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T1C-2010: Operator classes and station call signs; operator classes, sequential, special event, and vanity call sign systems, international communications, reciprocal operation, station license licensee, places where the amateur service is regulated by the FCC, name and address on ULS, license term, renewal, grace period

T1C01: Which type of call sign has a single letter in both the prefix and suffix?

Special event

Vanity

Sequential

In-memoriam



T1C02: Which of the following is a valid US amateur radio station call sign?

W3ABC

KMA3505

KDKA

11Q1176



T1C03: What types of international communications are permitted by an FCC-licensed amateur station?

Communications incidental to the purposes of the amateur service and remarks of a personal character

Communications incidental to conducting business or remarks of a personal nature

Only communications incidental to contest exchanges, all other communications are prohibited

Any communications that would be permitted on an international broadcast station



T1C04: When are you allowed to operate your amateur station in a foreign country?

When the foreign country authorizes it

When there is a mutual agreement allowing third party communications

When authorization permits amateur communications in a foreign language

When you are communicating with non-licensed individuals in another country



T1C05: What must you do if you are operating on the 23 cm band and learn that you are interfering with a radiolocation station outside the United States?

Stop operating or take steps to eliminate the harmful interference

Nothing, because this band is allocated exclusively to the amateur service

Establish contact with the radiolocation station and ask them to change frequency

Change to CW mode, because this would not likely cause interference



T1C06: From which of the following may an FCC-licensed amateur station transmit, in addition to places where the FCC regulates communications?

From any vessel or craft located in international waters and documented or registered in the United States

From within any country that belongs to the International Telecommunications Union

From within any country that is a member of the United Nations

From anywhere within in ITU Regions 2 and 3



T1C07: What may result when correspondence from the FCC is returned as undeliverable because the grantee failed to provide the correct mailing address?

Revocation of the station license or suspension of the operator license

Fine or imprisonment

Require the licensee to be re-examined

A reduction of one rank in operator class



T1C08: What is the normal term for an FCC-issued primary station/operator license grant?

Ten years

Five years

Life

Twenty years



T1C09: What is the grace period following the expiration of an amateur license within which the license may be renewed?

Two years

Three years

Five years

Ten years



T1C10: How soon may you operate a transmitter on an amateur service frequency after you pass the examination required for your first amateur radio license?

As soon as your name and call sign appear in the FCC’s ULS database

Immediately

30 days after the test date

You must wait until you receive your license in the mail from the FCC



T1C11: If your license has expired and is still within the allowable grace period, may you continue to operate a transmitter on amateur service frequencies?

No, transmitting is not allowed until the ULS database shows that the license has been renewed

Yes, but only if you identify using the suffix "GP"

Yes, but only during authorized nets

Yes, for up to two years





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