Ham Radio Sample Test Question:
Posted by cmack on 13 Dec 2008 at 09:59 am | Tagged as: Family & Friends, Other Stuff, Technology
What is the term for the ration between the frequency deviation of an RF carrier wave, and the modulating frequency of its corresponding FM-phone signal?
That’s a sample question that Kelly may have to answer today. I don’t even know if it is an easy question or hard one. It all sounds like Greek to me.
Last week Kelly passed his first level test for getting his Ham Radio license qualifying him at the “Technician” level. Today, he is going for his Level 2 (General) and Level 3 (Amateur Extra) tests. He will pass the Level 2 but he’s not so sure about the 3rd level, 50-question Extra Class test. It is a whole new area of “digital” radio-electronics with terms, theories and equations using log rhythms and scientific calculators that I can’t even begin to wrap my mind around. (He doesn’t “need” the level 3 license to be a Ham…it’s all in the challenge of “Can I do it?”.) Most of this stuff he has never heard of and with just one week of studying, well, will let you know how he does.
Here’s a picture from yester-year. This was Kelly’s radio setup back when he was still in school.
His call letters then - WA9NOG
Brings back lots of memories – Kelly did love the Ham Radio and the whole family enjoyed listening to the messages from lots of places.
Good luck to you, Kelly, Hope that you passed your tests. I am just impressed that you have built yourself a new set-up. I may have some of your old set-up still here. Will investigate that & let you know. Would love to get whatever I find out of here. Have been working on that kind of thing. Christmas is slowing me down in that line of work. Will explain our Christmas get-together later. Love to you both and do enjoy the Holidays – I know you will be busy right after Christmas. Again – Love – Mom
how well I remember the lilt of saying: wa9 – NOg … ;o) and the little buzzing noise as the antennae turned to get better ‘waves’ … Maybe my memory added some “imagination’ but it sure does seem like he “talked” with someone in Russia or some other far away place back in the good ole days!!
Hi Kathy & Jean,
Yes, the memories. They are coming back to me too, but that’s because I am actually “hearing” that buzzing noise once again as he fine tunes the receiver. He will get new call letters with this license…