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| - | ====== About The Test ====== | ||
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| - | The exam consists of: | ||
| - | * 25 questions on Regulations and Policies (//B-001//) | ||
| - | * 9 questions on Operating procedures (//B-002//) | ||
| - | * 21 questions on Station Assembly, Practice and Safety (//B-003//) | ||
| - | * 6 questions on Circuit Components (//B-004//) | ||
| - | * 13 questions on Basic Electronics and Theory (//B-005//) | ||
| - | * 13 questions on Feedlines and Antenna Systems (//B-006//) | ||
| - | * 8 questions on Radio Wave Propagation (//B-007//) | ||
| - | * 5 questions on Interference and Suppression (//B-008//) | ||
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| - | ====== More Details ====== | ||
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| - | More specifically, | ||
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| - | ===== B-001 Regulations and Policies ===== | ||
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| - | * 1-1 radio licences, applicability, | ||
| - | * 1-2 licence fee, term, posting requirements, | ||
| - | * 1-3 licence suspension or revocation, powers of radio inspectors, offences and punishments | ||
| - | * 1-4 operator certificates, | ||
| - | * 1-5 operation, repair and maintenance of radio apparatus on behalf of other persons | ||
| - | * 1-6 operation of radio apparatus, terms of licence, applicable standards, exempt apparatus | ||
| - | * 1-7 content restrictions - non-superfluous, | ||
| - | * 1-8 installation and operating restrictions - number of stations, repeaters, home-built, club stations | ||
| - | * 1-9 participation in communications by visitors, use of station by others | ||
| - | * 1-10 interference, | ||
| - | * 1-11 emergency communications (real or simulated), communication with non-amateur stations | ||
| - | * 1-12 non-remuneration, | ||
| - | * 1-13 station identification, | ||
| - | * 1-14 foreign amateur operation in Canada, banned countries, third-party messages | ||
| - | * 1-15 frequency bands and qualification requirements | ||
| - | * 1-16 maximum bandwidth by frequency bands | ||
| - | * 1-17 restrictions on capacity and power output by qualifications | ||
| - | * 1-18 unmodulated carriers, retransmission | ||
| - | * 1-19 amplitude modulation, frequency stability, measurements | ||
| - | * 1-20 International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio Regulations, | ||
| - | * 1-21 operation outside Canada, ITU regions, reciprocal privileges, international licences | ||
| - | * 1-22 examinations - Department' | ||
| - | * 1-23 antenna structure approval, neighbour and land-use authority consultation | ||
| - | * 1-24 radio frequency electromagnetic field limits | ||
| - | * 1-25 criteria for resolution of radio frequency interference complaints | ||
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| - | ===== B-002 Operating and Procedures ===== | ||
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| - | * 2-1 voice operating procedures - channelized VHF/UHF repeater | ||
| - | * 2-2 phonetic alphabet | ||
| - | * 2-3 voice operating procedures - simplex VHF/UHF and HF | ||
| - | * 2-4 tuneups and testing, use of dummy load, courteous operation | ||
| - | * 2-5 Morse (CW) operating procedures, procedural signs | ||
| - | * 2-6 RST system of signal reporting, use of S meter | ||
| - | * 2-7 Q signals | ||
| - | * 2-8 emergency operating procedures | ||
| - | * 2-9 record keeping, confirmation practices, maps/ | ||
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| - | ===== B-003 Station Assembly, Practice and Safety ===== | ||
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| - | * 3-1 functional layout of HF stations | ||
| - | * 3-2 functional layout of FM transmitters | ||
| - | * 3-3 functional layout of FM receivers | ||
| - | * 3-4 functional layout of CW transmitters | ||
| - | * 3-5 functional layout of SSB)/CW receivers | ||
| - | * 3-6 functional layout of SSB transmitters | ||
| - | * 3-7 functional layout of digital systems | ||
| - | * 3-8 functional layout of regulated power supplies | ||
| - | * 3-9 functional layout of Yagi-Uda antennas | ||
| - | * 3-10 receiver fundamentals | ||
| - | * 3-11 transmitter, | ||
| - | * 3-12 carrier suppression, | ||
| - | * 3-13 frequency and phase modulation fundamentals | ||
| - | * 3-14 station accessories for telegraphy, radiotelephony, | ||
| - | * 3-15 digital mode fundamentals RTTY, ASCII, AMTOR, packet | ||
| - | * 3-16 cells and batteries, types, ratings, charging | ||
| - | * 3-17 power supply fundamentals | ||
| - | * 3-18 electrical hazards, electrical safety, security | ||
| - | * 3-19 electrical safety ground, capacitor discharge, fuse replacement | ||
| - | * 3-20 antenna and tower safety, lightning protection | ||
| - | * 3-21 exposure of human body to RF, safety precautions | ||
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| - | ===== B-004 Circuit Components ===== | ||
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| - | * 4-1 amplifier fundamentals | ||
| - | * 4-2 diode fundamentals | ||
| - | * 4-3 bipolar transistor fundamentals | ||
| - | * 4-4 field-effect transistor fundamentals | ||
| - | * 4-5 triode vacuum tube fundamentals | ||
| - | * 4-6 resistor colour codes, tolerances, temperature coefficient | ||
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| - | ===== B-005 Basic Electronics and Theory | ||
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| - | * 5-1 metric prefixes – pico, micro, milli, centi, kilo, mega, giga | ||
| - | * 5-2 concepts of current, voltage, conductor, insulator, resistance | ||
| - | * 5-3 concepts of energy and power, open and short circuits | ||
| - | * 5-4 Ohm’s law - single resistors | ||
| - | * 5-5 series and parallel resistors | ||
| - | * 5-6 power law, resistor power dissipation | ||
| - | * 5-7 AC, sinewave, frequency, frequency units | ||
| - | * 5-8 ratios, logarithms, decibels | ||
| - | * 5-9 introduction to inductance, capacitance | ||
| - | * 5-10 introduction to reactance, impedance | ||
| - | * 5-11 introduction to magnetics, transformers | ||
| - | * 5-12 introduction to resonance, tuned circuits | ||
| - | * 5-13 introduction to meters and measurements | ||
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| - | ===== B-006 Feedlines and Antenna Systems ===== | ||
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| - | * 6-1 feed line characteristics, | ||
| - | * 6-2 balanced and unbalanced feed lines, baluns | ||
| - | * 6-3 popular antenna feed line and coaxial connector types | ||
| - | * 6-4 line losses by line type, length and frequency | ||
| - | * 6-5 standing waves, standing wave ratio, SWR) meter | ||
| - | * 6-6 concept of impedance matching | ||
| - | * 6-7 isotropic source, polarization via element orientation | ||
| - | * 6-8 wavelength vs physical length | ||
| - | * 6-9 gain, directivity, | ||
| - | * 6-10 vertical antennas - types, dimensions, characteristics | ||
| - | * 6-11 Yagi antennas - types, dimensions, characteristics | ||
| - | * 6-12 wire antennas - types, dimensions, characteristics | ||
| - | * 6-13 quad/loop antennas - types, dimensions, characteristics | ||
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| - | ===== B-007 Radio Wave Propagation ===== | ||
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| - | * 7-1 line of sight, ground wave, ionospheric wave (sky wave) | ||
| - | * 7-2 ionosphere, ionospheric regions (layers) | ||
| - | * 7-3 propagation hops, skip zone, skip distance | ||
| - | * 7-4 ionospheric absorption, causes and variation, fading, phase shift, Faraday rotation | ||
| - | * 7-5 solar activity, sunspots, sunspot cycle | ||
| - | * 7-6 MF and HF, critical and maximum useable frequencies, | ||
| - | * 7-7 VHF and UHF, sporadic E, aurora, ducting | ||
| - | * 7-8 scatter - HF, VHF, UHF | ||
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| - | ===== B-008 Interference and Suppression | ||
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| - | * 8-1 front-end overload, cross-modulation | ||
| - | * 8-2 audio rectification, | ||
| - | * 8-3 intermodulation, | ||
| - | * 8-4 harmonics, splatter, transmitter adjustments | ||
| - | * 8-5 use of filters: low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, band-reject | ||
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