency offset in the 2 meter band?
A. Plus or minus 5 MHz
B. Plus or minus 600 kHz
C. Plus or minus 500 kHz
D. Plus or minus 1 MHz
Plus or minus 600 kHz
What is the national calling frequency for FM simplex operations in the 2 meter band?
A. 146.520 MHz
B. 145.000 MHz
C. 432.100 MHz
D. 446.000 MHz
146.520 MHz
What is a common repeater frequency offset in the 70 cm band?
A. Plus or minus 5 MHz
B. Plus or minus 600 kHz
C. Plus or minus 500 kHz
D. Plus or minus 1 MHz
Plus or minus 5 MHz
What is an appropriate way to call another station on a repeater if you know the other station’s call sign?
A. Say “break, break,” then say the station’s call sign
B. Say the station’s call sign, then identify with your call sign
C. Say “CQ” three times, then the other station’s call sign
D. Wait for the station to call CQ, then answer it
Say the station’s call sign, then identify with your call sign
How should you respond to a station calling CQ?
A. Transmit “CQ” followed by the other station’s call sign
B. Transmit your call sign followed by the other station’s call sign
C. Transmit the other station’s call sign followed by your call sign
D. Transmit a signal report followed by your call sign
Transmit the other station’s call sign followed by your call sign
Which of the following is required when making on-the-air test transmissions?
A. Identify the transmitting station
B. Conduct tests only between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. local time
C. Notify the FCC of the transmissions
D. All of these choices are correct
Identify the transmitting station
What is meant by “repeater offset”?
A. The difference between a repeater’s transmit frequency and its receive frequency
B. The repeater has a time delay to prevent interference
C. The repeater station identification is done on a separate frequency
D. The number of simultaneous transmit frequencies used by a repeater
The difference between a repeater’s transmit frequency and its receive frequency
What is the meaning of the procedural signal “CQ”?
A. Call on the quarter hour
B. A new antenna is being tested (no station should answer)
C. Only the called station should transmit
D. Calling any station
Calling any station
What brief statement indicates that you are listening on a repeater and looking for a contact?
A. The words “Hello test” followed by your call sign
B. Your call sign
C. The repeater call sign followed by your call sign
D. The letters “QSY” followed by your call sign
Your call sign
What is a band plan, beyond the privileges established by the FCC?
A. A voluntary guideline for using different modes or activities within an amateur band
B. A mandated list of operating schedules
C. A list of scheduled net frequencies
D. A plan devised by a club to indicate frequency band usage
A voluntary guideline for using different modes or activities within an amateur band
What term describes an amateur station that is transmitting and receiving on the same frequency?
A. Full duplex
B. Diplex
C. Simplex
D. Multiplex
Simplex
Which of the following is a guideline when choosing an operating frequency for calling CQ?
A. Listen first to be sure that no one else is using the frequency
B. Ask if the frequency is in use
C. Make sure you are in your assigned band
D. All of these choices are correct
All of these choices are correct
What is the most common use of the “reverse split” function of a VHF/UHF transceiver?
A. Reduce power output
B. Increase power output
C. Listen on a repeater’s input frequency
D. Listen on a repeater’s output frequency
Listen on a repeater’s input frequency
What term describes the use of a sub-audible tone transmitted along with normal voice audio to open the squelch of a receiver?
A. Carrier squelch
B. Tone burst
C. DTMF
D. CTCSS
CTCSS
If a station is not strong enough to keep a repeater’s receiver squelch open, which of the following might allow you to receive the station’s signal?
A. Open the squelch on your radio
B. Listen on the repeater input frequency
C. Listen on the repeater output frequency
D. Increase your transmit power
Listen on the repeater input frequency