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Subelement 1

Regulations and Policies

Section 1-13

station identification, call signs, prefixes

Which of the following call signs is a valid Canadian amateur radio callsign?

  • SM2CAN
  • Correct Answer
    VA3XYZ
  • BY7HY
  • KA9OLS
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How often must an amateur station be identified?

  • Correct Answer
    At least every thirty minutes, and at the beginning and at the end of a contact
  • At the beginning of a contact and at least every thirty minutes after that
  • At least once during each transmission
  • At the beginning and end of each transmission
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What do you transmit to identify your amateur station?

  • Your "handle"
  • Your first name and your location
  • Your full name
  • Correct Answer
    Your call sign
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What identification, if any, is required when two amateur stations begin communications?

  • No identification is required
  • Correct Answer
    Each station must transmit its own call sign
  • Both stations must transmit both call signs
  • One of the stations must give both stations' call signs
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What identification, if any, is required when two amateur stations end communications?

  • Correct Answer
    Each station must transmit its own call sign
  • No identification is required
  • One of the stations must transmit both stations' call signs
  • Both stations must transmit both call signs
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What is the longest period of time an amateur station can operate, without transmitting its call sign?

  • 20 minutes
  • 15 minutes
  • Correct Answer
    30 minutes
  • 10 minutes
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When may an amateur transmit unidentified communications?

  • Only for brief tests not meant as messages
  • Only if it does not interfere with others
  • Only for two-way or third- party communications
  • Correct Answer
    Never, except to control a model craft
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What language may you use when identifying your station?

  • Correct Answer
    English or French
  • Any language being used for a contact
  • Any language being used for a contact, providing Canada has a third-party communications agreement with that country
  • Any language of a country which is a member of the International Telecommunication Union
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The call sign of an amateur station must be transmitted:

  • at intervals not greater than three minutes when using voice communications
  • at intervals not greater than ten minutes when using Morse code
  • when requested to do so by the station being called
  • Correct Answer
    at the beginning and at the end of each exchange of communications and at intervals not greater than 30 minutes
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The call sign of an amateur station must be sent:

  • every minute
  • every 15 minutes
  • Correct Answer
    at the beginning and end of each exchange of communications, and at least every 30 minutes, while in communications
  • once after initial contact
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The call sign of a Canadian amateur radio station would normally start with the letters:

  • Correct Answer
    VA, VE, VO or VY
  • GA, GE, MO or VQ
  • A, K, N or W
  • EA, EI, RO or UY
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