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Amateur Extra Licensing Class

Amateur Extra Licensing Class. Lake Area Radio Klub Spring 2012. Rules & Regs. Amateur Radio Extra Class Element 4 Course Presentation. ELEMENT 4 Groupings Rules & Regs Skywaves & Contesting Outer Space Comms Visuals & Video Modes Digital Excitement with Computers & Radios

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Amateur Extra Licensing Class

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  1. Amateur Extra Licensing Class Lake Area Radio Klub Spring 2012 Rules & Regs

  2. Amateur Radio Extra ClassElement 4 Course Presentation • ELEMENT 4 Groupings • Rules & Regs • Skywaves & Contesting • Outer Space Comms • Visuals & Video Modes • Digital Excitement with Computers & Radios • Modulate Your Transmitters • Amps & Power Supplies • Receivers with Great Filters

  3. Amateur Radio Extra ClassElement 4 Course Presentation ELEMENT 4 Groupings Oscillate & Synthesize This! Circuits & Resonance for All! Components in Your New Rig Logically Speaking of Counters Optos & OpAmps Plus Solar Test Gear, Testing, Testing 1,2,3 Antennas Feedlines & Safety

  4. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1A01…When using a transceiver that displays the carrier frequency of phone signals, a displayed frequency of 3 kHz below the upper band edge will result in a normal USB emission being within the band. E1A03…With your transceiver displaying the carrier frequency of phone signals, you hear a DX station's CQ on 14.349 MHz USB. It is not legal to return the call using upper sideband on the same frequency because your sidebands will extend beyond the band edge. 14.349 MHz + 3 KHz = 14.352 MHz. Carrier Frequency Lower Side band Upper Side band Carrier Frequency-2.8 KHz Carrier - 300 Hz Carrier +300Hz Carrier Frequency+2.8 KHz • The band edge for 20 meters is 14.350 MHz therefore your signal would be out of band by 2 KHz.

  5. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1A02… When using a transceiver that displays the carrier frequency of phone signals, a 3 kHz above the lower band edge displayed carrier frequency display will result in a normal LSB emission being within the band. E1A04… With your transceiver displaying the carrier frequency of phone signals, you hear a DX station's CQ on 3.601 MHz LSB. It is not legal to return the call using lower sideband on the same frequency because your sidebands will extend beyond the edge of the phone band segment. 3.601 MHz - 3 KHz = 3.598 MHz The band edge for phone on 80 meters is 3.600 MHz; therefore your signal at 3.598 MHz would be out of the band by 2 KHz and in the RTTY and data segment of the 80 meter band

  6. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1A09…The 80/75, 40, 20 and 15 meter frequency bands contain at least one segment authorized only to control operators holding an Amateur Extra Class operator license.

  7. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1A06…The maximum power output permitted on the 60 meter band is 50 watts PEP effective radiated power relative to a dipole. You must do a calculation of transmitter power, antenna gain and line loss to determine your ERP. On the 60 meter band power is limited to 50 Watts ERP, (Effective Radiated Power) referred to a dipole antenna which includes antenna gain and the path loss or gain from the transceiver to antenna itself. If you had an antenna with +6 dB of gain over a dipole and a coaxial line loss of -3dB the maximum output allowed from the transmitter would be 25 watts. Gain over dipole would be 6 dB -3dB Loss or 3db, therefore you would have to have a transmitter power of 3 db less than 50 watts, or 25 watts transmitter output power. 5330.5 kHz USB 5346.5 kHz USB 5366.5 kHz USB 5371.5 kHz USB 5403.5 kHz USB

  8. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1A07…The 60 meter band is the only amateur band where only the transmission on specific channels rather than a range of frequencies is permitted. E1A08… Upper sideband SSB is the only emission permitted to be transmitted on the 60 meter band by an amateur station.

  9. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1A08…Upper sideband SSB is the only emission permitted to be transmitted on the 60 meter band by an amateur station. E1A13…When a US-registered vessel is in international waters, any amateur license or reciprocal permit for an alien amateur licensee with an FCC-issued license or permit is allowed to transmit amateur communications from an on-board amateur transmitter. E1A12…If an amateur station is installed on board a ship or aircraft, its operation must be approved by the master of the ship or the pilot in command of the aircraft before the station is operated.

  10. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1A05…The only amateur band that does not permit the transmission of phone or image emissions is 30 meters The 30 meter band is restricted to RTTY and data transmission only. E1B03…Within a distance of 1 mile an amateur station must protect an FCC monitoring facility from harmful interference. E1F08…The National Radio Quiet Zone is an area surrounding the National Radio Astronomy observatory. The National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) was established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1958 to minimize possible harmful interference to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, WV and the radio receiving facilities for the United States Navy in Sugar Grove, WV.

  11. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1B02…An amateur station apparatus or antenna structure may be restricted if the location is significant to our environment, American history, architecture, or culture. E1B04…An Environmental Assessment must be submitted to the FCC before placing an amateur station within an officially designated wilderness area or wildlife preserve, or an area listed in the National Register of Historical Places.

  12. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1F02…The CEPT operating arrangements allows an FCC-licensed US citizen to operate in many European countries, and alien amateurs from many European countries to operate in the US. CEPT is the European Conference of Post and Telecommunications Administration E1F03…The IARP agreement allows an FCC-licensed US citizen and many Central and South American amateur operators to operate in each other’s countries. IARP is an acronym for International Amateur Radio Permit. The ARRL has issued the International Amateur Radio Permit (IARP) that allows US amateurs to operate from Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela without having to obtain a special license (the US and Canada also are CITEL signatories). The IARP is valid in any country that is a signatory to the CITEL Amateur Convention.

  13. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1F16… Communications incidental to the purpose of the amateur service and remarks of a personal nature may be transmitted to amateur stations in foreign countries. E1F06… The “A line” is a line roughly parallel to and approx. 50 miles south of the US-Canadian border. E1F07… Amateur stations may not transmit on the 420 - 430 MHz frequency segments if they are located north of Line A.

  14. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1B05… An amateur station antenna structure not close to a public use airport, unless the FAA is notified and it is registered with the FCC, cannot be higher than 200 feet above ground level at its site.

  15. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs Distances from runway and height permitted. 200 feet maximum is the only info needed.

  16. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1B06…If you are installing an amateur station antenna at a site within 20,000 feet of a public use airport you may have to notify the Federal Aviation Administration and register it with the FCC. E1B07…Before erecting an amateur station antenna located at or near a public use airport the FAA must be notified and it must be registered with the FCC if the antenna would exceed a certain height depending upon the antenna’s distance from the nearest active runway. E1F10…An amateur station may send a message to a business when neither the amateur nor his or her employer has a pecuniary interest in the communications. E1F11…Amateur-operator-to-amateur-operator communications transmitted for hire or material compensation are prohibited, except as otherwise provided in the FCC rules.

  17. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1F09…Under no circumstances may the control operator of a repeater accept payment for providing communication services to another party. E1A10…If a station in a message forwarding system inadvertently forwards a message that is in violation of FCC rules, the control operator of the originating station is primarily accountable for the rules violation. E1A11…The first action you should take if your digital message forwarding station inadvertently forwards a communication that violates FCC rules is to discontinue forwarding the communication as soon as you become aware of it.

  18. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1C07…Local control means direct manipulation of the transmitter by a control operator. E1C01… A remotely controlled station is a station controlled indirectly through a control link. E1C08…The maximum permissible duration of a remotely controlled station’s transmissions if its control link malfunctions is 3 minutes. Most control link frequencies are found on UHF 420-430 MHz or up on 1.2 GHz. “Control link” is the key for remote control of an amateur station or repeater.

  19. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1C06…When operating remotely controlled amateur stations, a control operator must be present at the control point. E1C02…Automatic control of a station is the use of devices and procedures for control so that the control operator does not have to be present at a control point. E1C03…Control operator responsibilities of a station under automatic control differ from one under local control in that under automatic control the control operator is not required to be present at the control point. E1C10…Only amateur auxiliary, repeater or space stations may automatically retransmit the radio signals of other amateur stations. An example of an auxiliary relay station would be a mobile rig configured to be a cross band repeater.

  20. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1C09…Frequencies from 29.500 - 29.700 MHz are available for automatically controlled ground-station repeater operation. Repeater operation on HF is limited only to the top of the 10 meter band, between 29.5 MHz to 29.7 MHz. No other HF frequency (3-30MHz) bands permit repeater operation. E1F15…Technician, General, Advanced or Extra Class Amateur operators may be the control operator of an auxiliary station. Auxiliary stations transmit communications point to point within a system of cooperating stations. An example would be the Washington State Evergreen Inter-Tie System that links stations across the northwest. Any amateur radio operator, EXCEPT NOVICE CLASS, may set up an auxiliary station and be the control operator of that station.

  21. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1F17…The FCC can issue a "Special Temporary Authority" (STA) to an amateur station to provide for experimental amateur communications. E1B09…The Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) is a radio service of amateur stations for civil defense communications during periods of local, regional, or national civil emergencies. E1B10…Any FCC-licensed amateur station certified by the responsible civil defense organization for the area served may operate amateur stations under RACES.

  22. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1B11…All amateur service frequencies otherwise authorized to the control operator are normally authorized to any FCC licensed amateur station participating in RACES. You do NOT gain any out-of-band privileges as a RACES operator. E1B13… Communications permissible in RACES include authorized civil defense emergency communications affecting the immediate safety of life and property. E1B12… Specific amateur service frequency segments authorized in FCC Part 214 are authorized to an amateur station participating in RACES during a period when the President's War Emergency Powers are in force. If a war should break out, RACES operators may be authorized specific segments in the amateur service MF, HF, VHF, and UHF bands.

  23. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1E04… The Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (VEC) is an organization that has entered into an agreement with the FCC to coordinate amateur operator license exams. E1E03…All of the VECs are responsible for maintaining the question pools from which all amateur license examination questions must be taken. E1E02…The questions for all written US amateur license examinations are listed in the VEC-maintained question pool. E1E05…A VE (Volunteer Examiner) is an amateur operator who is approved by a VEC to administer amateur operator license examinations.

  24. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1E08… The Volunteer Examiner accreditation process is the procedure by which a VEC confirms that the VE applicant meets FCC requirements to serve as an examiner. E1E07… Persons seeking to become VEs who have ever had an amateur operator or amateur station license suspended or revoked cannot be accredited. E1E20… You must be a minimum of 18 years of age to be a volunteer examiner.

  25. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1E06…A VE team is a group of at least three VEs who administer examinations for an amateur operator license. E1E01…The minimum number of qualified VEs required to administer an Element 4 amateur operator license examination is three. E1E12… A VE may not administer an examination to their close relatives as listed in the FCC rules.

  26. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1E10…Each administering VE is responsible for the proper conduct and necessary supervision during an amateur operator license examination session. E1E09…All of the administering VEs must be present be and located where they can observe the examinees throughout the entire examination session. E1E14…The VE team must collect and immediately grade the examinee’s test papers once they have finished the examination.

  27. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1E15… If an examinee scores a passing grade on all examination elements needed for an upgrade or new license a minimum of three attending VEs must certify that the examinee is qualified for the license grant and that they have complied with the VE requirements.

  28. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1E16…If the examinee does not pass the exam the VE team will return the application document to the examinee. E1E11…If a candidate fails to comply with the examiner’s instructions during an amateur operator license examination, the examiner should immediately terminate the candidate’s examination. E1E18…Preparing, processing, administering and coordinating an examination are types of out-of-pocket expenses that VEs and VECs can be reimbursed.

  29. Amateur Radio Extra ClassRules & Regs E1E19…The VE team and VEC may accept reimbursement for preparing, processing, administering and coordinating an examination and actual out-of-pocket expenses. E1E17…Failure to appear for re-administration of an examination when so directed by the FCC will cause the licensee's license to be cancelled. E1E13…The penalty for a VE who fraudulently administers or certifies an examination is the revocation of the VEs amateur station license grant and the suspension of the VEs amateur operator license grant.

  30. Element 4 Extra Class Question Pool Rules & Regs Valid July 1, 2008 Through June 30, 2012

  31. E1A01 When using a transceiver that displays the carrier frequency of phone signals, which of the following displayed frequencies will result in a normal USB emission being within the band? • The exact upper band edge • 300 Hz below the upper band edge • 1 kHz below the upper band edge • 3 kHz below the upper band edge

  32. E1A03 With your transceiver displaying the carrier frequency of phone signals, you hear a DX station's CQ on 14.349 MHz USB. Is it legal to return the call using upper sideband on the same frequency? • Yes, because the DX station initiated the contact • Yes, because the displayed frequency is within the 20 meter band • No, my sidebands will extend beyond the band edge • No, USA stations are not permitted to use phone emissions above 14.340 MHz

  33. E1A02When using a transceiver that displays the carrier frequency of phone signals, which of the following displayed frequencies will result in a normal LSB emission being within the band? • The exact lower band edge • 300 Hz above the lower band edge • 1 kHz above the lower band edge • 3 kHz above the lower band edge

  34. E1A04With your transceiver displaying the carrier frequency of phone signals, you hear a DX station's CQ on 3.601 MHz LSB. Is it legal to return the call using lower sideband on the same frequency? • Yes, because the DX station initiated the contact • Yes, because the displayed frequency is within the 75 meter phone band segment • No, my sidebands will extend beyond the edge of the phone band segment • No, USA stations are not permitted to use phone emissions below 3.610 MHz

  35. E1A09Which frequency bands contain at least one segment authorized only to control operators holding an Amateur Extra Class operator license? • 80/75, 40, 20 and 15 meters • 80/75, 40, 20 and 10 meters • 80/75, 40, 30 and 10 meters • 160, 80/75, 40 and 20 meters

  36. E1A06What is the maximum power output permitted on the 60 meter band? • 50 watts PEP effective radiated power relative to an isotropic radiator • 50 watts PEP effective radiated power relative to a dipole • 100 watts PEP effective radiated power relative to an isotropic radiator • 100 watts PEP effective radiated power relative to a dipole

  37. E1A07What is the only amateur band where transmission on specific channels rather than a range of frequencies is permitted? • 12 meter band • 17 meter band • 30 meter band • 60 meter band

  38. E1A08What is the only emission type permitted to be transmitted on the 60 meter band by an amateur station? • CW • RTTY Frequency shift keying • Single sideband, upper sideband only • Single sideband, lower sideband only

  39. E1A13When a US-registered vessel is in international waters, what type of FCC-issued license or permit is required to transmit amateur communications from an on-board amateur transmitter? • Any amateur license with an FCC Marine or Aircraft endorsement • Any amateur license or reciprocal permit for alien amateur licensee • Only General class or higher amateur licenses • An unrestricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit

  40. E1A12If an amateur station is installed on board a ship or aircraft, what condition must be met before the station is operated? • Its operation must be approved by the master of the ship or the pilot in command of the aircraft • The amateur station operator must agree to not transmit when the main ship or aircraft radios are in use • It must have a power supply that is completely independent of the main ship or aircraft power supply • Its operator must have an FCC Marine or Aircraft endorsement on his or her amateur license

  41. E1A05Which is the only amateur band that does not permit the transmission of phone or image emissions? • 160 meters • 60 meters • 30 meters • 17 meters

  42. E1B03 Within what distance must an amateur station protect an FCC monitoring facility from harmful interference? • 1 mile • 3 miles • 10 miles • 30 miles

  43. E1F08What is the National Radio Quiet Zone? • An area in Puerto Rico surrounding the Arecibo Radio Telescope • An area in New Mexico surrounding the White Sands Test Area • An area surrounding the National Radio Astronomy Observatory • An area in Florida surrounding Cape Canaveral

  44. E1B02Which of the following factors might cause the physical location of an amateur station apparatus or antenna structure to be restricted? • The location is in or near an area of political conflict, military maneuvers or major construction • The location's geographical or horticultural importance • The location is in an ITU zone designated for coordination with one or more foreign governments • The location is significant to our environment, American history, architecture, or culture.

  45. E1B04 What must be done before placing an amateur station within an officially designated wilderness area or wildlife preserve, or an area listed in the National Register of Historical Places? • A proposal must be submitted to the National Park Service • A letter of intent must be filed with the National Audubon Society • An Environmental Assessment must be submitted to the FCC • A form FSD-15 must be submitted to the Department of the Interior

  46. E1F02Which of the following operating arrangements allows an FCC-licensed US citizen to operate in many European countries, and alien amateurs from many European countries to operate in the US? • CEPT agreement • IARP agreement • ITU reciprocal license • All of these choices are correct

  47. E1F03Which of the following operating arrangements allow an FCC-licensed US citizen and many Central and South American amateur operators to operate in each other’s countries? • CEPT agreement • IARP agreement • ITU agreement • All of these choices are correct

  48. E1F16What types of communications may be transmitted to amateur stations in foreign countries? • Business-related messages • Automatic retransmissions of any amateur communications • Communications incidental to the purpose of the amateur service and remarks of a personal nature • All of these choices are correct

  49. E1F06Which of the following geographic descriptions approximately describes "Line A"? • A line roughly parallel to and south of the US-Canadian border • A line roughly parallel to and west of the US Atlantic coastline • A line roughly parallel to and north of the US-Mexican border and Gulf coastline • A line roughly parallel to and east of the US Pacific coastline

  50. E1F07Amateur stations may not transmit in which of the following frequency segments if they are located north of Line A? • 440 – 450 MHz • 53 – 54 MHz • 222 – 223 MHz • 420 – 430 MHz

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