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B-003-14: Station accessories for telegraphy, radiotelephony, digital modes

B-003-14-01: What do many amateurs use to help form good Morse code characters?

An electronic keyer

A key-operated on/off switch

A notch filter

A DTMF keypad



B-003-14-02: Where would you connect a microphone for voice operation?

To a transceiver

To a power supply

To an antenna switch

To an antenna



B-003-14-03: What would you connect to a transceiver for voice operation?

A microphone

A receiver audio filter

A terminal-voice controller

A splatter filter



B-003-14-04: Why might a dummy antenna get warm when in use?

Because it changes RF energy into heat

Because it absorbs static electricity

Because it stores radio waves

Because it stores electric current



B-003-14-05: What is the circuit called which causes a transmitter to automatically transmit when an operator speaks into its microphone?

VOX

VXO

VCO

VFO



B-003-14-06: What is the reason for using a properly adjusted speech processor with a single-sideband phone transmitter?

It improves signal intelligibility at the receiver

It reduces average transmitter power requirements

It reduces unwanted noise pickup from the microphone

It improves voice frequency fidelity



B-003-14-07: If a single-sideband phone transmitter is 100% modulated, what will a speech processor do to the transmitter's power?

It will add nothing to the output PEP

It will increase the output PEP

It will decrease the peak power output

It will decrease the average power output



B-003-14-08: When switching from receive to transmit:

the receiver should be muted

the transmit oscillator should be turned off

the receiving antenna should be connected

the power supply should be off



B-003-14-09: A switching system to enable the use of one antenna for a transmitter and receiver should also:

disable the unit not being used

ground the antenna on receive

switch between meters

disconnect the antenna tuner



B-003-14-10: An antenna changeover switch in a transmitter-receiver combination is necessary:

so that one antenna can be used for transmitter and receiver

to change antennas for operation on other frequencies

to prevent RF currents entering the receiver circuits

to allow more than one transmitter to be used



B-003-14-11: Which of the following components could be used as a dynamic microphone?

loudspeaker

crystal earpiece

resistor

capacitor





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