Ham Radio General Class Test HF Operating Procedures Questions and Answers

Question 1

You hear a rare DX station on 14.195 MHz calling "CQ and listening up 5 to 10." Your General Class license allows you to transmit phone on this part of the band.
Where should you set your transmitter's frequency to call this station?

Accepted Answer

Between 14.200 MHz and 14.205 MHz.

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On 14.195 MHz, directly on their frequency.

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On 14.190 MHz, which is 5 kHz below their frequency.

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Exactly on 14.210 MHz.

Question 2

Which of the following types of amateur radio traffic has the highest priority according to FCC rules?

Accepted Answer

Emergency traffic involving an immediate threat to life or property.

Answer

Traffic related to a scheduled net.

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Third-party traffic from a foreign country.

Answer

Health and welfare traffic.

Question 3

Which of the following is the primary reason for using the standard ITU phonetic alphabet when spelling out your call sign during a voice contact?

Accepted Answer

To increase the intelligibility of letters over noisy or weak signal paths.

Answer

It is the only legally permitted way to identify your station.

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To make your transmission sound more professional and official.

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To impress the other operator with your knowledge of operating procedures.

Question 4

You wish to join a directed HF net that is already in progress. What is the generally accepted procedure?

Accepted Answer

Wait for the Net Control Station (NCS) to ask for check-ins and then transmit your call sign.

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Immediately transmit your call sign as soon as you tune to the frequency.

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Call the last station that finished transmitting to ask for permission to join.

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Transmit "break-break" between the transmissions of other stations.

Question 5

In the RST signal reporting system, what does the "S" component represent?

Accepted Answer

The signal's strength, often read from an S-meter.

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The signal's stability.

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The speed of the CW transmission.

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The signal's shape or clarity.

Question 6

You are in a single-sideband (SSB) voice QSO and the other station says they are experiencing "QRM". What are they telling you?

Accepted Answer

They are receiving interference from other stations.

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They are experiencing static or natural atmospheric noise.

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They want to change frequency.

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They are ready to end the contact.