Basic Qualification · B-001 Regulations and policies · B-001-007-008
What should you do to keep your amateur radio station from retransmitting music or signals from a non-amateur radio station?
- AAdjust your transceiver noise blanker
- BTurn down the volume of background audio
- CTurn up the volume of your transmitter
- DSpeak closer to the microphone to increase your signal strength
Correct answer: B — Turn down the volume of background audio. From the official ISED question bank, verified word for word.
Why
Turning down the volume of background audio stops music or outside broadcasts from being picked up by your microphone and sent out over the air. The full explanation — and one for every question — is in Pro.
Practise this section
Regulations and policies is section B-001 of the Basic exam: The rules: who may operate, what the certificate allows, station identification, third-party traffic, what you may and may not transmit, and how ISED regulates the amateur service.
Drill B-001 — free, no account