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Subelement T1

COMMISSION’S RULES

Section T1F

Station identification; Repeaters; Third party communications; Club stations; FCC inspection

When must the station and its records be available for FCC inspection?

  • At any time ten days after notification by the FCC of such an inspection
  • Correct Answer
    At any time upon request by an FCC representative
  • At any time after written notification by the FCC of such inspection
  • Only when presented with a valid warrant by an FCC official or government agent

As a federal licensee, you're obligated to make everything available for inspection that relates to the radio amateur practice (station, records etc) if the FCC or a representative requests so. These visits are very rare and only occur when there are reasons to believe that an improper behavior has occurred. Remember have your original license available for inspection too!

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How often must you identify with your FCC-assigned call sign when using tactical call signs such as “Race Headquarters”?

  • Never, the tactical call is sufficient
  • Once during every hour
  • Correct Answer
    At the end of each communication and every ten minutes during a communication
  • At the end of every transmission

The rule when using tactical identifiers is the same as when not using tactical identifiers, it's every 10 minutes and at the end of each communication. What they're getting at, is that even though you might be "Race Headquarters" you still have to give your amateur radio call sign every 10 minutes.

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When are you required to transmit your assigned call sign?

  • At the beginning of each contact, and every 10 minutes thereafter
  • At least once during each transmission
  • At least every 15 minutes during and at the end of a communication
  • Correct Answer
    At least every 10 minutes during and at the end of a communication

97.119 Station identification.

(a) Each amateur station, except a space station or telecommand station, must transmit its assigned call sign on its transmitting channel at the end of each communication, and at least every ten minutes during a communication, for the purpose of clearly making the source of the transmissions from the station known to those receiving the transmissions. No station may transmit unidentified communications or signals, or transmit as the station call sign, any call sign not authorized to the station.

So you do not have to transmit your callsign at the beginning, but you must every 10 minutes and at the end of the communication.

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What language may you use for identification when operating in a phone sub-band?

  • Any language recognized by the United Nations
  • Any language recognized by the ITU
  • Correct Answer
    English
  • English, French, or Spanish

You may use any language you wish for communications over Amateur Radio in the United States, but when identifying your station you must use English.

When you give your callsign always use English letters and/or the Nato Standard phonetic alphabet.

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What method of call sign identification is required for a station transmitting phone signals?

  • Send the call sign followed by the indicator RPT
  • Correct Answer
    Send the call sign using a CW or phone emission
  • Send the call sign followed by the indicator R
  • Send the call sign using only a phone emission

Indicators are never used when transmitting phone signals (phone means you're just talking with voice); you just use your callsign. You can identify with either phone (voice) or CW (Continuous Wave, which means morse code). Repeaters often use morse code for identification.

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Which of the following self-assigned indicators are acceptable when using a phone transmission?

  • KL7CC stroke W3
  • KL7CC slant W3
  • KL7CC slash W3
  • Correct Answer
    All these choices are correct

Mnemonic: Stroke, Slash, Slant = all the Same

Thus All of these choices are correct

A self assigned indicator will be used to let others know when you are not operating at your normal licensed station location. You would sign with your call sign followed by a code indicating your current location.

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Which of the following restrictions apply when a non-licensed person is allowed to speak to a foreign station using a station under the control of a licensed amateur operator?

  • The person must be a U.S. citizen
  • Correct Answer
    The foreign station must be in a country with which the U.S. has a third party agreement
  • The licensed control operator must do the station identification
  • All these choices are correct

When a non-licensed person speaks over an amateur radio station, he or she is the 3rd party. The other two are the licensed amateurs at both ends. So as soon as the question mentions a non-licensed person talking, look for "third party" in the answer.

3rd parties are not limited to US Citizens.

The 3rd party can provide the identification of the station.

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What is the definition of third party communications?

  • Correct Answer
    A message from a control operator to another amateur station control operator on behalf of another person
  • Amateur radio communications where three stations are in communications with one another
  • Operation when the transmitting equipment is licensed to a person other than the control operator
  • Temporary authorization for an unlicensed person to transmit on the amateur bands for technical experiments

This one is a matter of remembering the Part 97 definition of "Third Party Communications".

§97.3(a)(47) Third party communications. A message from the control operator (first party) of an amateur station to another amateur station control operator (second party) on behalf of another person (third party).

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What type of amateur station simultaneously retransmits the signal of another amateur station on a different channel or channels?

  • Beacon station
  • Earth station
  • Correct Answer
    Repeater station
  • Message forwarding station

Repeater stations are one of the most important types of stations to understand if you plan to operate on 2m or 70cm (which most technician licensees will). Repeater stations listen on one frequency (for example 147.94MHz) and retransmit anything they receive on another frequency; generally the two frequencies are separated by a well-known offset. On 2 meters the offset is usually 600kHz and on 70cm it is usually 5MHz.

The only distractor listed that seems like it might be correct is "Message forwarding station". However, a message forwarding station would receive a message and then forward it, not retransmit simultaneously. Beacon stations don't usually receive at all -- they just transmit periodically to help other stations determine wave propagation conditions. Earth stations are simply radio stations that are located within 50km of the Earth's surface.

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Who is accountable if a repeater inadvertently retransmits communications that violate the FCC rules?

  • Correct Answer
    The control operator of the originating station
  • The control operator of the repeater
  • The owner of the repeater
  • Both the originating station and the repeater owner

Repeaters run on automatic control, and thus do not have a control operator present at a control point. Therefore the repeater's control operator can't be expected to watch all use of the repeater all the time.

As such, the control operator of the originating station is responsible for their own emissions, even if those are retransmitted by a repeater.

Generally speaking, whoever originates something is responsible for its content, not those in charge of whatever the content passes through.

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Which of the following is a requirement for the issuance of a club station license grant?

  • The trustee must have an Amateur Extra Class operator license grant
  • Correct Answer
    The club must have at least four members
  • The club must be registered with the American Radio Relay League
  • All these choices are correct

Just remember a club must have at least four members to get a club station license grant. You can still have a club with three members, you just won't get a club station license until you get that fourth member.

§97.5(b)(2) A club station license grant. A club station license grant may be held only by the person who is the license trustee designated by an officer of the club. The trustee must be a person who holds an operator/primary station license grant. The club must be composed of at least four persons and must have a name, a document of organization, management, and a primary purpose devoted to amateur service activities consistent with this part.

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