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| T8A01 Which of the following is a form of amplitude modulation? |
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| T8A02 What type of modulation is most commonly used for VHF packet radio transmissions? |
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| T8A03 Which type of voice modulation is most often used for long-distance or weak signal contacts on the VHF and UHF bands? |
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| T8A04 Which type of modulation is most commonly used for VHF and UHF voice repeaters? |
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| T8A05 Which of the following types of emission has the narrowest bandwidth? |
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| T8A06 Which sideband is normally used for 10 meter HF, VHF and UHF single-sideband communications? |
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| T8A07 What is the primary advantage of single sideband over FM for voice transmissions? |
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| SSB signals have narrower bandwidth |
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| T8A08 What is the approximate bandwidth of a single sideband voice signal? |
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| T8A09 What is the approximate bandwidth of a VHF repeater FM phone signal? |
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| T8A10 What is the typical bandwidth of analog fast-scan TV transmissions on the 70 cm band? |
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| T8A11 What is the approximate maximum bandwidth required to transmit a CW signal? |
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| T8B01 Who may be the control operator of a station communicating through an amateur satellite or space station? |
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| Any amateur whose license privileges allow them to transmit on the satellite uplink frequency |
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| T8B02 How much transmitter power should be used on the uplink frequency of an amateur satellite or space station? |
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| The minimum amount of power needed to complete the contact |
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| T8B03 Which of the following can be done using an amateur radio satellite? |
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| Talk to amateur radio operators in other countries |
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| T8B04 Which amateur stations may make contact with an amateur station on the International Space Station using 2 meter and 70 cm band amateur radio frequencies? |
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| Any amateur holding a Technician or higher class license |
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| T8B05 What is a satellite beacon? |
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| A transmission from a space station that contains information about a satellite |
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| T8B06 What can be used to determine the time period during which an amateur satellite or space station can be accessed? |
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| A satellite tracking program |
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| T8B07 With regard to satellite communications, what is Doppler shift? |
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| An observed change in signal frequency caused by relative motion between the satellite and the earth station |
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| T8B08 What is meant by the statement that a satellite is operating in "mode U/V"? |
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| The satellite uplink is in the 70 cm band and the downlink is in the 2 meter band |
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| T8B09 What causes "spin fading" when referring to satellite signals? |
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| Rotation of the satellite and its antennas |
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| T8B10 What do the initials LEO tell you about an amateur satellite? |
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| The satellite is in a Low Earth Orbit |
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| T8C01 Which of the following methods is used to locate sources of noise interference or jamming? |
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| T8C02 Which of these items would be useful for a hidden transmitter hunt? |
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| T8C03 What popular operating activity involves contacting as many stations as possible during a specified period of time? |
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| T8C04 Which of the following is good procedure when contacting another station in a radio contest? |
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| Send only the minimum information needed for proper identification and the contest exchange |
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| T8C05 What is a grid locator? |
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| A letter-number designator assigned to a geographic location |
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| T8C06 For what purpose is a temporary "1 by 1" format (letter-number-letter) call sign assigned? |
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| For operations in conjunction with an activity of special significance to the amateur community |
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| T8C07 What is the maximum power allowed when transmitting telecommand signals to radio controlled models? |
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| T8C08 What is required in place of on-air station identification when sending signals to a radio control model using amateur frequencies? |
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| A label indicating the licensees name, call sign and address must be affixed to the transmitter |
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| T8C09 How might you obtain a list of active nodes that use VoIP? |
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| From a repeater directory |
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| T8C10 How do you select a specific IRLP node when using a portable transceiver? |
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| Use the keypad to transmit the IRLP node ID |
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| T8C11 What name is given to an amateur radio station that is used to connect other amateur stations to the Internet? |
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| T8D01 Which of the following is an example of a digital communications method? |
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| Packet AND PSK31 AND MFSK AND All of these choices are correct |
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| T8D02 What does the term APRS mean? |
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| Automatic Position Reporting System |
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| T8D03 Which of the following is normally used when sending automatic location reports via amateur radio? |
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| A Global Positioning System receiver |
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| T8D04 What type of transmission is indicated by the term NTSC |
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| An analog fast scan color TV signal |
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| T8D05 Which of the following emission modes may be used by a Technician Class operator between 219 and 220 MHz? |
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| T8D06 What does the abbreviation PSK mean? |
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| A low-rate data transmission mode |
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| T8D08 Which of the following may be included in packet transmissions? |
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| A check sum which permits error detection AND A header which contains the call sign of the station to which the information is being sent AND Automatic repeat request in case of error AND All of these choices are correct |
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| T8D09 What code is used when sending CW in the amateur bands? |
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| T8D10 Which of the following can be used to transmit CW in the amateur bands? |
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| Straight Key AND Electronic Keyer AND Computer Keyboard AND All of these choices are correct |
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| T8D11 What is a "parity" bit? |
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| An extra code element used to detect errors in received data |
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