1. Technician Licensing Class
Control
Valid July 1, 2014
Through
June 30, 2018 1

2. Amateur Radio Technician Class Element 2 Course Presentation
ELEMENT 2 SUB-ELEMENTS (Groupings)
About Ham Radio
Call Signs
Control
Mind the Rules
Tech Frequencies
Your First Radio
Going Solo
Repeaters
Emergency!
Weak Signal Propagation 2

3. Amateur Radio Technician Class Element 2 Course Presentation
ELEMENT 2 SUB-ELEMENTS (Groupings)
Talk to Outer Space!
Your Computer Goes Ham Digital!
Multi-Mode Radio Excitement
Run Some Interference Protection
Electrons – Go With the Flow!
It’s the Law, per Mr. Ohm!
Picture This!
Antennas
Feed Me With Some Good Coax!
Safety First! 3

4. Control
An amateur radio station is never permitted to transmit without a control operator. T1E01
Only a person for whom an amateur operator/primary license grant appears in the FCC database or who is authorized for alien reciprocal operation may be designated to be the control operator of an amateur station. T1E02 4

5. Control
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. T8B01
The station licensee must designate the station control operator. T1E03 5

6. Control
The control operator and the station licensee are equally responsible for the proper operation of the amateur station. T1E07
The class of operator license held by the control operator determines the transmitting privileges of an amateur station. T1E04 6

7. Control
Under normal circumstances, a Technician Class licensee at no time may be the control operator of a station operating in an exclusive Extra Class operator segment of the amateur bands. T1E12
The location at which the control operator function is performed is the amateur station control point. T1E05
Local control is the type of control being used when the control operator is at the control point. T1E09 7

8. Control
Automatic control is the type of control when operating APRS network digipeaters. T1E06
Repeater operation is an example of automatic control. T1E08
Operating the station over the Internet is an example of remote control as defined in Part 97. T1E10 8

9. Control
Unless documentation to the contrary is in the station records, the FCC presumes the station licensee is the control operator of an amateur station. T1E11
When the communication is incidental to classroom instruction at an educational institution, the control operator of an amateur station may receive compensation for operating the station. T1D08
The control operator of the originating station is accountable should a repeater inadvertently retransmit communications that violate FCC rules. T1F10 9

10. Element 2 Technician Class Question Pool
Control
Valid July 1, 2014
Through
June 30, 2018

11. T1E01. When is an amateur station permitted to transmit
T1E01 When is an amateur station permitted to transmit without control operator?
When using automatic control, such as in the case of a repeater
When the station licensee is away and another licensed amateur is using the station
When the transmitting station is an auxiliary station
Never

12. T1E02. Who may a station licensee designate to be the
T1E02 Who may a station licensee designate to be the control operator of an amateur station?
Any U.S. citizen or registered alien
Any family member of the station licensee
Any person over the age of 18
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

13. T8B01. Who may be the control operator of a station
T8B01 Who may be the control operator of a station communicating through an amateur satellite or space station?
Only an Amateur Extra Class operator
A General Class licensee or higher licensee who has a satellite operator certification
Only an Amateur Extra Class operator who is also an AMSAT member
Any amateur whose license privileges allow them to transmit on the satellite uplink frequency

14. T1E03 Who must designate the station control operator?
The station licensee
The FCC
The frequency coordinator
The ITU

15. T1E07. When the control operator is not the station
T1E07 When the control operator is not the station licensee, who is responsible for the proper operation of the station?
All licensed amateurs who are present at the operation
Only the station licensee
Only the control operator
The control operator and the station licensee are equally responsible

16. T1E04. What determines the transmitting privileges of an
T1E04 What determines the transmitting privileges of an amateur station?
The frequency authorized by the frequency coordinator
The class of operator license held by the station licensee
The highest class of operator license held by anyone on the premises
The class of operator license held by the control operator

17. T1E12. When, under normal circumstances, may a Technician Class
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?
At no time
When operating a special event station.
As part of a multi-operator contest team
When using a club station whose trustee is an Extra Class operator licensee

18. T1E05 What is an amateur station control point?
The location of the station’s transmitting antenna
The location of the station transmitting apparatus.
The location at which the control operator function is performed
The mailing address of the station licensee

19. T1E09. What type of control is being used when the
T1E09 What type of control is being used when the control operator is at the control point?
Radio control
Unattended control
Automatic control
Local control

20. T1E06 Under what type of control do APRS network digipeaters operate?
Automatic
Remote
Local
Manual

21. T1E08 Which of the following is an example of automatic control?
Repeater operation
Controlling the station over the Internet
Using a computer or other device to automatically send CW
Using a computer or other device to automatically identify

22. T1E10. Which of the following is an example of remote
T1E10 Which of the following is an example of remote control as defined in Part 97?
Repeater operation
Operating the station over the Internet
Controlling a model aircraft, boat or car by amateur radio
All of these choices are correct

23. T1E11. Who does the FCC presume to be the control
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?
The station custodian
The third party participant
The person operating the station equipment
The station licensee

24. T1D08. In which of the following circumstances may the
T1D08 In which of the following circumstances may the control operator of an amateur station receive compensation for operating the station?
When engaging in communications on behalf of their employer
When the communication is incidental to classroom instruction at an educational institution
When re-broadcasting weather alerts during a RACES net
When notifying other amateur operators of the availability for sale or trade of apparatus

25. T1F10. Who is accountable should a repeater
T1F10 Who is accountable should a repeater inadvertently retransmit communications that violate the FCC rules?
The control operator of the originating station
The control operator of the repeater
The owner of the repeater
Both the originating station and the repeater owner