Category: Operating and Procedures - Canada Radio Amateur Quiz License

Questions in this category:

B-002-001-001: What is a good way to make contact on a repeater?
B-002-001-002: What is the main purpose of a repeater?
B-002-001-003: What is frequency coordination on VHF and UHF bands?
B-002-001-004: What is the purpose of a repeater time-out timer?
B-002-001-005: What is a CTCSS tone?
B-002-001-006: How do you call another station on a repeater if you know the station's call sign?
B-002-001-007: Why should you pause briefly between transmissions when using a repeater?
B-002-001-008: Why should you keep transmissions short when using a repeater?
B-002-001-009: What is the proper way to join into a conversation on a repeater?
B-002-001-010: What is the accepted way to ask someone their location when using a repeater?
B-002-001-011: FM repeater operation on the 2 metre band uses one frequency for transmission and one for reception. The difference in frequency between the transmit and receive frequency is normally:
B-002-002-001: To make your call sign better understood when using voice transmissions, what should you do?
B-002-002-002: What can you use as an aid for correct station identification when using phone?
B-002-002-003: What is the Standard International Phonetic for the letter A?
B-002-002-004: What is the Standard International Phonetic for the letter B?
B-002-002-005: What is the Standard International Phonetic for the letter D?
B-002-002-006: What is the Standard International Phonetic for the letter E?
B-002-002-007: What is the Standard International Phonetic for the letter G?
B-002-002-008: What is the Standard International Phonetic for the letter I?
B-002-002-009: What is the Standard International Phonetic for the letter L?
B-002-002-010: What is the Standard International Phonetic for the letter P?
B-002-002-011: What is the Standard International Phonetic for the letter R?
B-002-003-001: What is the correct way to call ""CQ"" when using voice ?
B-002-003-002: How should you answer a voice CQ call?
B-002-003-003: What is simplex operation?
B-002-003-004: When should you consider using simplex operation instead of a repeater?
B-002-003-005: Why should local amateur communications use VHF and UHF frequencies instead of HF frequencies?
B-002-003-006: Why should we be careful in choosing a simplex frequency when operating VHF or UHF FM?
B-002-003-007: If you are talking to a station using a repeater, how would you find out if you could communicate using simplex instead?
B-002-003-008: If you are operating simplex on a repeater frequency, why would it be good amateur practice to change to another frequency?
B-002-003-009: Which sideband is commonly used for 20-metre phone operation?
B-002-003-010: Which sideband is commonly used on 3755 kHz for phone operation?
B-002-003-011: What is the best method to tell if a band is ""open"" for communication with a particular distant location?
B-002-004-001: What should you do before you transmit on any frequency?
B-002-004-002: If you contact another station and your signal is extremely strong and perfectly readable, what adjustment should you make to your transmitter?
B-002-004-003: What is one way to shorten transmitter tune-up time on the air to cut down on interference?
B-002-004-004: How can on-the-air interference be minimized during a lengthy transmitter testing or tuning procedure?
B-002-004-005: Why would you use a dummy load?
B-002-004-006: If you are the net control station of a daily HF net, what should you do if the frequency on which you normally meet is in use just before the net begins?
B-002-004-007: If a net is about to begin on a frequency which you and another station are using, what should you do?
B-002-004-008: If propagation changes during your contact and you notice increasing interference from other activity on the same frequency, what should you do?
B-002-004-009: When selecting a single-sideband phone transmitting frequency, what minimum frequency separation from a contact in progress should you allow (between suppressed carriers) to minimize interference?
B-002-004-010: What is a band plan?
B-002-004-011: Before transmitting, the first thing you should do is:
B-002-005-001: What is the correct way to call ""CQ"" when using Morse code?
B-002-005-002: How should you answer a routine Morse code ""CQ"" call?
B-002-005-003: At what speed should a Morse code ""CQ"" call be transmitted?
B-002-005-004: What is the meaning of the procedural signal ""CQ""?
B-002-005-005: What is the meaning of the procedural signal ""DE""?
B-002-005-006: What is the meaning of the procedural signal ""K""?
B-002-005-007: What is meant by the term ""DX""?
B-002-005-008: What is the meaning of the term ""73""?
B-002-005-009: Which of the following describes full break-in telegraphy (QSK)?
B-002-005-010: When selecting a CW transmitting frequency, what minimum frequency separation from a contact in progress should you allow to minimize interference?
B-002-005-011: Good Morse telegraphy operators:
B-002-006-001: What are ""RST"" signal reports?
B-002-006-002: What does ""RST"" mean in a signal report?
B-002-006-003: What is the meaning of: ""Your signal report is 5 7""?
B-002-006-004: What is the meaning of: ""Your signal report is 3 3 ""?
B-002-006-005: What is the meaning of: ""You are 5 9 plus 20 dB""?
B-002-006-006: A distant station asks for a signal report on a local repeater you monitor. Which fact affects your assessment?
B-002-006-007: If the power output of a transmitter is increased by four times, how might a nearby receiver's S-meter reading change?
B-002-006-008: By how many times must the power output of a transmitter be increased to raise the S-meter reading on a nearby receiver from S8 to S9?
B-002-006-009: What does ""RST 579"" mean in a Morse code contact?
B-002-006-010: What does ""RST 459"" mean in a Morse code contact?
B-002-006-011: What is the meaning of ""Your signal report is 1 1""?
B-002-007-001: What is the meaning of the Q signal ""QRS""?
B-002-007-002: What is one meaning of the Q signal ""QTH""?
B-002-007-003: What is the proper Q signal to use to see if a frequency is in use before transmitting on CW?
B-002-007-004: What is one meaning of the Q signal ""QSY""?
B-002-007-005: What is the meaning of the Q signal ""QSB""?
B-002-007-006: What is the proper Q signal to ask who is calling you on CW?
B-002-007-007: The signal ""QRM"" signifies:
B-002-007-008: The signal ""QRN"" means:
B-002-007-009: The ""Q signal"" indicating that you want the other station to send slower is:
B-002-007-010: Who is calling me is denoted by the ""Q signal"":
B-002-007-011: The ""Q signal"" which signifies ""I will call you again"" is:
B-002-008-001: When may you use your amateur station to transmit an ""SOS"" or ""MAYDAY""?
B-002-008-002: If you are in contact with another station and you hear an emergency call for help on your frequency, what should you do?
B-002-008-003: What is the proper distress call to use when operating phone?
B-002-008-004: What is the proper distress call to use when operating CW?
B-002-008-005: What is the proper way to interrupt a repeater conversation to signal a distress call?
B-002-008-006: Why is it a good idea to have a way to operate your amateur station without using commercial AC power lines?
B-002-008-007: What is the most important accessory to have for a hand-held radio in an emergency?
B-002-008-008: Which type of antenna would be a good choice as part of a portable HF amateur station that could be set up in case of an emergency?
B-002-008-009: If you are communicating with another amateur station and hear a station in distress break in, what should you do?
B-002-008-010: In order of priority, a distress message comes before:
B-002-008-011: If you hear distress traffic and are unable to render direct assistance you should:
B-002-009-001: What is a ""QSL card""?
B-002-009-002: What is an azimuthal map?
B-002-009-003: What is the most useful type of map to use when orienting a directional HF antenna toward a distant station?
B-002-009-004: A directional antenna pointed in the long-path direction to another station is generally oriented how many degrees from its short-path heading?
B-002-009-005: What method is used by radio amateurs to provide written proof of communication between two amateur stations?
B-002-009-006: You hear other local stations talking to radio amateurs in New Zealand but you don't hear those stations with your beam aimed on the normal compass bearing to New Zealand. What should you try?
B-002-009-007: Which statement about recording all contacts and unanswered ""CQ calls"" in a station logbook or computer log is not correct?
B-002-009-008: Why would it be useful to have an azimuthal world map centred on the location of your station?
B-002-009-009: Station logs and confirmation (QSL) cards are always kept in UTC (Universal Time Coordinated). Where is that time based?
B-002-009-010: When referring to contacts in the station log, what do the letters UTC mean?
B-002-009-011: To set your station clock accurately to UTC, you could receive the most accurate time off the air from _______?