General · correct answers only, in question-pool order.
The General-class allocation does not include every part of the 80-, 40-, 20-, and 15-meter amateur bands. Portions of those bands are reserved for Amateur Extra privileges.
The 30-meter amateur band does not permit phone operation under the emission privileges represented in the General pool.
Image transmission is prohibited on 30 meters under the privileges represented in this question pool.
The official answer key identifies 7.125 MHz through 7.175 MHz as outside the frequencies on which a General-class licensee may operate as control operator.
Secondary amateur allocations come with an interference obligation: amateur stations must protect primary users from harmful interference and tolerate interference from those primary users.
A General-class control operator may transmit CW throughout the entire 10-meter amateur band.
The HF bands with segments reserved exclusively for Amateur Extra licensees are 80, 40, 20, and 15 meters.
21.300 MHz lies within the General-class portion of the 15-meter band.
The portion of the 10-meter band above 29.5 MHz is available for repeater operation under the rule cited by this question.
When General privileges cover only part of an HF voice segment, the available General portion is the upper-frequency part of that voice segment.
For an antenna structure not near a public-use airport, 200 feet above ground is the threshold identified in this pool question for FAA notification and FCC registration requirements.
The keyed requirement is that no more than one beacon station may transmit in the same band from the same station location.
The FCC-defined purpose represented here is observation of propagation and reception. Beacon transmissions provide signals that can be monitored to study how radio paths are behaving.
Amateur stations may occasionally retransmit weather and propagation forecast information originating from US government stations.
One-way transmissions may be used to assist people learning the International Morse code.
State and local antenna regulations must reasonably accommodate amateur communications and must use the minimum practical regulation needed to accomplish a legitimate local purpose.
Abbreviations and procedural signals are permitted as long as they do not hide or obscure the meaning of the message.
US amateurs may communicate with amateurs in other countries unless that country's administration has notified the ITU that it objects to such communications.
Automatically controlled HF beacons are permitted in the 28.20 MHz to 28.30 MHz segment identified by this question.
Beacon stations are limited to 100 watts PEP output under the rule cited by this question.
For aspects of amateur operation not specifically covered by Part 97, the FCC determines what constitutes good engineering and good amateur practice.
At 10.140 MHz, the maximum transmitter power specified by this question is 200 watts PEP output.
The maximum transmitter power on the 12-meter band is 1500 watts PEP output under the rule cited by this question.
On the specified 60-meter USB frequencies, the maximum permitted bandwidth is 2.8 kHz.
When using a 60-meter antenna other than a dipole, the operator must keep a record of the antenna's gain.
For a General-class control operator on the 28 MHz band, the transmitter-power limit in this pool is 1500 watts PEP output.
The transmitter-power limit on the 1.8 MHz band is 1500 watts PEP output under the cited rule.
Before a new digital protocol is used on the air, its technical characteristics must be publicly documented.
FCC maximum-power rules use peak envelope power measured at the transmitter output.
A person who can prove they once held an FCC-issued General, Advanced, or Amateur Extra license that was not revoked may receive partial examination credit represented by that expired license.
An accredited Volunteer Examiner who holds a General-class license may administer Technician-class examinations, but not General or Extra examinations.
A Technician who has an unexpired CSCE showing successful completion of the General exam may operate in General or Technician band segments while awaiting the database upgrade.
A Technician examination must be observed by at least three Volunteer Examiners who hold General-class or higher licenses.
A person remotely controlling a US amateur station from outside the country must hold a US operator/primary station license.
Until the FCC database reflects the General upgrade, a Technician using newly earned General privileges must append “AG” after the call sign.
Volunteer Examiners receive their accreditation from a Volunteer Examiner Coordinator rather than directly from the FCC.
US citizenship is not required to become a Volunteer Examiner. The criterion identified here is holding an FCC-granted amateur license of General class or above.
A Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination is valid for exam-element credit for 365 days.
The minimum age to qualify as an accredited Volunteer Examiner is 18 years.
After the two-year grace period has passed, the former license cannot simply be renewed. The applicant must prove the appropriate expired license grant and pass the current Element 2 examination.
When a station in South America is controlled remotely from the United States, the applicable operating regulations are those of the country where that remote station is located.
The disqualifying condition identified by the answer key is a third party whose amateur license has been revoked and not reinstated.
A 10-meter repeater may retransmit the 2-meter signal of a Technician-controlled station only when the 10-meter repeater's control operator holds at least a General-class license.
When contacting an automatically controlled digital station outside the automatic-control segments, the station initiating the contact must itself be under local or remote control.
The official G1E04 source lists operation within one mile of an FCC Monitoring Station as a condition requiring specific steps to avoid harmful interference.
The official G1E04 source identifies operation on a band where the Amateur Service is secondary as a condition requiring specific steps to avoid harmful interference.
The official G1E04 source lists spread-spectrum transmission as a condition requiring specific steps to avoid harmful interference.
Permitted third-party messages may concern amateur radio, contain remarks of a personal character, or relate to emergencies or disaster relief.
North and South America are in ITU Region 2 for amateur frequency-allocation purposes.
The answer key states that there is no part of the 2.4 GHz amateur band in which an amateur station may communicate with non-licensed Wi-Fi stations.
Spread-spectrum transmissions are limited to 10 watts PEP output under the cited rule.
The listed frequencies should normally be avoided because a system of propagation beacon stations operates on them.
Automatically controlled stations using RTTY or data may communicate with one another anywhere in the 6-meter or shorter-wavelength bands and in limited segments of some HF bands.
Remote control does not create a special restriction on otherwise permitted third-party traffic. Such messages may be sent whenever FCC rules permit third-party messages.