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Subject: New Amateur Exams - Part 1
In order to increase the number of licensed Amateurs, a new licensing
structure has been created and the number of questions in the pool from
which the test questions are drawn has been drastically reduced.
You will find reproduced below the entire pool and the exact questions
for all levels. So as not to compromise the integrity of the test, no
answers are given.
1. You are listening to 14.313 MHz and you hear dot, dot, dot, dash,
dash, dash, dot, dot, dot. You should:
A. call the nearest Coast Guard station.
B. tear off your earphones and run around the room in a clockwise
direction.
C. buy a radio with less static.
D. log that you have heard Oso, Japan.
2. The fuse in your rig blows. You should:
A. replace the fuse.
B. send the rig back to the factory.
C. call your local broadcast station and ask the engineer for advice.
D. take up stamp collecting.
3. The number of sidebands emitted by a single-sideband transmitter is:
A. one.
B. two.
C. three.
D. four.
4. An organization that represents radio Amateurs before the government
is known as the ARRL. The initials stand for:
A. American Radio Relay League.
B. Armenian Rugs Represent Luxury.
C. Albania, Repository of Reclusive Leninists.
D. One of the above.
5A. A country whose Amateurs have the prefix XE borders the state of
Texas. It is:
A. Mexico.
B. Europe.
C. Asia.
D. Africa.
If you are taking this test in Texas and were graduated
from high school there within the past 20 years, you may elect to pass
by the above question and substitute the following one.
5B. A country whose Amateurs have the prefix VE borders the states of
ME, NH, VT, NY, OH, MI, MN, ND, MT, ID, WA, and AK. It is:
A. Canada.
B. South America.
C. Australia.
D. New Zealand.
6. The dipole antenna was invented by Princess Di.
A. True
B. False.
7. You are on the 10M band. A station is calling CQ. His call sign is
JA1ITN. From the prefix JA you know he is in:
A. Japan.
B. Cambodia.
C. Vietnam.
D. Laos.
8. On the 15M band you have heard a station give four numbers and then
say the word Zulu. This is:
A. brave warriors in southern Africa.
B. the address of the restroom at the London Zoo.
C. 25 hours later, the day before.
D. none of the above.
9. Your wristwatch dial glows in the dark. This is caused by:
A. sunspots.
B. living too close to a VHF repeater.
C. high SWR on your feedline.
D. linear amplifier tuned off-resonance.
E. none of the above.
10. Earphones are placed over the:
A. ears.
B. eyes.
C. nose.
D. throat.
A passing grade on this exam is 10 percent. Should you pass, you will
receive a license known as Noodink.
Success on the Noodink test makes you eligible to sit for the next
higher grade license, known as Reel Technical. That exam has one question.
RT-1. You have a Yogi (named after former squat catcher for the
Yankees). It has one reflector, one driven element and one director.
Your beam antenna has ------- elements.
A. one.
B.two.
C. three.
D. four.
If you passed that test you may now sit for the license class known as
Generalissimo. It has one question.
G-1. The formula E=IR stands for:
A. Theory of Relativity.
B. Ohms Law.
C. anger.
D. Ireland.
Should you have the correct answer you now pass up to the exam for
Avanti class.
A-1. The formula P=IE stands for:
A. Apple.
B. 3.14159256.
C. Pumpkin.
D. Rhubarb.
E. None of the above.
If by some remote chance you have come this far, you may now take the
test for EXTERMINATOR! (A ten-minute break is allowed)
E-1. The Marconi antenna was named after:
A. Dave Sumner.
B. Lew McCoy.
C. Wayne Green.
D. Guglialmo Marconi.
If you are not completely exhausted by the mental strain, you may now
attempt the test for the highest grade license: Field Day Marshall.
FDM-1. Long distance ionospheric propagation is due to:
A. Skip Tenney.
B. Heavyside.
C. 299.793077M per microsecond.
D. 1500W.
E. AT&T.
License Power Levels: Since Noodinks know the least, have the least
experience and little technique, to make up for it they will be given
the most power: 3,000W output.
Reel Technicals can run 2,000w. Generalissimos operate at 1,000. Avantis
may run 500. The Exterminator is allowed 250 and the Field Day Marshall
is at 100W maximum.
Band allocations: All rules have not been finalized in Washington, but
the 20M phone allocation is available.
FDMs have the entire 200 kHz from 14.150 to 14.350. Exterminators have
150 kHz from 14.200 to 14.350. Avantis have 100 kHz from 14.250 to 14.350.
Generalissimos have 75 kHz from 14.275 to 14.350. Reel Technicals have
25 kHz from 14.325 to 14.350. Noodinks have 5 kHz from 14.345 to 14350.
More rulings will be reported as they become available.
Oops, almost forgot...CW test requirements - Field Day Marshall: 5 wpm.
Exterminator: 10 wpm. Avanti: 15 wpm. Generalissimo: 20 wpm. Reel
Technical: 25 wpm. Noodink: 30 wpm.
From WORLDRADIO, October 1989