G2D – Volunteer Monitor Program; HF operations

- [[G2D01]] (A)
What is the Volunteer Monitor Program? #card
	- A. Amateur volunteers who are formally enlisted to monitor the airwaves for rules violations
	- B. Amateur volunteers who conduct amateur licensing examinations
	- C. Amateur volunteers who conduct frequency coordination for amateur VHF repeaters
	- D. Amateur volunteers who use their station equipment to help civil defense organizations in times of emergency
- [[G2D02]] (D)
Which of the following are objectives of the Volunteer Monitor Program? #card
	- A. To conduct efficient and orderly amateur licensing examinations
	- B. To provide emergency and public safety communications
	- C. To coordinate repeaters for efficient and orderly spectrum usage
	- D. To encourage amateur radio operators to self-regulate and comply with the rules
- [[G2D03]] (B)
What procedure may be used by Volunteer Monitors to localize a station whose continuous carrier is holding a repeater on in their area? #card
	- A. Compare vertical and horizontal signal strengths on the input frequency
	- B. Compare beam headings on the repeater input from their home locations with that of other Volunteer Monitors
	- C. Compare signal strengths between the input and output of the repeater
	- D. All these choices are correct
- [[G2D04]] (B)
Which of the following describes an azimuthal projection map? #card
	- A. A map that shows accurate land masses
	- B. A map that shows true bearings and distances from a specific location
	- C. A map that shows the angle at which an amateur satellite crosses the equator
	- D. A map that shows the number of degrees longitude that an amateur satellite appears to move westward at the equator with each orbit
- [[G2D05]] (C)
Which of the following indicates that you are looking for an HF contact with any station? #card
	- C. Repeat “CQ” a few times, followed by “this is,” then your call sign a few times, then pause to listen, repeat as necessary
- [[G2D06]] (C)
How is a directional antenna pointed when making a “long-path” contact with another station? #card
	- A. Toward the rising sun
	- B. Along the gray line
	- C. 180 degrees from the station’s short-path heading
	- D. Toward the north
- [[G2D07]] (D)
Which of the following are examples of the NATO Phonetic Alphabet? #card
	- A. Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog
	- B. Adam, Boy, Charles, David
	- C. America, Boston, Canada, Denmark
	- D. Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta
- [[G2D08]] (D)
Why do many amateurs keep a station log? #card
	- A. The FCC requires a log of all international contacts
	- B. The FCC requires a log of all international third-party traffic
	- C. The log provides evidence of operation needed to renew a license without retest
	- D. To help with a reply if the FCC requests information about your station
- [[G2D09]] (C)
Which of the following is required when participating in a contest on HF frequencies? #card
	- A. Submit a log to the contest sponsor
	- B. Send a QSL card to the stations worked, or QSL via Logbook of The World
	- C. Identify your station according to normal FCC regulations
	- D. All these choices are correct
- [[G2D10]] (B)
What is QRP operation? #card
	- A. Remote piloted model control
	- B. Low-power transmit operation
	- C. Transmission using Quick Response Protocol
	- D. Traffic relay procedure net operation
- [[G2D11]] (A)
Why are signal reports typically exchanged at the beginning of an HF contact? #card
	- A. To allow each station to operate according to conditions
	- B. To be sure the contact will count for award programs
	- C. To follow standard radiogram structure
	- D. To allow each station to calibrate their frequency display