Question Pool -- Category T
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- T0A
- RF safety fundamentals, terms and definitions
- T0B
- RF safety rules and guidelines
- T0C
- Routine station evaluation (Practical applications for VHF/UHF
and above operations)
- T1A
- Basis and purpose of amateur service and definitions; Station
/Operator license; classes of US amateur licenses, including basic
differences; privileges of the various license classes; term of
licenses; grace periods; modifications of licenses; current mailing
address on file with FCC
- T1B
- Frequency privileges authorized to the Technician control
operator (VHF/UHF and HF)
- T1C
- Emission privileges authorized to the Technician control operator
(VHF/UHF and HF)
- T1D
- Responsibility of licensee; station control; control operator
requirements; station identification; points of communication and
operation; business communications
- T1E
- Third-party communication; authorized and prohibited
transmissions; permissible one-way communication
- T1F
- Frequency selection and sharing; transmitter power; digital
communications
- T1G
- Satellite and space communications; false signals or unidentified
communications; malicious interference
- T1H
- Correct language; phonetics; beacons; radio control of model
craft and vehicles
- T1I
- Emergency communications; broadcasting; indecent and obscene
language
- T2A
- Preparing to transmit; choosing a frequency for tune-up;
operating or emergencies; morse code; repeater operations and
autopatch
- T2B
- Definition and proper use; courteous operation; repeater
frequency coordination; morse code
- T2C
- Simplex operations; RST signal reporting; choice of equipment for
desired communications; communications modes including amateur
television (ATV), packet radio; Q signals, procedural signals and
abbreviations
- T2D
- Distress calling and emergency drills and communications --
operations and equipment; Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service
(RACES)
- T2E
- Voice communications and phonetics; SSB/CW weak signal
operations; radioteleprinting; packet; special operations
- T3A
- Line of sight; reflection of VHF/UHF signals
- T3B
- Tropospheric ducting or bending; amateur satellite and EME
operations
- T3C
- Ionospheric propagation, causes and variation; maximum usable
frequency; Sporadic-E propagation; ground wave, HF propagation
characteristics; sunspots and the sunspot cycle
- T4A
- Lightning protection and station grounding; safety interlocks,
antenna installation safety procedures; dummy antennas
- T4B
- Electrical wiring, including switch location, dangerous voltages
and currents; SWR meaning and measurements; SWR meters
- T4C
- Meters and their placement in circuits, including volt, amp,
multi, peak-reading and RF watt; ratings of fuses and switches
- T4D
- RFI and its complications, resolution and responsibility
- T5A
- Metric prefixes, e.g. pico, nano, micro, milli, centi, kilo,
mega, giga; concepts, units and measurement of current, voltage;
concept of conductor and insulator; concept of open and short circuits
- T5B
- Concepts, units and calculation of resistance, inductance and
capacitance values in series and parallel circuits
- T5C
- Ohm's Law (any calculations will be kept to a very low level - no
fractions or decimals) and the concepts of energy and power, and;
concepts of frequency, including AC vs. DC, frequency units, and
wavelength
- T6A
- Electrical function and/or schematic representation of resistor,
switch, fuse, or battery; resistor construction types, variable and
fixed, color code, power ratings, schematic symbols
- T6B
- Electrical function and/or schematic representation of a ground,
antenna, inductor, capacitor, transistor, integrated circuit;
construction of variable and fixed inductors and capacitors; factors
affecting inductance and capacitance
- T7A
- Functional layout of station components including transmitter,
transceiver, receiver, power supply, antenna, antenna switch, antenna
feed line, impedance-matching device, SWR meter; station layout and
accessories for radiotelephone, radioteleprinter (RTTY) or packet
- T7B
- Transmitter and receiver block diagrams; purpose and operation of
low-pass, high-pass and band-pass filters
- T8A
- RF carrier, definition and typical bandwidths; harmonics and
unwanted signals; chirp; superimposed hum; equipment and adjustments
to help reduce interference to others
- T8B
- Concepts and types of modulation: CW, phone, RTTY and data
emission types; FM deviation
- T9A
- Wavelength vs. antenna length; 1/2 wavelength dipole and 1/4
wavelength vertical antennas; multiband antennas
- T9B
- Parasitic beam directional antennas; polarization, impedance
matching and SWR, feed lines, balanced vs. unbalanced (including
baluns)
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