Technician Licensing Class

Control

Section 3

Valid July 1, 2014

Through

June 30, 2018

Control

• T1E01 An amateur station must always have a control operator when the station is transmitting. Thus, a station should never be operated without a control operator [97.7(a)]

When you operate your

station you’re the

“control operator,”

and you are at the station’s

“control point.”

• T1E02 Only a person for whom an amateur operator/primary station license grant appears in the FCC database or who is authorized for alien reciprocal operation is eligible to be the control operator of an amateur station.

Control

Control

• T8B01 Any amateur whose license privileges allow them to transmit on the satellite uplink frequency may be the control operator of a station communicating through an amateur satellite or space station.

• T1E03 The station licensee must designate the station control operator. (If two separate people).

• T1E07 The control operator and the station licensee are equally responsible for the proper operation of the station when the control operator is not the station licensee.

When the operator license class held by the control operator exceeds that of the station licensee, an indicator consisting of the call sign assigned to the control operator's station must be included after the call sign.

Control

• T1E04 The class of operator license held by the control operator determines the transmitting privileges of an amateur station.

When you operate from another ham’s station, using YOUR callsign, your license class privileges apply.

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Control

• T1E12 Under normal circumstances, a Technician Class licensee may at no time be the control operator of a station operating in an exclusive Extra Class operator segment of the amateur bands.• You must stay within your Technician Class privileges.

• T1E05 The location at which the control operator function is performed is considered the amateur station control point.The control point is the spot

where you can make ADJUSTMENTS to your equipment. This the spot where you have complete capabilities to turn on the equipment.

Control Operator (local)

• T1E09 Local control is the type of control being used when the control operator is at the control point.

Control Operator (remote)

Adjusting settings from a location OTHER than where the transmitter is located

• T1E10 Remote control is the type of control used when the control operator is not at the station location but can manipulate the operating adjustments of a station over the Internet.

Control Operator (automatic)

• T1E06 APRS stands for Automatic Packet Repeater System, often used in tandem with a GPS system as an Automatic Position Reporting System. Like “standard” FM repeaters, APRS and other digipeaters fall under the category of automatic control; that is, the transmitter is keyed without human intervention. [97.109(d)]

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Control

• T1E08 Automatic control is the type of control being used for a repeater when the control operator is not present at a control point.

• T1E11 The FCC presumes the station licensee to be the control operator of an amateur station unless documentation to the contrary is in the station records.

• When another licensee uses your callsign, log who it was.

When deemed necessary by a District Director, to assure compliance with the FCC Rules, the station licensee must

maintain a record of station operations

Control

• T1D08 The control operator of an amateur station may receive compensation for operating a station when the communication is incidental to classroom instruction at an educational institution.

School teachers can receive their regular pay when teaching about ham radio

• T1F10 The control operator of the originating station is accountable should a repeater inadvertently retransmit communications that violate the FCC rules.

Take Aways

Take Aways

An amateur station must have a control operator when the station is transmitting. [97.7(a)]

Only a person for whom an amateur operator/primary station license grant appears in the FCC database or who is authorized for alien reciprocal operation is eligible to be the control operator of an amateur station. [97.7(a)]

Take Aways

Any amateur whose license privileges allow them to transmit on the satellite uplink frequency may be the control operator of a station communicating through an amateur satellite or space station.

The station licensee must designate the station control operator. [97.103(b)]

When the control operator is not the station licensee, the control operator and the station licensee are equally responsible for the proper operation of the station. [97.103(a)]

Take Aways

The class of operator license held by the control operator determines the transmitting privileges of an amateur station. [97.103(b)]

A Technician Class licensee may never be the control operator of a station operating in an exclusive Extra Class operator segment of the amateur bands. [97.119(e)]

The amateur station control point is the location at which the control operator function is performed. [97.3(a)(14)]

Take Aways

Local control is being used when transmitting using a handheld radio. [97.109(a)]

When the repeater control operator is not present at a control point, automatic control is being used. [97.3(a)]

APRS network digipeaters operate under automatic control.

Remote control is used when the control operator is not at the station location but can indirectly manipulate the operating adjustments of a station over the Internet. [97.3]

Take Aways

The FCC presumes the station licensee to be the control operator of an amateur station, unless documentation to the contrary is in the station records. [97.103(a)]

The control operator of an amateur station may receive compensation for operating the station when the communication is incidental to classroom instruction at an educational institution. [97.113]

The control operator of the originating station is accountable should a repeater inadvertently retransmit communications that violate the FCC rules. [97.205(g)]

Valid July 1, 2014

Through

June 30, 2018

Control

Element 2 Technician Class Question Pool

Element 2 Technician Class Question Pool

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T1E01 When is an amateur station permitted to transmit without control operator?

A. When using automatic control, such as in the case of a repeater

B. When the station licensee is away and another licensed amateur is using the station

C. When the transmitting station is an auxiliary station

D. Never

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T1E02 Who may a station licensee designate to be the control operator of an amateur station?

A. Any U.S. citizen or registered alien

B. Any family member of the station licensee C. Any person over the age of 18

D. Only a person for whom an amateur operator/primary station license grant appears in the FCC database or who is authorized for alien reciprocal operation

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T8B01 Who may be the control operator of a station communicating through an amateur satellite or space station?

A. Only an Amateur Extra Class operator

B. A General Class licensee or higher licensee who has a satellite operator certification

C. Only an Amateur Extra Class operator who is also an AMSAT member

D. Any amateur whose license privileges allow them to transmit on the satellite uplink frequency

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T1E03 Who must designate the station control operator?

A. The station licensee

B. The FCC

C. The frequency coordinator

D. The ITU

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T1E07 When the control operator is not the station licensee, who is responsible for the proper operation of the station?

A. All licensed amateurs who are present at the operation

B. Only the station licenseeC. Only the control operatorD. The control operator and the station licensee

are equally responsible

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T1E04 What determines the transmitting privileges of an amateur station?

A. The frequency authorized by the frequency coordinator

B. The class of operator license held by the station licensee

C. The highest class of operator license held by anyone on the premises

D. The class of operator license held by the control operator

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T1E12 When, under normal circumstances, may a Technician Class licensee be the control operator of a station operating in an exclusive Extra Class operator segment of the amateur bands?

A. At no time

B. When operating a special event station.

C. As part of a multi-operator contest team

D. When using a club station whose trustee is an Extra Class operator licensee

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T1E05 What is an amateur station control point?

A. The location of the station’s transmitting antenna

B. The location of the station transmitting apparatus.

C. The location at which the control operator function is performed

D. The mailing address of the station licensee

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T1E09 What type of control is being used when the control operator is at the control point?

A. Radio control

B. Unattended control

C. Automatic control

D. Local control

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T1E06 Under what type of control do APRS network digipeaters operate?

A. Automatic

B. Remote

C. Local

D. Manual

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T1E08 Which of the following is an example of automatic control?

A. Repeater operation

B. Controlling the station over the Internet

C. Using a computer or other device to automatically send CW

D. Using a computer or other device to automatically identify

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T1E10 Which of the following is an example of remote control as defined in Part 97?

A. Repeater operation

B. Operating the station over the Internet

C. Controlling a model aircraft, boat or car by amateur radio

D. All of these choices are correct

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T1E11 Who does the FCC presume to be the control operator of an amateur station,

unless documentation to the contrary is in the station records?

A. The station custodianB. The third party participantC. The person operating the station

equipmentD. The station licensee

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T1D08 In which of the following circumstances may the control operator of an amateur station receive compensation for operating the station?

A. When engaging in communications on behalf of their employer

B. When the communication is incidental to classroom instruction at an educational institution

C. When re-broadcasting weather alerts during a RACES net

D. When notifying other amateur operators of the availability for sale or trade of apparatus

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T1F10 Who is accountable should a repeater inadvertently retransmit

communications that violate the FCC rules?

A. The control operator of the originating station

B. The control operator of the repeaterC. The owner of the repeaterD. Both the originating station and the

repeater owner