3.5 KiB
3.5 KiB
G2D – Volunteer Monitor Program; HF operations
- G2D01 (A)
What is the Volunteer Monitor Program?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
- 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