Amateur Extra Licensing Class

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Amateur Extra Licensing Class
Rules Regs

• Lake Area Radio Klub
• Spring 2012

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Amateur Radio Extra ClassElement 4 Course
Presentation

• ELEMENT 4 Groupings
• Rules Regs
• Skywaves Contesting
• Outer Space Comms
• Visuals Video Modes
• Digital Excitement with Computers Radios
• Modulate Your Transmitters
• Amps Power Supplies
• Receivers with Great Filters

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Amateur Radio Extra ClassElement 4 Course
Presentation

• ELEMENT 4 Groupings
• Oscillate Synthesize This!
• Circuits Resonance for All!
• Components in Your New Rig
• Logically Speaking of Counters
• Optos OpAmps Plus Solar
• Test Gear, Testing, Testing 1,2,3
• Antennas
• Feedlines Safety

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Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules Regs

• E1A01When using a transceiver that displays the
  carrier frequency of phone signals, a displayed
  frequency of 3 kHz below the upper band edge will
  result in a normal USB emission being within the
  band.
• E1A03With your transceiver displaying the
  carrier frequency of phone signals, you hear a DX
  station's CQ on 14.349 MHz USB. It is not legal
  to return the call using upper sideband on the
  same frequency because your sidebands will extend
  beyond the band edge.
• 14.349 MHz 3 KHz 14.352 MHz.

The band edge for 20 meters is 14.350 MHz
therefore your signal would be out of band by 2
KHz.
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Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules Regs

• E1A02 When using a transceiver that displays the
  carrier frequency of phone signals, a 3 kHz above
  the lower band edge displayed carrier frequency
  display will result in a normal LSB emission
  being within the band.
• E1A04 With your transceiver displaying the
  carrier frequency of phone signals, you hear a DX
  station's CQ on 3.601 MHz LSB. It is not legal to
  return the call using lower sideband on the same
  frequency because your sidebands will extend
  beyond the edge of the phone band segment.
• 3.601 MHz - 3 KHz 3.598 MHz
• The band edge for phone on 80 meters is 3.600
  MHz therefore your signal at 3.598 MHz would be
  out of the band by 2 KHz and in the RTTY and
  data segment of the 80 meter band

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Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules Regs

• E1A09The 80/75, 40, 20 and 15 meter frequency
  bands contain at least one segment authorized
  only to control operators holding an Amateur
  Extra Class operator license.

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Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules Regs

• E1A06The maximum power output permitted on the
  60 meter band is 50 watts PEP effective radiated
  power relative to a dipole.
• You must do a calculation of transmitter power,
  antenna gain and line loss to determine your ERP.
  
• On the 60 meter band power is limited to 50
  Watts ERP, (Effective Radiated Power) referred to
  a dipole antenna which includes antenna gain and
  the path loss or gain from the transceiver to
  antenna itself.
• If you had an antenna with 6 dB of gain over a
  dipole and a coaxial line loss of -3dB the
  maximum output allowed from the transmitter would
  be 25 watts.
• Gain over dipole would be 6 dB -3dB Loss or 3db,
  therefore you would have to have a transmitter
  power of 3 db less than 50 watts, or 25 watts
  transmitter output power.
• 5330.5 kHz USB
• 5346.5 kHz USB
• 5366.5 kHz USB
• 5371.5 kHz USB
• 5403.5 kHz USB

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Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules Regs

• E1A07 The 60 meter band is the only amateur band
  where only the transmission on specific channels
  rather than a range of frequencies is permitted.

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Amateur Radio Extra Class Rules Regs

• E1A08Upper sideband SSB is the only emission
  permitted to be transmitted on the 60 meter band
  by an amateur station.
• E1A13When a US-registered vessel is in
  international waters, any amateur license or
  reciprocal permit for an alien amateur licensee
  with an FCC-issued license or permit is allowed
  to transmit amateur communications from an
  on-board amateur transmitter.
• E1A12If an amateur station is installed on board
  a ship or aircraft, its operation must be
  approved by the master of the ship or the pilot
  in command of the aircraft before the station is
  operated.

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Amateur Radio Extra Class Rules Regs

• E1A05 The only amateur band that does not permit
  the transmission of phone or image emissions is
  30 meters
• The 30 meter band is restricted to RTTY and data
  transmission only.
• E1B03 Within a distance of 1 mile an amateur
  station must protect an FCC monitoring facility
  from harmful interference.
• E1F08 The National Radio Quiet Zone is an area
  surrounding the National Radio Astronomy
  observatory.
• The National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) was
  established by the Federal Communications
  Commission (FCC) in 1958 to minimize possible
  harmful interference to the National Radio
  Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, WV
  and the radio receiving facilities for the United
  States Navy in Sugar Grove, WV.

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Amateur Radio Extra Class Rules Regs

• E1B02 An amateur station apparatus or antenna
  structure may be restricted if the location is
  significant to our environment, American history,
  architecture, or culture.
• E1B04 An Environmental Assessment must be
  submitted to the FCC before placing an amateur
  station within an officially designated
  wilderness area or wildlife preserve, or an area
  listed in the National Register of Historical
  Places.

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Amateur Radio Extra Class Rules Regs
E1F02 The CEPT operating arrangements allows an
FCC-licensed US citizen to operate in many
European countries, and alien amateurs from many
European countries to operate in the US. CEPT
is the European Conference of Post and
Telecommunications Administration E1F03
The IARP agreement allows an FCC-licensed US
citizen and many Central and South American
amateur operators to operate in each others
countries.
IARP is an acronym for International Amateur
Radio Permit. The ARRL has issued the
International Amateur Radio Permit (IARP) that
allows US amateurs to operate from Argentina,
Brazil, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela without
having to obtain a special license (the US and
Canada also are CITEL signatories). The IARP is
valid in any country that is a signatory to the
CITEL Amateur Convention.
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Amateur Radio Extra Class Rules Regs

• E1F16 Communications incidental to the purpose
  of the amateur service and remarks of a personal
  nature may be transmitted to amateur stations in
  foreign countries.
• E1F06 The A line is a line roughly parallel to
  and approx. 50 miles south of the US-Canadian
  border.
• E1F07 Amateur stations may not transmit on the
  420 - 430 MHz frequency segments if they are
  located north of Line A.

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Amateur Radio Extra Class Rules Regs

• E1B05 An amateur station antenna structure not
  close to a public use airport, unless the FAA is
  notified and it is registered with the FCC,
  cannot be higher than 200 feet above ground level
  at its site.

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Amateur Radio Extra Class Rules Regs
Distances from runway and height permitted. 200
feet maximum is the only info needed.
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Amateur Radio Extra Class Rules Regs

• E1B06If you are installing an amateur station
  antenna at a site within 20,000 feet of a public
  use airport you may have to notify the Federal
  Aviation Administration and register it with the
  FCC.
• E1B07Before erecting an amateur station antenna
  located at or near a public use airport the FAA
  must be notified and it must be registered with
  the FCC if the antenna would exceed a certain
  height depending upon the antennas distance from
  the nearest active runway.
• E1F10An amateur station may send a message to a
  business when neither the amateur nor his or her
  employer has a pecuniary interest in the
  communications.
• E1F11Amateur-operator-to-amateur-operator
  communications transmitted for hire or material
  compensation are prohibited, except as otherwise
  provided in the FCC rules.

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Amateur Radio Extra Class Rules Regs

• E1F09Under no circumstances may the control
  operator of a repeater accept payment for
  providing communication services to another
  party.
• E1A10If a station in a message forwarding system
  inadvertently forwards a message that is in
  violation of FCC rules, the control operator of
  the originating station is primarily accountable
  for the rules violation.
• E1A11The first action you should take if your
  digital message forwarding station inadvertently
  forwards a communication that violates FCC rules
  is to discontinue forwarding the communication as
  soon as you become aware of it.

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Amateur Radio Extra Class Rules Regs

• E1C07Local control means direct manipulation of
  the transmitter by a control operator.
• E1C01 A remotely controlled station is a station
  controlled indirectly through a control link.
• E1C08The maximum permissible duration of a
  remotely controlled stations transmissions if
  its control link malfunctions is 3 minutes.

Most control link frequencies are found on UHF
420-430 MHz or up on 1.2 GHz. Control link is
the key for remote control of an amateur station
or repeater.
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Amateur Radio Extra Class Rules Regs

• E1C06When operating remotely controlled amateur
  stations, a control operator must be present at
  the control point.
• E1C02Automatic control of a station is the use
  of devices and procedures for control so that the
  control operator does not have to be present at a
  control point.
• E1C03Control operator responsibilities of a
  station under automatic control differ from one
  under local control in that under automatic
  control the control operator is not required to
  be present at the control point.
• E1C10Only amateur auxiliary, repeater or space
  stations may automatically retransmit the radio
  signals of other amateur stations.

An example of an auxiliary relay station would be
a mobile rig configured to be a cross band
repeater.
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Amateur Radio Extra Class Rules Regs

• E1C09 Frequencies from 29.500 - 29.700 MHz are
  available for automatically controlled
  ground-station repeater operation.
• Repeater operation on HF is limited only to the
  top of the 10 meter band, between 29.5 MHz to
  29.7 MHz. No other HF frequency (3-30MHz) bands
  permit repeater operation.
• E1F15 Technician, General, Advanced or Extra
  Class Amateur operators may be the control
  operator of an auxiliary station.
• Auxiliary stations transmit communications point
  to point within a system of cooperating stations.
  An example would be the Washington State
  Evergreen Inter-Tie System that links stations
  across the northwest.
• Any amateur radio operator, EXCEPT NOVICE CLASS,
  may set up an auxiliary station and be the
  control operator of that station.

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Amateur Radio Extra Class Rules Regs

• E1F17The FCC can issue a "Special Temporary
  Authority" (STA) to an amateur station to provide
  for experimental amateur communications.
• E1B09The Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
  (RACES) is a radio service of amateur stations
  for civil defense communications during periods
  of local, regional, or national civil
  emergencies.
• E1B10Any FCC-licensed amateur station certified
  by the responsible civil defense organization for
  the area served may operate amateur stations
  under RACES.

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Amateur Radio Extra Class Rules Regs

• E1B11 All amateur service frequencies otherwise
  authorized to the control operator are normally
  authorized to any FCC licensed amateur station
  participating in RACES.
• You do NOT gain any out-of-band privileges as a
  RACES operator.
• E1B13 Communications permissible in RACES
  include authorized civil defense emergency
  communications affecting the immediate safety of
  life and property.
• E1B12 Specific amateur service frequency
  segments authorized in FCC Part 214 are
  authorized to an amateur station participating in
  RACES during a period when the President's War
  Emergency Powers are in force.
• If a war should break out, RACES operators may
  be authorized specific segments in the amateur
  service MF, HF, VHF, and UHF bands.

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Amateur Radio Extra Class Rules Regs

• E1E04 The Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (VEC)
  is an organization that has entered into an
  agreement with the FCC to coordinate amateur
  operator license exams.
• E1E03 All of the VECs are responsible for
  maintaining the question pools from which all
  amateur license examination questions must be
  taken.
• E1E02 The questions for all written US amateur
  license examinations are listed in the
  VEC-maintained question pool.
• E1E05 A VE (Volunteer Examiner) is an amateur
  operator who is approved by a VEC to administer
  amateur operator license examinations.

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Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules Regs

• E1E08 The Volunteer Examiner accreditation
  process is the procedure by which a VEC confirms
  that the VE applicant meets FCC requirements to
  serve as an examiner.
• E1E07 Persons seeking to become VEs who have
  ever had an amateur operator or amateur station
  license suspended or revoked cannot be
  accredited.
• E1E20 You must be a minimum of 18 years of age
  to be a volunteer examiner.

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• E1E06 A VE team is a group of at least three VEs
  who administer examinations for an amateur
  operator license.
• E1E01 The minimum number of qualified VEs
  required to administer an Element 4 amateur
  operator license examination is three.
• E1E12 A VE may not administer an examination to
  their close relatives as listed in the FCC rules.
  

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Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules Regs

• E1E10Each administering VE is responsible for
  the proper conduct and necessary supervision
  during an amateur operator license examination
  session.
• E1E09All of the administering VEs must be
  present be and located where they can observe the
  examinees throughout the entire examination
  session.
• E1E14The VE team must collect and immediately
  grade the examinees test papers once they have
  finished the examination.

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• E1E15 If an examinee scores a passing grade on
  all examination elements needed for an upgrade or
  new license a minimum of three attending VEs must
  certify that the examinee is qualified for the
  license grant and that they have complied with
  the VE requirements.

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• E1E16 If the examinee does not pass the exam the
  VE team will return the application document to
  the examinee.
• E1E11 If a candidate fails to comply with the
  examiners instructions during an amateur
  operator license examination, the examiner should
  immediately terminate the candidates
  examination.
• E1E18 Preparing, processing, administering and
  coordinating an examination are types of
  out-of-pocket expenses that VEs and VECs can be
  reimbursed.

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• E1E19 The VE team and VEC may accept
  reimbursement for preparing, processing,
  administering and coordinating an examination and
  actual out-of-pocket expenses.
• E1E17 Failure to appear for re-administration of
  an examination when so directed by the FCC will
  cause the licensee's license to be cancelled.
• E1E13 The penalty for a VE who fraudulently
  administers or certifies an examination is the
  revocation of the VEs amateur station license
  grant and the suspension of the VEs amateur
  operator license grant.

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Element 4 Extra Class Question Pool Rules
Regs
Valid July 1, 2008 Through June 30, 2012
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E1A01 When using a transceiver that displays the
carrier frequency of phone signals, which of the
following displayed frequencies will result in a
normal USB emission being within the band?

1. The exact upper band edge
2. 300 Hz below the upper band edge
3. 1 kHz below the upper band edge
4. 3 kHz below the upper band edge

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E1A03 With your transceiver displaying the
carrier frequency of phone signals, you hear a DX
station's CQ on 14.349 MHz USB. Is it legal to
return the call using upper sideband on the same
frequency?

1. Yes, because the DX station initiated the contact
2. Yes, because the displayed frequency is within
   the 20 meter band
3. No, my sidebands will extend beyond the band edge
   
4. No, USA stations are not permitted to use phone
   emissions above 14.340 MHz

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E1A02 When using a transceiver that displays the
carrier frequency of phone signals, which of the
following displayed frequencies will result in a
normal LSB emission being within the band?

1. The exact lower band edge
2. 300 Hz above the lower band edge
3. 1 kHz above the lower band edge
4. 3 kHz above the lower band edge

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E1A04 With your transceiver displaying the
carrier frequency of phone signals, you hear a DX
station's CQ on 3.601 MHz LSB. Is it legal to
return the call using lower sideband on the same
frequency?

1. Yes, because the DX station initiated the contact
2. Yes, because the displayed frequency is within
   the 75 meter phone band segment
3. No, my sidebands will extend beyond the edge of
   the phone band segment
4. No, USA stations are not permitted to use phone
   emissions below 3.610 MHz

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E1A09 Which frequency bands contain at least one
segment authorized only to control operators
holding an Amateur Extra Class operator license?

1. 80/75, 40, 20 and 15 meters
2. 80/75, 40, 20 and 10 meters
3. 80/75, 40, 30 and 10 meters
4. 160, 80/75, 40 and 20 meters

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E1A06 What is the maximum power output permitted
on the 60 meter band?

1. 50 watts PEP effective radiated power relative to
   an isotropic radiator
2. 50 watts PEP effective radiated power relative to
   a dipole
3. 100 watts PEP effective radiated power relative
   to an isotropic radiator
4. 100 watts PEP effective radiated power relative
   to a dipole

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E1A07 What is the only amateur band where
transmission on specific channels rather than a
range of frequencies is permitted?

1. 12 meter band
2. 17 meter band
3. 30 meter band
4. 60 meter band

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E1A08 What is the only emission type permitted
to be transmitted on the 60 meter band by an
amateur station?

1. CW
2. RTTY Frequency shift keying
3. Single sideband, upper sideband only
4. Single sideband, lower sideband only

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E1A13 When a US-registered vessel is in
international waters, what type of FCC-issued
license or permit is required to transmit amateur
communications from an on-board amateur
transmitter?

1. Any amateur license with an FCC Marine or
   Aircraft endorsement
2. Any amateur license or reciprocal permit for
   alien amateur licensee
3. Only General class or higher amateur licenses
4. An unrestricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit

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E1A12 If an amateur station is installed on
board a ship or aircraft, what condition must be
met before the station is operated?

1. Its operation must be approved by the master of
   the ship or the pilot in command of the aircraft
2. The amateur station operator must agree to not
   transmit when the main ship or aircraft radios
   are in use
3. It must have a power supply that is completely
   independent of the main ship or aircraft power
   supply
4. Its operator must have an FCC Marine or Aircraft
   endorsement on his or her amateur license

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E1A05 Which is the only amateur band that does
not permit the transmission of phone or image
emissions?

1. 160 meters
2. 60 meters
3. 30 meters
4. 17 meters

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E1B03 Within what distance must an amateur
station protect an FCC monitoring facility from
harmful interference?

1. 1 mile
2. 3 miles
3. 10 miles
4. 30 miles

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E1F08 What is the National Radio Quiet Zone?

1. An area in Puerto Rico surrounding the Arecibo
   Radio Telescope
2. An area in New Mexico surrounding the White Sands
   Test Area
3. An area surrounding the National Radio Astronomy
   Observatory
4. An area in Florida surrounding Cape Canaveral

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E1B02 Which of the following factors might cause
the physical location of an amateur station
apparatus or antenna structure to be restricted?

1. The location is in or near an area of political
   conflict, military maneuvers or major
   construction
2. The location's geographical or horticultural
   importance
3. The location is in an ITU zone designated for
   coordination with one or more foreign governments
4. The location is significant to our environment,
   American history, architecture, or culture.

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E1B04 What must be done before placing an
amateur station within an officially designated
wilderness area or wildlife preserve, or an area
listed in the National Register of Historical
Places?

1. A proposal must be submitted to the National Park
   Service
2. A letter of intent must be filed with the
   National Audubon Society
3. An Environmental Assessment must be submitted to
   the FCC
4. A form FSD-15 must be submitted to the Department
   of the Interior

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E1F02 Which of the following operating
arrangements allows an FCC-licensed US citizen to
operate in many European countries, and alien
amateurs from many European countries to operate
in the US?

1. CEPT agreement
2. IARP agreement
3. ITU reciprocal license
4. All of these choices are correct

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E1F03 Which of the following operating
arrangements allow an FCC-licensed US citizen and
many Central and South American amateur operators
to operate in each others countries?

1. CEPT agreement
2. IARP agreement
3. ITU agreement
4. All of these choices are correct

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E1F16 What types of communications may be
transmitted to amateur stations in foreign
countries?

1. Business-related messages
2. Automatic retransmissions of any amateur
   communications
3. Communications incidental to the purpose of the
   amateur service and remarks of a personal nature
4. All of these choices are correct

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E1F06 Which of the following geographic
descriptions approximately describes "Line A"?

1. A line roughly parallel to and south of the
   US-Canadian border
2. A line roughly parallel to and west of the US
   Atlantic coastline
3. A line roughly parallel to and north of the
   US-Mexican border and Gulf coastline
4. A line roughly parallel to and east of the US
   Pacific coastline

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E1F07 Amateur stations may not transmit in which
of the following frequency segments if they are
located north of Line A?

1. 440 450 MHz
2. 53 54 MHz
3. 222 223 MHz
4. 420 430 MHz

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E1B05 What height restrictions apply to an
amateur station antenna structure not close to a
public use airport unless the FAA is notified and
it is registered with the FCC?

1. It must not extend more than 300 feet above
   average height of terrain surrounding the site
2. It must be no higher than 200 feet above ground
   level at its site
3. There are no height restrictions because the
   structure obviously would not be a hazard to
   aircraft in flight
4. It must not extend more than 100 feet above sea
   level or the rim of the nearest valley or canyon

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E1B06 Which of the following additional rules
apply if you are installing an amateur station
antenna at a site within 20,000 feet of a public
use airport?

1. You may have to notify the Federal Aviation
   Administration and register it with the FCC
2. No special rules apply if your antenna structure
   will be less than 300 feet in height
3. You must file an Environmental Impact Statement
   with the EPA before construction begins
4. You must obtain a construction permit from the
   airport zoning authority

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E1B07 Whose approval is required before erecting
an amateur station antenna located at or near a
public use airport if the antenna would exceed a
certain height depending upon the antennas
distance from the nearest active runway?

1. The FAA must be notified and it must be
   registered with the FCC
2. Approval must be obtained from the airport
   manager
3. Approval must be obtained from the local zoning
   authorities
4. The FAA must approve any antenna structure that
   is higher than 20 feet

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E1F10 When may an amateur station send a message
to a business?

1. When the total money involved does not exceed 25
2. When the control operator is employed by the FCC
   or another government agency
3. When transmitting international third-party
   communications
4. When neither the amateur nor his or her employer
   has a pecuniary interest in the communications

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E1F11 Which of the following types of
amateur-operator-to-amateur-operator
communications are prohibited?

1. Communications transmitted for hire or material
   compensation, except as otherwise provided in the
   rules
2. Communications that have a political content,
   except as allowed by the Fairness Doctrine
3. Communications that have a religious content
4. Communications in a language other than English

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E1F09 When may the control operator of a repeater
accept payment for providing communication
services to another party?

1. When the repeater is operating under portable
   power
2. When the repeater is operating under local
   control
3. During Red Cross or other emergency service
   drills
4. Under no circumstances

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E1A10 If a station in a message forwarding system
inadvertently forwards a message that is in
violation of FCC rules, who is primarily
accountable for the rules violation?

1. The control operator of the packet bulletin board
   station
2. The control operator of the originating station
3. The control operators of all the stations in the
   system
4. The control operators of all the stations in the
   system not authenticating the source from which
   they accept communications

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E1A11 What is the first action you should take
if your digital message forwarding station
inadvertently forwards a communication that
violates FCC rules?

1. Discontinue forwarding the communication as soon
   as you become aware of it
2. Notify the originating station that the
   communication does not comply with FCC rules
3. Notify the nearest FCC Field Engineers office
4. Discontinue forwarding all messages

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E1C07 What is meant by local control?

1. Controlling a station through a local auxiliary
   link
2. Automatically manipulating local station controls
   
3. Direct manipulation of the transmitter by a
   control operator
4. Controlling a repeater using a portable handheld
   transceiver

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E1C01 What is a remotely controlled station?

1. A station operated away from its regular home
   location
2. A station controlled by someone other than the
   licensee
3. A station operating under automatic control
4. A station controlled indirectly through a control
   link

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E1C08 What is the maximum permissible duration
of a remotely controlled stations transmissions
if its control link malfunctions?

1. 30 seconds
2. 3 minutes
3. 5 minutes
4. 10 minutes

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E1C06 Which of the following statements
concerning remotely controlled amateur stations
is true?

1. Only Extra Class operators may be the control
   operator of a remote station
2. A control operator need not be present at the
   control point
3. A control operator must be present at the control
   point
4. Repeater and auxiliary stations may not be
   remotely controlled

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E1C02 What is meant by automatic control of a
station?

1. The use of devices and procedures for control so
   that the control operator does not have to be
   present at a control point
2. A station operating with its output power
   controlled automatically
3. Remotely controlling a stations antenna pattern
   through a directional control link
4. The use of a control link between a control point
   and a locally controlled station

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E1C03 How do the control operator
responsibilities of a station under automatic
control differ from one under local control?

1. Under local control there is no control operator
2. Under automatic control the control operator is
   not required to be present at the control point
3. Under automatic control there is no control
   operator
4. Under local control a control operator is not
   required to be present at a control point

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E1C10 What types of amateur stations may
automatically retransmit the radio signals of
other amateur stations?

1. Only beacon, repeater or space stations
2. Only auxiliary, repeater or space stations
3. Only earth stations, repeater stations or model
   crafts
4. Only auxiliary, beacon or space stations

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E1C09 Which of these frequencies are available
for automatically controlled ground-station
repeater operation?

1. 18.100 18.168 MHz
2. 24.940 24.990 MHz
3. 10.100 10.150 MHz
4. 29.500 29.700 MHz

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E1F15 Who may be the control operator of an
auxiliary station?

1. Any licensed amateur operator
2. Only Technician, General, Advanced or Amateur
   Extra Class operators
3. Only General, Advanced or Amateur Extra Class
   operators
4. Only Amateur Extra Class operators

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E1F17 Under what circumstances might the FCC
issue a "Special Temporary Authority" (STA) to an
amateur station?

1. To provide for experimental amateur
   communications
2. To allow regular operation on Land Mobile
   channels
3. To provide additional spectrum for personal use
4. To provide temporary operation while awaiting
   normal licensing

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E1B09 What is the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency
Service (RACES)?

1. A radio service using amateur service frequencies
   on a regular basis for communications that can
   reasonably be furnished through other radio
   services
2. A radio service of amateur stations for civil
   defense communications during periods of local,
   regional, or national civil emergencies
3. A radio service using amateur service frequencies
   for broadcasting to the public during periods of
   local, regional or national civil emergencies
4. A radio service using local government
   frequencies by Amateur Radio operators for civil
   emergency communications

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E1B10 Which amateur stations may be operated in
RACES?

1. Only those club stations licensed to Amateur
   Extra class operators
2. Any FCC-licensed amateur station except a
   Technician class operator's station
3. Any FCC-licensed amateur station certified by the
   responsible civil defense organization for the
   area served
4. Any FCC-licensed amateur station participating in
   the Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS)

71
E1B11 What frequencies are normally authorized
to an amateur station participating in RACES?

1. All amateur service frequencies otherwise
   authorized to the control operator
2. Specific segments in the amateur service MF, HF,
   VHF and UHF bands
3. Specific local government channels
4. Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS) channels

72
E1B13 What communications are permissible in
RACES?

1. Any type of communications when there is no
   emergency
2. Any Amateur Radio Emergency Service
   communications
3. Authorized civil defense emergency communications
   affecting the immediate safety of life and
   property
4. National defense and security communications
   authorized by the President

73
E1B12 What are the frequencies authorized to an
amateur station participating in RACES during a
period when the President's War Emergency Powers
are in force?

1. All frequencies in the amateur service authorized
   to the control operator
2. Specific amateur service frequency segments
   authorized in FCC Part 214
3. Specific local government channels
4. Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS) channels

74
E1E04 What is a Volunteer Examiner Coordinator?

1. A person who has volunteered to administer
   amateur operator license examinations
2. A person who has volunteered to prepare amateur
   operator license examinations
3. An organization that has entered into an
   agreement with the FCC to coordinate amateur
   operator license examinations
4. The person that has entered into an agreement
   with the FCC to be the VE session manager

75
E1E03 Who is responsible for maintaining the
question pools from which all amateur license
examination questions must be taken?

1. All of the VECs
2. The VE team
3. The VE question pool team
4. The FCCs Wireless Telecommunications Bureau

76
E1E02 Where are the questions for all written US
amateur license examinations listed?

1. In FCC Part 97
2. In an FCC-maintained question pool
3. In the VEC-maintained question pool
4. In the appropriate FCC Report and Order

77
E1E05 What is a VE?

1. An amateur operator who is approved by three or
   more fellow volunteer examiners to administer
   amateur license examinations
2. An amateur operator who is approved by a VEC to
   administer amateur operator license examinations
3. An amateur operator who administers amateur
   license examinations for a fee
4. An amateur operator who is approved by an FCC
   staff member to administer amateur operator
   license examinations

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E1E08 Which of the following best describes the
Volunteer Examiner accreditation process?

1. Each General, Advanced and Amateur Extra Class
   operator is automatically accredited as a VE when
   the license is granted
2. The amateur operator applying must pass a VE
   examination administered by the FCC Enforcement
   Bureau
3. The prospective VE obtains accreditation from a
   VE team
4. The procedure by which a VEC confirms that the VE
   applicant meets FCC requirements to serve as an
   examiner

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E1E07 Which of the following persons seeking to
become VEs cannot be accredited?

1. Persons holding less than an Advanced Class
   operator license
2. Persons less than 21 years of age
3. Persons who have ever had an amateur operator or
   amateur station license suspended or revoked
4. Persons who are employees of the federal
   government

80
E1E20 What is the minimum age to be a volunteer
examiner?

1. 13 years old
2. 16 years old
3. 18 years old
4. 21 years old

81
E1E06 What is a VE team?

1. A group of at least three VEs who administer
   examinations for an amateur operator license
2. The VEC staff
3. One or two VEs who administer examinations for an
   amateur operator license
4. A group of FCC Volunteer Enforcers who
   investigate Amateur Rules violations

82
E1E01 What is the minimum number of qualified
VEs required to administer an Element 4 amateur
operator license examination?

1. 5
2. 2
3. 4
4. 3

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E1E12 To which of the following examinees may a
VE not administer an examination?

1. Employees of the VE
2. Friends of the VE
3. The VEs close relatives as listed in the FCC
   rules
4. All these answers are correct

84
E1E10 Who is responsible for the proper conduct
and necessary supervision during an amateur
operator license examination session?

1. The VEC coordinating the session
2. The FCC
3. Each administering VE
4. The VE session manager

85
E1E09 Where must the VE team be while
administering an examination?

1. All of the administering VEs must be present
   where they can observe the examinees throughout
   the entire examination
2. The VEs must leave the room after handing out the
   exam(s) to allow the examinees to concentrate on
   the exam material
3. The VEs may be elsewhere provided at least one VE
   is present and is observing the examinees
   throughout the entire examination
4. The VEs may be anywhere as long as they each
   certify in writing that examination was
   administered properly

86
E1E14 What must the VE team do with the
examinees test papers once they have finished
the examination?

1. The VE team must collect and send them to the
   NCVEC
2. The VE team must collect and send them to the
   coordinating VEC for grading
3. The VE team must collect and grade them
   immediately
4. The VE team must collect and send them to the FCC
   for grading

87
E1E15 What must the VE team do if an examinee
scores a passing grade on all examination
elements needed for an upgrade or new license?

1. Photocopy all examination documents and forwards
   them to the FCC for processing
2. Three VEs must certify that the examinee is
   qualified for the license grant and that they
   have complied with the VE requirements
3. Issue the examinee the new or upgrade license
4. All these answers are correct

88
E1E16 What must the VE team do with the
application form if the examinee does not pass
the exam?

1. Return the application document to the examinee
2. Maintain the application form with the VECs
   records
3. Send it to the FCC
4. Destroy the application form

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E1E11 What should a VE do if a candidate fails
to comply with the examiners instructions during
an amateur operator license examination?

1. Warn the candidate that continued failure to
   comply will result in termination of the
   examination
2. Immediately terminate the candidates examination
3. Allow the candidate to complete the examination,
   but invalidate the results
4. Immediately terminate everyones examination and
   close the session

90
E1E18 For which types of out-of-pocket expenses
may VEs and VECs be reimbursed?

1. Preparing, processing, administering and
   coordinating an examination for an amateur radio
   license
2. Teaching an amateur operator license examination
   preparation course
3. No expenses are authorized for reimbursement
4. Providing amateur operator license examination
   preparation training materials

91
E1E19 How much reimbursement may the VE team and
VEC accept for preparing, processing,
administering and coordinating an examination?

1. Actual out-of-pocket expenses
2. The national minimum hourly wage for time spent
   providing examination services
3. Up to the maximum fee per examinee announced by
   the FCC annually
4. As much as the examinee is willing to donate

92
E1E17 What are the consequences of failing to
appear for re-administration of an examination
when so directed by the FCC?

1. The licensee's license will be cancelled
2. The person may be fined or imprisoned
3. The licensee is disqualified from any future
   examination for an amateur operator license grant
4. All of the above

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E1E13 What may be the penalty for a VE who
fraudulently administers or certifies an
examination?

1. Revocation of the VEs amateur station license
   grant and the suspension of the VEs amateur
   operator license grant
2. A fine of up to 1000 per occurrence
3. A sentence of up to one year in prison
4. All of these choices are correct