B-002-06: RST system of signal reporting, use of S meter
B-002-06-01:
What are "RST" signal reports?
A short way to describe signal reception
A short way to describe transmitter power
A short way to describe sunspot activity
A short way to describe ionospheric conditions
B-002-06-02:
What does "RST" mean in a signal report?
Readability, signal strength, tone
Recovery, signal strength, tempo
Recovery, signal speed, tone
Readability, signal speed, tempo
B-002-06-03:
What is the meaning of: "Your signal report is 5 7"?
Your signal is perfectly readable and moderately strong
Your signal is readable with considerable difficulty
Your signal is perfectly readable with near pure tone
Your signal is perfectly readable, but weak
B-002-06-04:
What is the meaning of: "Your signal report is 3 3 "?
Your signal is readable with considerable difficulty and weak in strength
Your signal is unreadable, very weak in strength
The station is located at latitude 33 degrees
The contact is serial number 33
B-002-06-05:
What is the meaning of: "Your signal report is 5 9 plus 20 dB"?
A relative signal-strength meter reading is 20 decibels greater than strength 9
The bandwidth of your signal is 20 decibels above linearity
Repeat your transmission on a frequency 20 kHz higher
Your signal strength has increased by a factor of 100
B-002-06-06:
What is used to measure relative signal strength in a receiver?
An S meter
An SSB meter
A signal deviation meter
An RST meter
B-002-06-07:
If the power output of a transmitter is increased by four times, how might a nearby receiver's S-meter reading change?
Increase by approximately one S unit
Increase by approximately four S units
Decrease by approximately four S units
Decrease by approximately one S unit
B-002-06-08:
By how many times must the power output of a transmitter be increased to raise the S-meter reading on a nearby receiver from S8 to S9?
Approximately 4 times
Approximately 5 times
Approximately 3 times
Approximately 2 times
B-002-06-09:
What does "RST 579" mean in a Morse code contact?
Your signal is perfectly readable, moderately strong, and with perfect tone
Your signal is perfectly readable, weak strength, and with perfect tone
Your signal is fairly readable, fair strength, and with perfect tone
Your signal is barely readable, moderately strong, and with faint ripple
B-002-06-10:
What does "RST 459" mean in a Morse code contact?
Your signal is quite readable, fair strength, and with perfect tone
Your signal is very readable, very strong, and with perfect tone
Your signal is barely readable, very weak, and with perfect tone
Your signal is moderately readable, very weak, and with hum on the tone
B-002-06-11:
What is the meaning of "Your signal report is 1 1"?
Your signal is unreadable, and barely perceptible
Your signal is 11 dB over S9
Your signal is first class in readability and first class in strength
Your signal is very readable and very strong
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