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Technician Licensing Class. Control. Valid July 1, 2014 Through June 30, 2018. Amateur Radio Technician Class Element 2 Course Presentation. ELEMENT 2 SUB-ELEMENTS (Groupings) About Ham Radio Call Signs Control Mind the Rules Tech Frequencies Your First Radio Going Solo Repeaters
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Technician Licensing Class Control Valid July 1, 2014 Through June 30, 2018
Amateur Radio Technician ClassElement 2 Course Presentation ELEMENT 2 SUB-ELEMENTS (Groupings) About Ham Radio Call Signs Control Mind the Rules Tech Frequencies Your First Radio Going Solo Repeaters Emergency! Weak Signal Propagation 2
Amateur Radio Technician ClassElement 2 Course Presentation ELEMENT 2 SUB-ELEMENTS (Groupings) Talk to Outer Space! Your Computer Goes Ham Digital! Multi-Mode Radio Excitement Run Some Interference Protection Electrons – Go With the Flow! It’s the Law, per Mr. Ohm! Picture This! Antennas Feed Me With Some Good Coax! Safety First! 3
Control An amateur radio station is never permitted to transmit without a control operator. T1E01 Only a person for whom an amateur operator/primary license grant appears in the FCC database or who is authorized for alien reciprocal operation may be designated to be the control operator of an amateur station. T1E02 4
Control Any amateur whose license privileges allow them to transmit on the satellite uplink frequency may be the control operator of a station communicating through an amateur satellite or space station. T8B01 The station licensee must designate the station control operator. T1E03 5
Control The control operator and the station licensee are equally responsible for the proper operation of the amateur station. T1E07 The class of operator license held by the control operator determines the transmitting privileges of an amateur station. T1E04 6
Control Under normal circumstances, a Technician Class licensee at no time may be the control operator of a station operating in an exclusive Extra Class operator segment of the amateur bands. T1E12 The location at which the control operator function is performed is the amateur station control point. T1E05 Local control is the type of control being used when the control operator is at the control point. T1E09 7
Control Automatic control is the type of control when operating APRS network digipeaters. T1E06 Repeater operation is an example of automatic control. T1E08 Operating the station over the Internet is an example of remote control as defined in Part 97. T1E10 8
Control Unless documentation to the contrary is in the station records, the FCC presumes the station licensee is the control operator of an amateur station. T1E11 When the communication is incidental to classroom instruction at an educational institution, the control operator of an amateur station may receive compensation for operating the station. T1D08 The control operator of the originating station is accountable should a repeater inadvertently retransmit communications that violate FCC rules. T1F10 9
Element 2 Technician Class Question Pool Control Valid July 1, 2014 Through June 30, 2018
T1E01When is an amateur station permitted to transmit without control operator? • When using automatic control, such as in the case of a repeater • When the station licensee is away and another licensed amateur is using the station • When the transmitting station is an auxiliary station • Never
T1E02Who may a station licensee designate to be the control operator of an amateur station? • Any U.S. citizen or registered alien • Any family member of the station licensee • Any person over the age of 18 • Only a person for whom an amateur operator/primary station license grant appears in the FCC database or who is authorized for alien reciprocal operation
T8B01Who may be the control operator of a station communicating through an amateur satellite or space station? • Only an Amateur Extra Class operator • A General Class licensee or higher licensee who has a satellite operator certification • Only an Amateur Extra Class operator who is also an AMSAT member • Any amateur whose license privileges allow them to transmit on the satellite uplink frequency
T1E03Who must designate the station control operator? • The station licensee • The FCC • The frequency coordinator • The ITU
T1E07When the control operator is not the station licensee, who is responsible for the proper operation of the station? • All licensed amateurs who are present at the operation • Only the station licensee • Only the control operator • The control operator and the station licensee are equally responsible
T1E04What determines the transmitting privileges of an amateur station? • The frequency authorized by the frequency coordinator • The class of operator license held by the station licensee • The highest class of operator license held by anyone on the premises • The class of operator license held by the control operator
T1E12When, under normal circumstances, may a Technician Class licensee be the control operator of a station operating in an exclusive Extra Class operator segment of the amateur bands? At no time When operating a special event station. As part of a multi-operator contest team When using a club station whose trustee is an Extra Class operator licensee
T1E05What is an amateur station control point? • The location of the station’s transmitting antenna • The location of the station transmitting apparatus. • The location at which the control operator function is performed • The mailing address of the station licensee
T1E09What type of control is being used when the control operator is at the control point? • Radio control • Unattended control • Automatic control • Local control
T1E06Under what type of control do APRS network digipeaters operate? • Automatic • Remote • Local • Manual
T1E08Which of the following is an example of automatic control? • Repeater operation • Controlling the station over the Internet • Using a computer or other device to automatically send CW • Using a computer or other device to automatically identify
T1E10Which of the following is an example of remote control as defined in Part 97? • Repeater operation • Operating the station over the Internet • Controlling a model aircraft, boat or car by amateur radio • All of these choices are correct
T1E11Who does the FCC presume to be the control operator of an amateur station, unless documentation to the contrary is in the station records? • The station custodian • The third party participant • The person operating the station equipment • The station licensee
T1D08 In which of the following circumstances may the control operator of an amateur station receive compensation for operating the station? • When engaging in communications on behalf of their employer • When the communication is incidental to classroom instruction at an educational institution • When re-broadcasting weather alerts during a RACES net • When notifying other amateur operators of the availability for sale or trade of apparatus
T1F10Who is accountable should a repeater inadvertently retransmit communications that violate the FCC rules? • 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