Amateur Radio Quick Study Guide: Technician Class, July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2022

By Rogue Medical

There is no greater feeling than passing and receiving your first Amateur Radio technical license. Unfortunately, the reality is that life sometimes gets in the way and causes delays. This Quick Study Guide has been designed with the time starved individual in mind that wishes to obtain their amateur radio technician license with little time to fit into their schedules for extensive study.

This is NOT your normal study guide or reference manual. There are no explanations to the questions or answers. This was done to maximize your ability to study and focus on the important information to pass your test.  

This guide was created by current Amateur Radio Operators to aid others in a way to assist in learning the material quickly. This study guide can and is highly recommended to be used in conjunction with flashcards or other study applications and programs that teach and explain the theories used in Amateur Radio.

The Amateur Radio Quick Study Guide uses the current Federal Communications Commission (FCC) question pool and will be updated as needed. The questions and answers in here are directly from the pool of questions for the Technician class license test. Study hard and have confidence that the questions and answers you read here are the same as you will encounter on your test. 

The Technician Class License Exam consists of 35 Questions.

There are a total of 10 sections with multiple sub-sections in each Study Guide. Be prepared and ready to challenge your radio exam head on with confidence. Enjoy studying and collect the reward of the challenge.

We will be waiting for you on the air!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rogue Medical
• Release date: Jan 12, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386844488

Book preview

T1

T1-A

Q: Which of the following is a purpose of the Amateur Radio Service as stated in the FCC rules and regulations?

A: Advancing skills in the technical and communication phases of the radio art

Q: Which agency regulates and enforces the rules for the Amateur Radio Service in the United States?

A: The FCC

Q: What are the FCC rules and regulations regarding the use of a phonetic alphabet for station identification in the Amateur Radio Service?

A: It is encouraged

Q: How many operator/primary station license grants may be held by any one person?

A: One

Q: What is proof of possession of an FCC-issued operator/primary license grant?

A: The control operator’s operator/primary station license must appear in the FCC ULS consolidated licensee database

Q: What is the FCC Part 97 definition of a beacon?

A: An amateur station transmitting communications for the purposes of observing propagation or related experimental activities

Q: What is the FCC Part 97 definition of a space station?

A: An amateur station located more than 50 km above the Earth’s surface

Q: Which of the following entities recommends transmit/receive channels and other parameters for auxiliary and repeater stations?

A: Volunteer Frequency Coordinator recognized by local amateurs

Q: Who selects a Frequency Coordinator?

A: Amateur operators in a local or regional area whose stations are eligible to be repeater or auxiliary stations

Q: Which of the following describes the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES)?

A: All of the above

A radio service using amateur stations for emergency management or civil defense communications

A radio service using amateur frequencies for emergency management or civil defense communications

An emergency service using amateur operators certified by a civil defense organization as being enrolled in that organization

Q: When is willful interference to other amateur radio stations permitted?

A: At no time

T1-B

Q: What is the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)?

A: A United Nations agency for information and communication technology issues

Q: Which amateur radio stations may make contact with an amateur radio station on the International Space Station (ISS) using 2 meter and 7cm band frequencies?

A: Any amateur holding a Technician or higher-class license

Q: Which frequency is within the 6-meter amateur band?

A: 52.525 MHz

Q: Which amateur band are you using when your station is transmitting on 146.52 MHz?

A: 2-meter band

Q: What is the limitation for emissions on the frequencies between 219 and 220 MHZ?

A: Fixed digital message forwarding systems only

Q: On which HF bands does a Technician class operator have a phone privileges?

A: 10 meters only

Q: Which of the following VHF/UHF frequencies ranges are limited to CW only?

A: 50.0 MHz to 50.1 MHz and 144 MHz to 144.1 MHz

Q: Which of the following is a result of the fact that the Amateur Radio Service is secondary in all or portions of some amateur bands (such as portions of the 70 cm band)?

A: U.S. amateurs may find non-amateur stations in those portions, and must avoid interfering with them

Q: Why should you not set your transmit frequency to be exactly at the