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B-001-07: Content restrictions - non-superfluous, profanity, secret code, music, non-commercial

B-001-07-01: Which of the following CANNOT be discussed on an amateur club net?

Business planning

Recreation planning

Code practice planning

Emergency planning



B-001-07-02: When is a radio amateur allowed to broadcast information to the general public?

Never

Only when the operator is being paid

Only when broadcasts last less than 1 hour

Only when broadcasts last longer than 15 minutes



B-001-07-03: When may false or deceptive amateur signals or communications be transmitted?

Never

When operating a beacon transmitter in a "fox hunt" exercise

When playing a harmless "practical joke"

When you need to hide the meaning of a message for secrecy



B-001-07-04: Which of the following one-way communications may not be transmitted in the amateur service?

Broadcasts intended for the general public

Telecommands to model craft

Brief transmissions to make adjustments to the station

Morse code practice



B-001-07-05: When may you send indecent or profane words from your amateur station?

Never

Only when they do not cause interference to other communications

Only when they are not retransmitted through a repeater

Any time, but there is an unwritten rule among amateurs that they should not be used on the air



B-001-07-06: When may an amateur station in two-way communication transmit a message in a secret code in order to obscure the meaning of the communication?

Never

During a declared communications emergency

During contests

When transmitting above 450 MHz



B-001-07-07: What are the restrictions on the use of abbreviations or procedural signals in the amateur service?

They may be used if they do not obscure the meaning of a message

There are no restrictions

They are not permitted because they obscure the meaning of a message to government monitoring stations

Only "10 codes" are permitted



B-001-07-08: What should you do to keep your station from retransmitting music or signals from a non-amateur station?

Turn down the volume of background audio

Turn up the volume of your transmitter

Speak closer to the microphone to increase your signal strength

Adjust your transceiver noise blanker



B-001-07-09: The transmission of a secret code by the operator of an amateur station:

is not permitted

is permitted for contests

must be approved by Industry Canada

is permitted for third-party traffic



B-001-07-10: A radio amateur may be engaged in communication which include the transmission of:

Q signals

programming that originates from a broadcasting undertaking

radiocommunication in support of industrial, business, or professional activities

commercially recorded material



B-001-07-11: An amateur station may transmit:

signals which are not superfluous

profane or obscene words or language

music

secret codes or ciphers





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