Operating and Procedures
RST system of signal reporting, use of S meter
What are "RST" signal reports?
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A short way to describe transmitter power
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Correct AnswerA short way to describe signal reception
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A short way to describe sunspot activity
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A short way to describe ionospheric conditions
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What does "RST" mean in a signal report?
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Recovery, signal strength, tempo
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Recovery, signal speed, tone
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Readability, signal speed, tempo
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Correct AnswerReadability, signal strength, tone
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What is the meaning of: "Your signal report is 5 7"?
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Your signal is readable with considerable difficulty
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Correct AnswerYour signal is perfectly readable and moderately strong
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Your signal is perfectly readable with near pure tone
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Your signal is perfectly readable, but weak
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What is the meaning of: "Your signal report is 3 3"?
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Your signal is unreadable, very weak in strength
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The station is located at latitude 33 degrees
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Correct AnswerYour signal is readable with considerable difficulty and weak in strength
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The contact is serial number 33
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What is the meaning of: "Your signal report is 5 9 plus 20 dB"?
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The bandwidth of your signal is 20 decibels above linearity
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Repeat your transmission on a frequency 20 kHz higher
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Correct AnswerA relative signal-strength meter reading is 20 decibels greater than strength 9
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Your signal strength has increased by a factor of 100
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What is used to measure relative signal strength in a receiver?
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An SSB meter
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A signal deviation meter
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Correct AnswerAn S meter
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An RST meter
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If the power output of a transmitter is increased by four times, how might a nearby receiver's S-meter reading change?
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Increase by approximately four S units
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Correct AnswerIncrease by approximately one S unit
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Decrease by approximately four S units
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Decrease by approximately one S unit
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By how many times must the power output of a transmitter be increased to raise the S-meter reading on a nearby receiver from S8 to S9?
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Approximately 5 times
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Approximately 3 times
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Correct AnswerApproximately 4 times
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Approximately 2 times
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What does "RST 579" mean in a Morse code contact?
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Correct AnswerYour signal is perfectly readable, moderately strong, and with perfect tone
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Your signal is perfectly readable, weak strength, and with perfect tone
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Your signal is fairly readable, fair strength, and with perfect tone
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Your signal is barely readable, moderately strong, and with faint ripple
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What does "RST 459" mean in a Morse code contact?
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Your signal is very readable, very strong, and with perfect tone
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Your signal is barely readable, very weak, and with perfect tone
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Your signal is moderately readable, very weak, and with hum on the tone
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Correct AnswerYour signal is quite readable, fair strength, and with perfect tone
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What is the meaning of "Your signal report is 1 1"?
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Correct AnswerYour signal is unreadable, and barely perceptible
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Your signal is 11 dB over S9
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Your signal is first class in readability and first class in strength
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Your signal is very readable and very strong
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