Where a municipality has developed a public consultation process which of the following options best describes all circumstances when public consultation may not be required?
Exclusions listed in both CPC-2-0-03 and the Local land use authority process (17% chose this)
Exclusions listed in either CPC-2-0-03 or the Local land use authority process (27% chose this)
Exclusions listed in the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Client Procedures Circular on Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Antenna Systems CPC-2-0-03 (40% chose this)
Exclusions defined in the Local land use authority process (16% chose this)
According to EMCAB-2 which of the following types of equipment is not included in the list of field strength criteria for resolution of immunity complaints?
Your mobile HF transceiver draws 22 amperes on transmit. The manufacturer suggests limiting voltage drop to 0.5 volt and the vehicle battery is 3 metres (10 feet) away. Given the losses below at that current, which minimum wire gauge must you use?
Number 12, 0.11 V per metre (0.03 V per foot) (36% chose this)
Number 8, 0.05 V per metre (0.01 V per foot) (15% chose this)
Number 10, 0.07 V per metre (0.02 V per foot) (38% chose this)
Number 14, 0.19 V per metre (0.06 V per foot) (11% chose this)
Radiotelephone signals in a frequency band below ____ MHz cannot be automatically retransmitted, unless these signals are received from a station operated by a person qualified to transmit on frequencies below the above frequency:
Which of the following is not correct? While operating in Canada a radio amateur licensed by the Government of the United States must:
obtain a Canadian amateur certificate before operating in Canada (46% chose this)
add to his call sign the Canadian call sign prefix for the geographic location of the station (22% chose this)
qualify his identification when operating phone by adding to the call sign the word "mobile" or "portable" or when operating Morse code by adding a slash "/" (14% chose this)
identify with the call sign assigned by the FCC (18% chose this)
A communications receiver has four filters installed in it, respectively designated as 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 2.4 kHz and 6 kHz. You are copying a CW transmission and there is a great deal of interference. Which one of the filters would you choose?
When selecting a single-sideband phone transmitting frequency, what minimum frequency separation from a contact in progress should you allow (between suppressed carriers) to minimize interference?
During a club ARRL Field Day outing, reception on the 20 m SSB station is compromised every time the 20 m CW station is on the air. What might cause such interference?
Improper station grounding (10% chose this)
Harmonic radiation (33% chose this)
Receiver desensitization (46% chose this)
Both stations are fed from the same generator (11% chose this)
You have connected your hand-held VHF transceiver to an outside gain antenna. You now hear a mixture of signals together with different modulation on your desired frequency. What is the nature of this interference?
A receiver receives an incoming signal of 3.54 MHz, and the local oscillator produces a signal of 3.995 MHz. To which frequency should the IF be tuned?
A local amateur reports your 100W 2M simplex VHF transmission as 30 dB over S9. To reduce your signal to S9, you would reduce your power to ______ watts.
A television receiver suffers interference on channel 5 (76 - 82 MHz) only when you transmit on 14 MHz. From your home you see the tower of a commercial FM station known to broadcast on 92.5 MHz. Which of these solutions would you try first?
Insert a low pass filter at the antenna connector of the HF transmitter (26% chose this)
Insert a high pass filter at the antenna connector of the HF transmitter (14% chose this)
Insert a low pass filter at the antenna connector of the television (15% chose this)
Insert a high pass filter at the antenna connector of the television (44% chose this)
A transmission line differs from an ordinary circuit or network in communications or signalling devices in one very important way. That important aspect is:
Selectivity can be placed in the audio stages of a receiver by the utilization of RC active or passive audio filters. If you were to copy CW, which of the following bandpasses would you choose?
A communications receiver has four filters installed in it, respectively designated as 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 2.4 kHz, and 6 kHz. If you were listening to single sideband, which filter would you utilize?
When selecting a RTTY transmitting frequency, what minimum frequency separation from a contact in progress should you allow (center to center) to minimize interference?
What type of propagation may allow a weak signal to be heard at a distance too far for ground-wave propagation but too near for normal sky-wave propagation?
In the event of interference to a neighbour's television receiver, according to EMCAB-2 it will be deemed that a radio amateur's transmission is the cause of the problem if the field strength:
near the TV is below Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada's specified immunity criteria (10% chose this)
at the transmitting location is below the radio amateur's maximum allowable transmitter power (4% chose this)
at the transmitting location is above the radio amateur's maximum allowable transmitter power (31% chose this)
on the neighbour's premises is above Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada's specified immunity criteria (55% chose this)
The amateur radio service is authorized to share a portion of what Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) band that is heavily used by licence exempt devices?
Safety Code 6 specifies lower exposure limits for the general public in uncontrolled areas than it does for people in controlled areas (22% chose this)
hand held transmitters are excluded from Safety Code 6 requirements (54% chose this)
Antenna gain, distance, transmitter power and frequency are all factors which influence the electric field strength and a person's exposure to radio energy. (11% chose this)
Safety Code 6 uses different units for the magnetic field strength and the electric field strength when stating limits (13% chose this)
If the impedance terminating a transmission line differs significantly from the characteristic impedance of the line, what will be observed at the input of the line?
An impedance nearly equal to the characteristic impedance (22% chose this)
Some value of impedance influenced by line length (51% chose this)
The operator of an amateur station, who is the holder of a Basic Qualification, shall ensure that the station power, when expressed as RF output power measured across an impedance matched load, does not exceed:
150 watts peak power (25% chose this)
560 watts peak-envelope power, for transmitters producing any type of single sideband emission (60% chose this)
2500 watts peak power (4% chose this)
1000 watts carrier power for transmitters producing other emissions (11% chose this)
In the event of the malfunctioning of a neighbour's broadcast FM receiver and stereo system, it will be deemed that the affected equipment's lack of immunity is the cause if the field strength:
at the transmitting location is below the radio amateur's maximum allowable transmitter power (17% chose this)
at the transmitting location is above 100 watts (2% chose this)
near the affected equipment is above Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada's specified immunity criteria (23% chose this)
on the premises of the affected equipment is below Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada's specified immunity criteria (59% chose this)
What kind of antenna transmission line can be constructed using two conductors which are maintained a uniform distance apart using insulated spreaders?
On the VHF and UHF bands, polarization of the receiving antenna is very important in relation to the transmitting antenna, yet on HF bands it is relatively unimportant. Why is that so?
Greater selectivity is possible with HF receivers making changes in polarization redundant (17% chose this)
The ionosphere can change the polarization of the signal from moment to moment (58% chose this)
The ground wave and the sky wave continually shift the polarization (9% chose this)
Anomalies in the Earth's magnetic field produce a profound effect on HF polarization but not on VHF & UHF frequencies (16% chose this)
One of the following is not considered to be communications on behalf of a third party, even though the message may be originated by, or addressed to, a non-amateur:
all messages originated by Canadian amateur stations (13% chose this)
messages addressed to points within Canada from the United States (4% chose this)
messages that are handled within local networks during a simulated emergency exercise (22% chose this)
messages that originate from the United States Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS) (61% chose this)
What is the maximum transmitting power an amateur station may use for SSB operation on 7055 kHz, if the operator has Basic with Honours qualifications?
One possible cause of TV interference by harmonics from an SSB transmitter is from "flat topping" - driving the power amplifier into non-linear operation. The most appropriate remedy for this is:
Where a land use authority or municipality has established a public consultation process for antenna systems, who determines how public consultation should take place?
The person planning to erect an antenna structure (2% chose this)
The provincial government (2% chose this)
The municipality or local land use authority (63% chose this)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (33% chose this)
Two mobile stations are traveling along the same road in close proximity to each other and having trouble communicating through a local repeater. Why may it be necessary to use simplex operation to communicate between these cars?
The strong signal of one mobile transmitter may desensitize the receiver of the other mobile receiver (63% chose this)
Simplex operation does not require the use of CTCSS tones (6% chose this)
There is less time delay using simplex operation compared to using a repeater (12% chose this)
There are many more simplex frequencies than repeater frequencies available (19% chose this)
The DC power input to the anode or collector circuit of the final RF stage of a transmitter, used by a holder of an Amateur Radio Operator Certificate with Advanced Qualification, shall not exceed:
FM receivers perform in an unusual manner when two or more stations are present. The strongest signal, even though it is only two or three times stronger than the other signals, will be the only transmission demodulated. This is called:
If a non-amateur friend is using your station to talk to someone in Canada, and a foreign station breaks in to talk to your friend, what should you do?
Since you can talk to foreign amateurs, your friend may keep talking as long as you are the control operator (28% chose this)
Report the incident to the foreign amateur's government (0% chose this)
Stop all discussions and quickly sign off (2% chose this)
Have your friend wait until you determine from the foreign station if their administration permits third-party traffic (70% chose this)
Your amateur radio transmitter appears to be creating interference to the television on channel 3 (60-66 MHz) when you are transmitting on the 15 metre band. Other channels are not affected. The most likely cause is:
a bad ground at the transmitter (2% chose this)
front-end overload of the TV (9% chose this)
harmonic radiation from the transmitter (73% chose this)
Safety Code 6 regulates the operation of receivers only (3% chose this)
The operation of portable transmitting equipment is of no concern in Safety Code 6 (7% chose this)
Portable transmitters, operating below 1 GHz, with an output power equal to, or less than 7 watts, are exempt from the requirements of Safety Code 6 (12% chose this)
Safety Code 6 sets limits for RF exposure from all radio transmitters regardless of power output (78% chose this)
To reduce harmonic output from a high frequency transmitter, you would put a ____________ in the transmission line as close to the transmitter as possible.
The holder of an Amateur Radio Operator Certificate with Basic Qualification is limited to a maximum of _______ watts when expressed as direct current input power to the anode or collector circuit of the transmitter stage supplying radio frequency energy to the antenna:
If a neighbour reports television interference on one or two channels only when you transmit on 15 metres, what is probably the cause of the interference?
Too much low pass filtering on the transmitter (5% chose this)
Harmonic radiation from your transmitter (77% chose this)
De ionization of the ionosphere near your neighbour's TV antenna (3% chose this)
If a parasitic element slightly longer than a horizontal dipole antenna is placed parallel to the dipole 0.1 wavelength from it and at the same height, what effect will this have on the antenna's radiation pattern?
A major lobe will develop in the horizontal plane, parallel to the two elements (19% chose this)
A major lobe will develop in the vertical plane, away from the ground (6% chose this)
The radiation pattern will not be affected (5% chose this)
A major lobe will develop in the horizontal plane, from the parasitic element toward the dipole (70% chose this)
FM repeater operation on the 2 metre band uses one frequency for transmission and one for reception. The difference in frequency between the transmit and receive frequency is normally:
If a parasitic element slightly shorter than a horizontal dipole antenna is placed parallel to the dipole 0.1 wavelength from it and at the same height, what effect will this have on the antenna's radiation pattern?
A major lobe will develop in the horizontal plane, from the dipole toward the parasitic element (71% chose this)
A major lobe will develop in the horizontal plane, parallel to the two elements (20% chose this)
A major lobe will develop in the vertical plane, away from the ground (5% chose this)
The radiation pattern will not be affected (4% chose this)
What is one way to determine if the maximum usable frequency (MUF) is high enough to support 28 MHz propagation between your station and western Europe?
Listen for WWVH time signals on 20 MHz (11% chose this)
Listen for signals from 10-metre beacon stations (71% chose this)
Listen for signals from 20-metre beacon stations (14% chose this)
Listen for signals from 39-metre broadcast stations (5% chose this)
Radio amateurs may use their stations to transmit international communications on behalf of a third party only if:
such communications have been authorized by the other country concerned (79% chose this)
the amateur station has received written authorization from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada to pass third party traffic (19% chose this)
the communication is transmitted by secret code (0% chose this)
prior remuneration has been received (2% chose this)
Which of the following statements is not correct? A person may operate radio apparatus, authorized in the amateur service:
except for the amplification of the output power of licence-exempt radio apparatus operating outside authorized amateur radio service allocations (18% chose this)
on aeronautical, marine or land mobile frequencies (66% chose this)
only where the person complies with the Standards for the Operation of Radio Stations in the Amateur Radio Service (11% chose this)
only where the apparatus is maintained within the performance standards set by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada regulations and policies (5% chose this)
What are some reasons not to use parallel-conductor transmission line?
It does not work well when tied down to metal objects, and you should use a balun and may have to use an impedance-matching device with your transceiver (69% chose this)
You must use an impedance-matching device with your transceiver, and it does not work very well with a high SWR (15% chose this)
It does not work well when tied down to metal objects, and it cannot operate under high power (12% chose this)
It is difficult to make at home, and it does not work very well with a high SWR (3% chose this)
Which of the following is defined in EMCAB-2 as "any device, machinery or equipment, other than radio apparatus, the use or functioning of which is, or can be, adversely affected by radiocommunication emissions"?
Which of the following is not an exception from the penalties under the Act, for divulging, intercepting or using information obtained through radiocommunication, other than broadcasting?
Where it is for the purpose of preserving or protecting property, or for the prevention of harm to a person (16% chose this)
Where it is for the purpose of giving evidence in a criminal or civil proceeding in which persons are required to give evidence (6% chose this)
Where it is on behalf of Canada, for the purpose of international or national defence or security (10% chose this)
Where it is to provide information for a journalist (68% chose this)
If you are planning to install or modify an antenna system under what conditions may you not be required to contact land use authorities to determine public consultation requirements?
When transmitting will only be done at low power (3% chose this)
When an exclusion criterion defined by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada applies (81% chose this)
In a rural area (8% chose this)
When the structure is part of an amateur radio antenna (8% chose this)
In general, what is the tallest amateur radio antenna system excluded from the requirement to consult with the land use authority and the public where there is a land use authority defined public consultation process?
21m (3% chose this)
the taller of the height exclusion in the land use authority public consultation process and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada's antenna siting procedures (79% chose this)
In order to install any radio apparatus, to be used specifically for an amateur radio club station, the radio amateur must hold an Amateur Radio Operator Certificate, with a minimum of the following qualifications:
Two or more parts of the radio wave follow different paths during propagation and this may result in phase differences at the receiver. This "change" at the receiver is called:
Which of these statements about the installation or modification of an antenna structure is not correct?
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada expects radio amateurs to address community concerns in a responsible manner (6% chose this)
Prior to an installation, for which community concerns could be raised, radio amateurs may be required to consult with their land-use authority (9% chose this)
A radio amateur may erect any size antenna structure without consulting neighbours or the local land-use authority (76% chose this)
A radio amateur must follow Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada's antenna siting procedures. (9% chose this)
One of the following is not considered to be communications on behalf of a third party, even though the message is originated by, or addressed to, a non-amateur:
messages addressed to points within Canada (2% chose this)
all messages received from Canadian stations (6% chose this)
messages originated from Canadian Forces Affiliate Radio Service (CFARS) (83% chose this)
messages that are handled within a local network (10% chose this)
In order to install any radio apparatus, to be used specifically for receiving and automatically retransmitting radiotelephone communications within the same frequency band, a radio amateur must hold an Amateur Radio Operator Certificate, with a minimum of:
Basic and Morse code qualifications (1% chose this)
Basic qualification (17% chose this)
Basic with Honours qualification (7% chose this)
Basic and Advanced qualifications (75% chose this)
You are transmitting FM on the 2 metre band. Several stations advise you that your transmission is loud and distorted. A quick check with a frequency counter tells you that the transmitter is on the proper frequency. Which of the following is the most probable cause of the distortion?
The power supply output voltage is low (9% chose this)
The repeater is reversing your sidebands (4% chose this)
The frequency counter is giving an incorrect reading and you are indeed off frequency (8% chose this)
The frequency deviation of your transmitter is set too high (79% chose this)
When a parallel coil-capacitor combination is supplied with AC of different frequencies, there will be one frequency where the impedance will be highest. This is the:
In inductances, AC may be opposed by both resistance of winding wire and reactance due to inductive effect. The term which includes resistance and reactance is: