B-002-01: Voice operating procedures - channelized VHF/UHF repeater
B-002-01-01:
What is a good way to make contact on a repeater?
Say the call sign of the station you want to contact, then your call sign
Say the other operator's name, then your call sign three times
Say, "Breaker, breaker,"
Say the call sign of the station you want to contact three times
B-002-01-02:
What is the main purpose of a repeater?
To increase the range of portable and mobile stations
To link amateur stations with the telephone system
To retransmit weather information during severe storm warnings
To make local information available 24 hours a day
B-002-01-03:
What is an autopatch?
A device that allows repeater users to make telephone calls from their stations
A device which connects a mobile station to the next repeater if it moves out of range of the first
A device which locks other stations out of a repeater when there is an important conversation in progress
Something that automatically selects the strongest signal to be repeated
B-002-01-04:
What is the purpose of a repeater time-out timer?
It limits the amount of time someone can transmit on a repeater
It lets a repeater have a rest period after heavy use
It logs repeater transmit time to predict when a repeater will fail
It tells how long someone has been using a repeater
B-002-01-05:
What is a CTCSS (or PL) tone?
A sub-audible tone added to a carrier which may cause a receiver to accept a signal
A tone used by repeaters to mark the end of a transmission
A special signal used for telemetry between amateur space stations and Earth stations
A special signal used for telecommand control of model craft
B-002-01-06:
How do you call another station on a repeater if you know the station's call sign?
Say the station's call sign, then identify your own station
Say "break, break 79," then say the station's call sign
Say "CQ" three times, then say the station's call sign
Wait for the station to call "CQ", then answer it
B-002-01-07:
Why should you pause briefly between transmissions when using a repeater?
To listen for anyone else wanting to use the repeater
To check the SWR of the repeater
To reach for pencil and paper for third-party communications
To dial up the repeater's autopatch
B-002-01-08:
Why should you keep transmissions short when using a repeater?
A long transmission may prevent someone with an emergency from using the repeater
To keep long-distance charges down
To give any listening non-hams a chance to respond
To see if the receiving station operator is still awake
B-002-01-09:
What is the proper way to break into a conversation on a repeater?
Say your call sign during a break between transmissions
Wait for the end of a transmission and start calling the desired party
Shout, "break, break!" to show that you're eager to join the conversation
Turn on an amplifier and override whoever is talking
B-002-01-10:
What is the proper way to ask someone their location when using a repeater?
Where are you?
What is your 20?
Locations are not normally told by radio
What is your 12?
B-002-01-11:
FM repeater operation on the 2 metre band uses one frequency for transmission and one for reception. The difference in frequency between the transmit and receive frequency is normally:
600 kHz
800 kHz
1 000 kHz
400 kHz
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