Part 97 places many different restrictions on how amateurs can use their stations and specifies technical standards that amateur radio station must meet. For example, some rules set standards for spurious emissions, which are emissions outside a signal’s necessary bandwidth that can be reduced or eliminated without affecting the information transmitted.
QUESTION: Which of the following constitutes a spurious emission? (E1B01)
ANSWER: An emission outside the signal’s necessary bandwidth that can be reduced or eliminated without affecting the information transmitted
There are also restrictions on erecting antennas. For example, if you are installing an amateur station antenna at a site at or near a public use airport, you may have to notify the Federal Aviation Administration and register it with the FCC as required by Part 17 of FCC rules.
QUESTION: Which of the following additional rules apply if you are installing an amateur station antenna at a site at or near a public use airport? (E1B06)
ANSWER: You may have to notify the Federal Aviation Administration and register it with the FCC as required by Part 17 of the FCC rules
Should you run into problems with your local government when erecting an antenna, you should familiarize yourself with FCC PRB-1. PRB-1 states that while local governments may put restrictions on antenna structures for height, safety and aesthetics concerns, they must reasonably accommodate amateur operations. It is important to note that PRB-1 does not cover covenants or home-owner agreements (HOAs).
QUESTION: To what type of regulations does PRB-1 apply? (E1B07)
ANSWER: State and local zoning
QUESTION: What does PRB-1 require of regulations affecting amateur radio? (E1B11)
ANSWER: Reasonable accommodations of amateur radio must be made
RACES operation
Because RACES operation is quasi-governmental, there are some rules about RACES operations. First of all, any FCC-licensed amateur station certified by the responsible civil defense organization for the area served may be operated in RACES. All amateur service frequencies authorized to the control operator are authorized to an amateur station participating in RACES.
QUESTION: Which amateur stations may be operated under RACES rules? (E1B09)
ANSWER: Any FCC-licensed amateur station certified by the responsible civil defense organization for the area served
QUESTION: What frequencies are authorized to an amateur station operating under RACES rules? (E1B10)
ANSWER: All amateur service frequencies authorized to the control operator
As you probably know by now, harmful interference is a big thing in amateur radio. That being the case, this section has several questions about situations in which an amateur station might cause such interference.
QUESTION: Within what distance must an amateur station protect an FCC monitoring facility from harmful interference? (E1B03)
ANSWER: 1 mile
QUESTION: What must be done before placing an amateur station within an officially designated wilderness area or wildlife preserve, or an area listed in the National Register of Historic Places? (E1B04)
ANSWER: An Environmental Assessment must be submitted to the FCC
QUESTION: What is the National Radio Quiet Zone? (E1B05)
ANSWER: An area surrounding the National Radio Astronomy Observatory
The NRAO is located in Green Bank, West Virginia.
QUESTION: What limitations may the FCC place on an amateur station if its signal causes interference to domestic broadcast reception, assuming that the receivers involved are of good engineering design? (E1B08)
ANSWER: The amateur station must avoid transmitting during certain hours on frequencies that cause the interference
QUESTION: What must the control operator of a repeater operating in the 70 cm band do if a radiolocation system experiences interference from that repeater? (E1B12)
ANSWER: Cease operation or make changes to the repeater to mitigate the interference
Finally, there is a random question on Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM).
QUESTION: Which of the following is an acceptable bandwidth for Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) based voice or SSTV digital transmissions made on the HF amateur bands? (E1B02)
ANSWER: 3 kHz
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