Basic Qualification · B-002 Operating and procedures · B-002-004-002
If you contact another station and your signal is extremely strong and perfectly readable, what adjustment should you make to your transmitter?
- A Turn down your power output to the minimum necessary
- B Turn on your speech processor
- C Bypass your antenna tuner
- D None, continue with your contact
Correct answer: A — Turn down your power output to the minimum necessary. From the official ISED question bank, verified word for word.
Why
When your signal is already extremely strong and perfectly readable, using full power only creates unnecessary interference for others and wastes energy. The full explanation — and one for every question — is in Pro.
Practise this section
How to operate: calling, phonetics, Q-signals, repeaters, nets, emergency traffic, and the courtesies that keep a band usable.