Silent Keys, St. Albans Amateur Radio Club

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Question from the Extra License Class question pool:" How does the radiation pattern of a horizontally polarized antenna vary with increasing height above ground?A. The takeoff angle of the lowest elevation lobe increasesB. The takeoff angle of the lowest elevation lobe decreasesC. The horizontal beamwidth increasesD. The horizontal beamwidth decreases "Put your answer in a 'Comment'. If we 'LIKE' your answer, then you are correct. Good luck!73 de STARC ... See MoreSee Less

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Saint Albans Amateur Radio Club, Inc.

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Question from the General License Class question pool:" What must be done to prevent standing waves on a feed line connected to an antenna?A. The antenna feed point must be at DC ground potentialB. The feed line must be an odd number of electrical quarter wavelengths longC. The feed line must be an even number of physical half wavelengths longD. The antenna feed point impedance must be matched to the characteristic impedance of the feed line "Put your answer in a 'Comment'. If we 'LIKE' your answer, then you are correct. Good luck!73 de STARC ... See MoreSee Less

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Question from the Technician License Class question pool:" Which of the following describes DMR?A. A technique for time-multiplexing two digital voice signals on a single 12.5 kHz repeater channelB. An automatic position tracking mode for FM mobiles communicating through repeatersC. An automatic computer logging technique for hands-off logging when communicating while operating a vehicleD. A digital technique for transmitting on two repeater inputs simultaneously for automatic error correction "Put your answer in a 'Comment'. If we 'LIKE' your answer, then you are correct. Good luck!73 de STARC ... See MoreSee Less

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Saint Albans Amateur Radio Club, Inc.

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More FCC rules and regulations that you really should know as an ARO (Amateur Radio Operator)." § 97.203 Beacon station.(a) Any amateur station licensed to a holder of a Technician, General, Advanced or Amateur Extra Class operator license may be a beacon. A holder of a Technician, General, Advanced or Amateur Extra Class operator license may be the control operator of a beacon, subject to the privileges of the class of operator license held.(b) A beacon must not concurrently transmit on more than 1 channel in the same amateur service frequency band, from the same station location.(c) The transmitter power of a beacon must not exceed 100 W.(d) A beacon may be automatically controlled while it is transmitting on the 28.20-28.30 MHz, 50.06-50.08 MHz, 144.275-144.300 MHz, 222.05-222.06 MHz or 432.300-432.400 MHz segments, or on the 33 cm and shorter wavelength bands.(e) Before establishing an automatically controlled beacon in the National Radio Quiet Zone or before changing the transmitting frequency, transmitter power, antenna height or directivity, the station licensee must give written notification thereof to the Interference Office, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, P.O. Box 2, Green Bank, WV 24944.(1) The notification must include the geographical coordinates of the antenna, antenna ground elevation above mean sea level (AMSL), antenna center of radiation above ground level (AGL), antenna directivity, proposed frequency, type of emission, and transmitter power.(2) If an objection to the proposed operation is received by the FCC from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, Pocahontas County, WV, for itself or on behalf of the Naval Research Laboratory at Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, WV, within 20 days from the date of notification, the FCC will consider all aspects of the problem and take whatever action is deemed appropriate.(f) A beacon must cease transmissions upon notification by a Regional Director that the station is operating improperly or causing undue interference to other operations. The beacon may not resume transmitting without prior approval of the Regional Director.(g) A beacon may transmit one-way communications. "73 de STARC ... See MoreSee Less

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Saint Albans Amateur Radio Club, Inc.

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QST QST QST – ARRL VE Test Session, December 20, 2025, in St. Albans, VTThis is a QST.The Northwestern VT ARRL VE Team will be having a test session Saturday, December 20, 2025, at 9:00 am, at the VFW post 758, 353 Lake Street, Saint Albans, VT 05478-2268.See this for more info: www.starc.org/amateur-radio-licensing-exams/Exam location: www.google.com/maps/place/Veterans+of+Foreign+Wars+Post+758/@44.8119648,-73.1056199,618m/data=!3m...Please contact: Eric Lessard NJ1S, phone: (802) 497-9000, or email: lessarderic29@yahoo.com if you would like to take an exam. (Walk-ins allowed).You MUST have a FRN number to take an exam. See this: apps.fcc.gov/coresWeb/publicHome.do if you do not already have one and need to get one.You also need to provide a valid email address on your 605 Form to get your license.We look forward to testing you and telling you, “Congratulation, you passed your exam”.73 de STARC ... See MoreSee Less

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