Basic Qualification · B-002 Operating and procedures · B-002-006-004
What is the meaning of: "Your signal report is 3 3"?
- A Your signal is readable with considerable difficulty and weak in strength
- B Your signal is unreadable, very weak in strength
- C The station is located at latitude 33 degrees
- D The contact is serial number 33
Correct answer: A — Your signal is readable with considerable difficulty and weak in strength. From the official ISED question bank, verified word for word.
Why
In the R-S-T reporting system used by radio amateurs, the first number rates readability from 1 (unreadable) to 5 (perfectly readable), while the second number rates signal strength from 1 (faint) to 9 (very strong). 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.