Overview
1. Regulations and Policies
Authority and Regulations
Licence
License Penalties
Certificate
Operation, Repair
Content Restrictions
Operating Restrictions
Interference
Emergencies
Non-remuneration, Privacy
Call Signs
Other Countries
Frequency Bands
Power Allowed
unmodulated carriers, retransmission
amplitude modulation, frequency stability, me
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Exams
Antenna Structures
RF Field Strength
Resolving Complaints
2. Operating and Procedures
VHF/UHF Repeaters - Voice
Phonetic Alphabet
Voice Operating Procedures
tuning, testing and dummy loads
Morse Code (CW) procedures
RST signal reporting, S meter
Q Signals
Emergency Operating Procedures
Record Keeping, Antenna Orientation and Maps
3. Station Assembly, Practice and Safety
Layout of HF Stations
Layout of FM Transmitters
Layout of FM Receivers
Layout of CW Transmitters
Layout of SSB/CW receivers
Layout of SSB Transmitters
Layout of Digital Systems
Layout of Regulated Power Supplies
Layout of Yagi-Uda Antennas
Receiver Fundamentals
Transmitter, carrier, keying, AM
Carrier Suppression, SSB
Frequency and Phase Modulation
Station Accessories
Digital Modes
Batteries
Power Supplies
Electrical Safety
Antenna and Tower Safety
RF Exposure Safety
4. Circuit Components
Amplifier Fundamentals
Diodes
Bipolar Transistors
Field-effect Transistors
Tiode Vacuum Tubes
Resister Color Codes
5. Basic Electronics and Theory
Metric Prefixes
Basic Concepts
Circuits
Ohm's law
Series and Parallel Resistors
Power law, Resister Power Disipation
AC and frequency
Ratios, Logarithms and Decibels
Inductance and Capacitance
Reactance and Impedance
Magnetica and Transformers
Resonance and Tuned Circuits
Meters and Measurements
6. Feedlines and Antenna Systems
Impedance and Feedlines
Balanced and Unbalanced feedlines
Feedlines and Connectors
Line Losses
Standing Wave Ratio
Impedance Matching
Isotropic Sources, Polarization
Wavelength vs Physical Length
Antenna Radiation Patterns
Vertical Antennas
Yagi Antennas
Wire Antennas
Quad/loop Antennas
7. Radio Wave Propagation
Propogation Types
Ionospheric Regions
Hops and Skips
Ionosphere Issues
Solar Activity
MF and HF and Skywaves
VHF and UHF, Sporadic-E, Aurira, Ducting
Scatter - HF, VHF, UHF
8. Interference and Suppression
Front-end overload
Audio Rectification, Bypass Capacitors, Ferri
Intermodulation, Spurious, Key-clicks
Harmonics, Splatter, Transmitter Adjustments
Filters
1.13 Frequency Bands
Practice
B-001-15-01
If you let another amateur with additional qualifications than yours control your station, what operating privileges are allowed?
Only the privileges allowed by your qualifications
Any privileges allowed by the additional qualifications
All the emission privileges of the additional qualifications, but only the frequency privileges of your qualifications
All the frequency privileges of the additional qualifications, but only the emission privileges of your qualifications
B-001-15-02
If you are the control operator at the station of another amateur who has additional qualifications to yours, what operating privileges are you allowed?
Any privileges allowed by the additional qualifications
All the emission privileges of the additional qualifications, but only the frequency privileges of your qualifications
All the frequency privileges of the additional qualifications, but only the emission privileges of your qualifications
Only the privileges allowed by your qualifications
B-001-15-03
In addition to passing the Basic written examination, what must you do before you are allowed to use amateur frequencies below 30 MHz?
You must notify Industry Canada that you intend to operate on the HF bands
You must pass a Morse code test
You must attend a class to learn about HF communications
You must pass a Morse code or Advanced test or attain a mark of 80% on the Basic exam
B-001-15-04
The licensee of an amateur station may operate radio controlled models:
if the control transmitter does not exceed 15 kHz of occupied bandwidth
on all frequencies above 30 MHz
if the frequency used is below 30 MHz
if only pulse modulation is used
B-001-15-05
In Canada, the 75/80 metre amateur band corresponds in frequency to:
3.0 to 3.5 MHz
4.0 to 4.5 MHz
4.5 to 5.0 MHz
3.5 to 4.0 MHz
B-001-15-06
In Canada, the 160 metre amateur band corresponds in frequency to:
1.8 to 2.0 MHz
1.5 to 2.0 MHz
2.0 to 2.25 MHz
2.25 to 2.5 MHz
B-001-15-07
In Canada, the 40 metre amateur band corresponds in frequency to:
6.5 to 6.8 MHz
6.0 to 6.3 MHz
7.7 to 8.0 MHz
7.0 to 7.3 MHz
B-001-15-08
In Canada, the 20 meter amateur band corresponds in frequency to:
14.000 to 14.350 MHz
13.500 to 14.000 MHz
15.000 to 15.750 MHz
16.350 to 16.830 MHz
B-001-15-09
In Canada, the 15 metre amateur band corresponds in frequency to:
18.068 to 18.168 MHz
14.000 to 14.350 MHz
28.000 to 29.700 MHz
21.000 to 21.450 MHz
B-001-15-10
In Canada, the 10 metre amateur band corresponds in frequency to:
28.000 to 29.700 MHz
24.890 to 24.990 MHz
21.000 to 21.450 MHz
50.000 to 54.000 MHz
B-001-15-11
In Canada, radio amateurs may use which of the following for radio control of models:
50 to 54 MHz only
all amateur frequency bands
all amateur frequency bands above 30 MHz
50 to 54, 144 to 148, and 220 to 225 MHz only
B-001-16-01
What is the maximum authorized bandwidth within the frequency range of 50 to 148 MHz?
20 kHz
The total bandwidth shall not exceed that of a single-sideband phone emission
The total bandwidth shall not exceed 10 times that of a CW emission
30 kHz
B-001-16-02
The maximum bandwidth of an amateur station's transmission allowed in the band 28 to 29.7 MHz is:
6 kHz
20 kHz
30 kHz
15 kHz
B-001-16-03
Except for one band, the maximum bandwidth of an amateur station's transmission allowed below 28 MHz is:
6 kHz
15 kHz
20 kHz
30 kHz
B-001-16-04
The maximum bandwidth of an amateur station's transmission allowed in the band 144 to 148 MHz is:
6 kHz
20 kHz
30 kHz
15 kHz
B-001-16-05
The maximum bandwidth of an amateur station's transmission allowed in the band 50 to 54 MHz is:
20 kHz
30 kHz
6 kHz
15 kHz
B-001-16-06
Only one band of amateur frequencies has a maximum allowed bandwidth of less than 6 kHz. That band is:
18.068 to 18.168 MHz
10.1 to 10.15 MHz
24.89 to 24.99 MHz
1.8 to 2.0 MHz
B-001-16-07
Single sideband is not permitted in the band:
18.068 to 18.168 MHz
10.1 to 10.15 MHz
24.89 to 24.99 MHz
7.0 to 7.3 MHz
B-001-16-08
The bandwidth of an amateur station shall be determined by measuring the frequency band occupied by that signal at a level of _______ dB below the maximum amplitude of that signal:
3
6
36
26
B-001-16-09
Which of the following answers is not correct? Based on the bandwidth required, the following modes may be transmitted on these frequencies:
AMTOR on 14.08 MHz
packet on 10.145 MHz
fast-scan television (ATV) on 145 MHz
fast-scan television (ATV) on 440 MHz
B-001-16-10
Which of the following answers is not correct? Based on the bandwidth required, the following modes may be transmitted on these frequencies:
fast-scan television (ATV) on 14.23 MHz
slow-scan television (SSTV) on 14.23 MHz
frequency modulation (FM) on 29.6 MHz
single-sideband (SSB) on 3.76 MHz
B-001-16-11
Which of the following answers is not correct? Based on the bandwidth required, the following modes may be transmitted on these frequencies:
single-sideband (SSB) on 10.12 MHz
frequency modulation (FM) on 29.6 MHz
Morse radiotelegraphy (CW) on 10.11 MHz
packet on 10.148 MHz