ARRL G West Prefix Number Suffix US 1

ARRL: G. West:

Prefix § § § Number Suffix US 1 or 2 letter prefix, W, K, N, A_ Number from 0 _ 9 1, 2, or 3 letter suffix depending on class or special purpose. Assigned Technician class will be a 2 X 3 W 6 ABC T 1 C 05 Tech Class Call Sign KM 6 ZYX 2 X 3

T 1 C 01 Technician, General, Extra Class

T 1 C 10 T 1 C 08 Can transmit as soon as your name appears in the FCC ULS Term of license 10 yrs T 1 C 09 Two year grace period T 1 C 11 Can not transmit during grace period Must maintain correct mailing address or license may be suspended T 1 C 07 T 1 A 04 Only one amateur license grant may be held by one person The proof of your license grant is the appearance in the FCC ULS data base T 1 A 05

Tactical call signs. Used to identify a specific assigned task. “Race Headquarters” Must ID with your real call every 10 minutes and at the end of transmissions T 1 F 02 T 1 F 03

A call of your own choosing 1. Must be within the standard U. S. format per class 2. Must be available T 1 C 02 Any licensed operator can apply for a vanity call sign.

The Prohibits Key words T 1 A 11 Can not transmit harmful interference. (degrades, obstructs, or interrupts) T 1 D 01 Can not exchange communications with any country who has notified the ITU that it objects to the communications. T 1 D 04 Can not transmit music. Exception: When incidental to authorized retransmission of a manned spacecraft communication. T 1 D 06 Can not transmit obscenities, indecent words or language. Can not sell equipment over the air. Exception: When the equipment is normally used in an amateur station and such activity is not conducted on a regular basis T 1 D 05 Can not receive compensation for operating an amateur station. Exception: When incidental to classroom instruction at a educational institution. T 1 D 08

The Prohibits Can not transmit signals related to broadcasting, program production or news gathering assuming no other means available. Exception: Directly related the immediate safety, of human life or property. T 1 D 09 Broadcasting, by rules of the FCC means Transmissions intended for reception of the general public T 1 D 10

Amateur Radio Station Control Point T 1 E 05 A control operator Make sure the FCC has issued your call sign before you go on the air for the first time. 10

The Control Operator T 1 E 01 A station must always have a control operator when transmitting. The control operator using a satellite is the person who is authorized to transmit on the up-link frequency T 1 E 02 T 1 E 03 The station licensee designates the control operator. T 1 E 04 What The transmitting ofthe thestation, operated are those of the control operator. transmittingprivileges is under? T 1 E 06 A control operator can only operate within his/her own privileges' The station licensee is always responsible for the properation of the station. T 1 E 11

Three Types of Control The control operator is present at the control point. Example: hand held radio T 1 E 08 The control operator is at a location other than the control point. Example: repeaters T 1 E 09, T 1 E 10 The control operator is at another location, but can indirectly manipulate the controls. Example: Remote transceiver operated through internet.

Station ID T 1 F 03 ID with your call at every __10 Min. and at the End T 1 F 04 While operating in a phone sub-band ID using the English language T 1 F 05 CW or Phone may be use for station ID, for stations transmitting phone signals T 2 A 06 Identify even when testing T 1 F 06 Stroke slant slash / they are all the same

FCC Misc. It takes at least 4 members in a club for the club to quality for a club station license T 1 F 11 Must make the station and station records available for FCC inspection at any time upon request of a FCC inspector T 1 F 01

T 1 C 03 Communications incidental to the purposes of the Amateur Radio Service and remarks of a personal character T 1 C 04 Those a foreign country authorizes From any vessel or craft located in T 1 C 06 international waters and documented or registered in the United States

A message on behalf of another who is not an amateur radio operator T 1 F 08 Third Party Non Amateur or organization. Can not have been a Ham and had a license suspended or revoked. Amateur Radio Operator Amateur to Amateur is never third party Transmission Amateur Radio Operator Third Party

Third-Party within US • No special rules. • Just make sure the message is noncommercial in nature.

Third-Party Across Borders • Make sure that third-party agreement between the two countries. T 1 F 07 • During station identification say both stations’ call signs.

V 2 Antigua/Barbuda 4 X, 4 Z Israel LO-LW Argentina 6 Y Jamaica VK Australia JY Jordan V 3 Belize EL Liberia CP Bolivia V 7 Marshall Islands E 7 Bosnia-Herzegovina XA-XI Mexico PP-PY Brazil V 6 Micronesia, Federated States of VE, VO, VY Canada YN Nicaragua CA-CE Chile HO-HP Panama HJ-HK Colombia ZP Paraguay D 6 Comoros (Federal Islamic Republic of) OA-OC Peru TI, TE Costa Rica DU-DZ Philippines CM, CO Cuba VR 6 Pitcairn Island* HI Dominican Republic V 4 St. Kitts/Nevis J 7 Dominica J 6 St. Lucia HC-HD Ecuador J 8 St. Vincent and the Grenadines YS El Salvador 9 L Sierra Leone C 5 Gambia, The ZR-ZU South Africa 9 G Ghana 3 DA Swaziland J 3 Grenada 9 Y-9 Z Trinidad/Tobago TG Guatemala TA-TC Turkey 8 R Guyana GB United Kingdom HH Haiti CV-CX Uruguay HQ-HR Honduras YV-YY Venezuela 4 U 1 VIC - Vienna 4 U 1 ITU - Geneva

One – Way Communications Beacons An amateur station transmitting communications for the purposes of observing propagation or related experimental activities. T 1 A 06 One-way transmissions When transmitting code practice, information bulletins, or transmissions necessary to provide emergency communications T 1 D 02

T 1 A 07 A space station is an amateur radio located more than 50 km above the earth A tele-command is a one way transmission to command a device, like maybe a space station. Telemetry is a one way transmission often transmitted from a space craft. Typical tele-command T 8 B 01. Health and status of the satellite T 8 B 11. Anyone can receive the telemetry signal T 8 B 12. Signal report from satellite (telemetry data)

Repeater Operation The control operator of an originating transmission through a repeater is accountable for a communication that violates the FCC rules T 1 F 10 What type of control is a repeater operated under? Automatic

Frequency Coordinator The volunteer frequency coordinator recommends transmit and receive channels for repeater and auxiliary stations. T 1 A 08 T 1 A 09 Who selects the frequency coordinator. Amateur operators in a local or regional area whose stations are eligible for auxiliary and repeater stations.

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T 1 B 11 200 watts max power T 1 B 12 Above 10 Mtr. 30 MHz (VHF UHF) 1500 watts max power

28. 3 MHz 28 MHz 29. 7 MHz RTTY, Data. CW RTTY, Data. Phone and image 28. 5 MHz T 1 B 10 RTTY and DATA frequencies on HF available to (Technician Class) 10 meters only EAG T

Primary Users Military Broadcast Secondary Users Amateur 40 m T 1 B 08 70 cm 33 cm You may find non-amateur use in portions of amateur bands

For Next Week Study flash cards www. hamexam. org Radio Fundamentals Lesson 1 • T 1 B • T 3 B Modulation Lesson 1. 2 • T 8 A Rules & Regs Lesson 2 • T 1 A • T 1 C • TID • T 1 E • T 1 F Comm w/ Others Antennas Propagation Equipment Electricity Safety Lesson 3 • T 2 A • T 2 B • T 2 C • T 8 B • T 8 C Lesson 4 • T 3 A • T 3 C • T 9 A • T 9 B • T 7 C Lesson 5 • T 4 A • T 4 B • T 7 A • T 7 B • T 8 D Lesson 6 • T 5 A • T 5 B • T 5 C • T 5 D • T 6 A • T 6 B • T 6 C • T 6 D • T 7 D Lesson 7 • T 0 A • T 0 B • T 0 C 73 Tom and Jack