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T1D01 · §97.111(a)(1)
With which countries are FCC-licensed amateur radio stations prohibited from exchanging communications?
- A. Any country whose administration has notified the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that it objects to such communications ✓ Correct answer
- B. Any country whose administration has notified the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) that it objects to such communications
- C. Any country banned from such communications by the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
- D. Any country banned from making such communications by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
Section 97.111 prohibits communications with any country whose administration has notified the ITU that it objects to amateur communications with its stations. The ARRL and IARU have no power to ban contact with a country.
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T1D02 · §97.113(b), 97.111(b)
Under which of the following circumstances are one-way transmissions by an amateur station prohibited?
- A. Announcements of upcoming ham radio operating events
- B. Broadcasting ✓ Correct answer
- C. International Morse Code Practice
- D. Telecommand or transmissions of telemetry
One-way transmissions are prohibited when they amount to broadcasting (section 97.113). Beacons, telecommand, telemetry, code practice, and event announcements are specific permitted one-way uses.
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T1D03 · §97.211(b), 97.215(b), 97.113(a)(4)
When is it permissible to transmit messages encoded to obscure their meaning?
- A. Only when using a remote station during a contest
- B. Only when transmitting certain approved digital codes
- C. Only when transmitting control commands to space stations or model craft ✓ Correct answer
- D. Never
Section 97.113 prohibits messages encoded to obscure their meaning. The exceptions are telecommand messages to space stations, which may use special codes (section 97.211(b)), and model craft control signals, which are not treated as obscuring codes (section 97.215(b)). Contests and digital codes get no such exception.
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T1D04 · §97.113(a)(4), 97.113(c)
Under what conditions is an amateur station authorized to transmit music using a phone emission?
- A. When incidental to an authorized retransmission of manned spacecraft communications ✓ Correct answer
- B. When the music produces no spurious emissions
- C. When transmissions are limited to less than three minutes per hour
- D. When the music is transmitted above 1280 MHz
Music is prohibited on amateur frequencies except when it is incidental to an authorized retransmission of manned spacecraft communications (section 97.113). Spurious emissions, duration, or band do not change that.
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T1D05 · §97.113(a)(3)(ii)
When may amateur radio operators use their stations to notify other amateurs of the availability of equipment for sale or trade?
- A. Never
- B. When the equipment is not the personal property of either the station licensee, or the control operator, or their close relatives
- C. When no profit is made on the sale
- D. When selling amateur radio equipment and not on a regular basis ✓ Correct answer
Section 97.113 permits announcing equipment for sale or trade when it is normally used in an amateur station and the sales are not made on a regular basis. Regular selling would be a commercial activity, which is prohibited.
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T1D06 · §97.113(a)(4)
What, if any, are the restrictions concerning transmission of language that may be considered indecent or obscene?
- A. The FCC maintains a list of words that are not permitted to be used on amateur frequencies
- B. Any such language is prohibited ✓ Correct answer
- C. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) maintains a list of words that are not permitted to be used on amateur frequencies
- D. There is no such prohibition
Section 97.113 prohibits obscene or indecent words or language on the amateur bands. The FCC and ITU do not keep a list of banned words; any such language is simply not allowed.
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T1D07 · §97.113(d), 97.201(e)
Which of the following is an example of an auxiliary station?
- A. A station sending one-way transmissions between a remote repeater receiver and the main repeater transmitter ✓ Correct answer
- B. A backup radio for emergency use in case the main station radio fails
- C. A station used in the Military Auxiliary Radio System for linking government and amateur stations in a digital network
- D. A second station utilized in multi-operator contest stations
Section 97.3 defines an auxiliary station as one transmitting point-to-point within a system of cooperating amateur stations, and section 97.201 lets it send one-way communications. A link from a remote repeater receiver to the main repeater transmitter is a classic example; a backup radio or a second contest station is not.
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T1D08 · §97.113(a)(3)(iii)
In which of the following circumstances may the control operator of an amateur station receive compensation for operating that station?
- A. When the communication is related to the sale of amateur equipment by the control operator's employer
- B. When the communication is a part of classroom instruction at an educational institution ✓ Correct answer
- C. When the communication is made to obtain emergency information for a local broadcast station
- D. All these choices are correct
A control operator may be paid when the communication is part of classroom instruction at an educational institution (section 97.113). The other choices involve commercial or broadcast-station benefit and are not permitted.
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T1D09 · §97.113(5)(b)
When may amateur stations transmit information in support of broadcasting, program production, or news gathering, assuming no other means is available?
- A. When such communications are directly related to the immediate safety of human life or protection of property ✓ Correct answer
- B. When broadcasting communications to or from the space shuttle
- C. Where non-commercial programming is gathered and supplied exclusively to the National Public Radio network
- D. Never
Amateur stations may support broadcasting, program production, or news gathering only when no other means exists and the communication is directly related to the immediate safety of human life or protection of property (section 97.113).
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T1D10 · §97.3(a)(10)
How does the FCC define broadcasting for the Amateur Radio Service?
- A. Two-way transmissions by amateur stations
- B. Any transmission made by the licensed station
- C. Transmission of messages directed only to amateur operators
- D. Transmissions intended for reception by the general public ✓ Correct answer
Section 97.3 defines broadcasting as transmissions intended for reception by the general public, either direct or relayed. Two-way contacts between amateurs are not broadcasting.
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T1D11 · §97.215
When may an amateur station transmit without identifying on the air?
- A. When the transmissions are of a brief nature to make station adjustments
- B. When the transmissions are unmodulated
- C. When the transmitted power level is below 0.1 watt
- D. When transmitting signals to control model craft ✓ Correct answer
Stations sending signals to control model craft need not identify, provided a label with the station call sign and the licensee's name and address is attached to the station transmitter (section 97.215(a)). Station adjustments, unmodulated signals and low power do not waive identification.
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T1D12 · §97.119(a)
Which of the following is required when making on-the-air test transmissions?
- A. Identify the transmitting station ✓ Correct answer
- B. Conduct tests only between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. local time
- C. Notify the FCC of the transmissions
- D. All these choices are correct
Test transmissions must be identified with your call sign, like any other transmission. There is no required time of day and no need to notify the FCC.