Basic Qualification · B-002 Operating and procedures · B-002-001-006
How do you call another station on a repeater if you know the station's call sign?
- ASay "CQ" three times, then say the station's call sign
- BWait for the station to call "CQ," then answer it
- CSay the station's call sign, then identify your own station
- DSay "break, break," then say the station's call sign
Correct answer: C — Say the station's call sign, then identify your own station. From the official ISED question bank, verified word for word.
Why
On a repeater, the quickest way to reach a specific operator is to say their call sign first, which acts like calling their name, and then immediately state your own call sign to identify who is calling. The full explanation — and one for every question — is in Pro.
Practise this section
Operating and procedures is section B-002 of the Basic exam: How to operate: calling, phonetics, Q-signals, repeaters, nets, emergency traffic, and the courtesies that keep a band usable.
Drill B-002 — free, no account