Basic Qualification · B-002 Operating and procedures · B-002-009-006
Local stations are in contact with New Zealand, yet you cannot hear the New Zealand amateur radio operators with your antenna pointed in that direction. What other antenna direction could you try to hear them?
- APoint your antenna 180 degrees from the current bearing
- BPoint your antenna 90 degrees west of the current bearing
- CPoint your antenna 90 degrees east of the current bearing
- DPoint your antenna further south
Correct answer: A — Point your antenna 180 degrees from the current bearing. From the official ISED question bank, verified word for word.
Why
When a signal travels the long way around the Earth, known as the long path, it arrives from the opposite direction of the short path. 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