Section T8B

T8B  Concepts and types of modulation: CW, phone, RTTY and data

emission types; FM deviation

 

T8B01 @T8A04

What is the name for packet-radio emissions?

A.  CW

B.  Data

C.  Phone

D.  RTTY

 

T8B02 @T8A06

What is the name of the voice emission most used on VHF/UHF repeaters?

A.  Single-sideband phone

B.  Pulse-modulated phone

C.  Slow-scan phone

D.  Frequency-modulated phone

 

T8B03 @T8A08

What is meant by the upper-sideband (USB)?

A.  The part of a single-sideband signal that is above the carrier

frequency

B.  The part of a single-sideband signal that is below the carrier

frequency

C.  Any frequency above 10 MHz

D.  The carrier frequency of a single-sideband signal

 

T8B04 @N8A06

What does the term "phone transmissions" usually mean?

A.  The use of telephones to set up an amateur contact

B.  A phone patch between amateur radio and the telephone system

C.  AM, FM or SSB voice transmissions by radiotelephony

D.  Placing the telephone handset near a transceiver's microphone and

speaker to relay a telephone call

 

T8B05 @N8A07

How is an HF RTTY signal usually produced?

A.  By frequency-shift keying an RF signal

B.  By on/off keying an RF signal

C.  By digital pulse-code keying of an unmodulated carrier

D.  By on/off keying an audio-frequency signal

 

T8B06 @N8A11

What are two advantages to using modern data-transmission techniques

for communications?

A.  Very simple and low-cost equipment

B.  No parity-checking required and high transmission speed

C.  Easy for mobile stations to use and no additional cabling required

D.  High transmission speed and communications reliability

 

T8B07 @N8A05

Which sideband is commonly used for 10-meter phone operation?

A.  Upper sideband

B.  Lower sideband

C.  Amplitude-compandored sideband

D.  Double sideband

 

T8B08 @N8B11

What can you do if you are told your FM hand-held or mobile

transceiver is over-deviating?

A.  Talk louder into the microphone

B.  Let the transceiver cool off

C.  Change to a higher power level

D.  Talk farther away from the microphone

 

T8B09 @N8B12

What does chirp mean?

A.  An overload in a receiver's audio circuit whenever CW is received

B.  A high-pitched tone that is received along with a CW signal

C.  A small change in a transmitter's frequency each time it is keyed

D.  A slow change in transmitter frequency as the circuit warms up


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