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1. What does PRB-1 require of state and local regulations affecting amateur radio antenna size and structures?
E6D10
2. What is a primary advantage of using a toroidal core instead of a solenoidal core in an inductor?
E5B04
3. What is the time constant of a circuit having two 220-microfarad capacitors and two 1-megohm resistors, all in parallel?
E2D07
4. What digital protocol is used by APRS?
E9A03
5. What term describing total radiated power takes into account all gains and losses?
E3C12
6. Which of the following is indicated by a sudden rise in radio background noise across a large portion of the HF spectrum?
E3B09
7. At what time of year is sporadic-E propagation most likely to occur?
E9D10
8. How does radiation resistance of a base-fed whip antenna change below its resonant frequency?
E9G11
9. In what units are the wavelength scales on a Smith chart calibrated?
E6F06
10. Which of these materials is most commonly used to create photoconductive devices?
E4B10
11. Which of the following methods measures intermodulation distortion in an SSB transmitter?
E1F04
12. Which of the following geographic descriptions approximately describes "Line A"?
E5D03
13. What is the phase relationship between current and voltage for reactive power?
E6B01
14. What is the most useful characteristic of a Zener diode?
E1C10
15. What is the maximum mean power level for a spurious emission below 30 MHz with respect to the fundamental emission?
E3A04
16. In what direction does an electromagnetic wave travel?
E9H01
17. When constructing a Beverage antenna, which of the following factors should be included in the design to achieve good performance at the desired frequency?
E1D09
18. Which UHF amateur bands have frequencies authorized for space stations?
E7A10
19. What is a truth table?
E7C10
20. Which of the following filters is used in a 2-meter band repeater duplexer?
E6E06
21. What characteristics of MMICs make them a popular choice for VHF through microwave circuits?
E7E07
22. What is meant by the term "baseband" in radio communications?
E1E06
23. Who is responsible for the proper conduct and necessary supervision during an amateur operator license examination session?
E7F04
24. Which method generates an SSB signal using digital signal processing?
E4D12
25. What is the link margin in a system with a transmit power level of 10 W (+40 dBm), a system antenna gain of 10 dBi, a cable loss of 3 dB, a path loss of 136 dB, a receiver minimum discernable signal of -103 dBm, and a required signal-to-noise ratio of 6 dB?
E9B02
26. What is the front-to-back ratio of the antenna radiation pattern shown in Figure E9-1?
E8D03
27. Which describes spread spectrum frequency hopping?
E1A03
28. What is the highest legal carrier frequency on the 20-meter band for transmitting a 2.8 kHz wide USB data signal?
E2E06
29. What is the length of an FT8 transmission cycle?
E7B04
30. What is the operating point of a Class A common emitter amplifier?
E4E04
31. How can conducted noise from an automobile battery charging system be suppressed?
E2A11
32. What type of antenna can be used to minimize the effects of spin modulation and Faraday rotation?
E2C04
33. Which of the following frequencies can be used for amateur radio mesh networks?
E9C03
34. What type of radiation pattern is created by two 1/4-wavelength vertical antennas spaced 1/2- wavelength apart and fed in phase?
E5C11
35. Which point in Figure E5-1 best represents the impedance of a series circuit consisting of a 300-ohm resistor and an 18-microhenry inductor at 3.505 MHz?
E8A03
36. Which of the following describes a signal in the time domain?
E8C10
37. How can data rate be increased without increasing bandwidth?
E9E02
38. What antenna matching system matches coaxial cable to an antenna by connecting the shield to the center of the antenna and the conductor a fraction of a wavelength to one side?
E6A08
39. What is the term for the frequency at which the grounded-base current gain of a bipolar junction transistor has decreased to 0.7 of the gain obtainable at 1 kHz?
E5A10
40. What is the resonant frequency of an RLC circuit if R is 33 ohms, L is 50 microhenries, and C is 10 picofarads?
E7G08
41. How does the gain of an ideal operational amplifier vary with frequency?
E7D15
42. What is the purpose of a step-start circuit in a high-voltage power supply?
E6C03
43. What is tri-state logic?
E9F02
44. Which of the following has the biggest effect on the velocity factor of a transmission line?
E4C07
45. What does the MDS of a receiver represent?
E4A02
46. Which of the following parameters does a spectrum analyzer display on the vertical and horizontal axes?
E7H06
47. Which of these functions can be performed by a phase-locked loop?
E2B02
48. How many horizontal lines make up a fast-scan (NTSC) television frame?
E0A05
49. What hazard is created by operating at microwave frequencies?
E8B10
50. What is frequency division multiplexing (FDM)?
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