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A little like the new
Driving Test there are two parts to the radio amateurs exam,
(Pratical) an understanding of the technical side of
Transmitters & Receivers, this includes an
understanding of basic electronic components, Resistors,
Capacitors, Ohms law, Inductance and Capacitance Etc
Etc.
The
second part of the exam (Theory) looks at the understanding of the
operating procedures, the band plans, the types of modulation, how
to avoid TVI (Television Interference) and other radio interference,
along with many other theoretical practices like knowing the Q Codes
and Spoken-Phonetic Alphabet both
listed below.
There are 3 different levels of amateur
radio license, Novice, Intermediate, and Full, the
Novice and Intermediate licenses having various restrictions such as
restrictions on the amount of power the operator can use on various
amateur bands, and accordingly the radio amateur exam (RAE)
has three matching dificulty levels each can be taken
seperatly as wished, up to the full license, click here to see the UK licensing
structure
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Spoken-Phonetic
Alphabet:-
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This alphabet started in the military, but is
now used throughout the English
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speaking world by pilots and tele-operators
to work out which letter is being said
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when you are talking. For example if I wanted
to say the letter (S) it can be mistaken for the letter (F) one of
the most common mistaken letters, but if I say (Sierra) for
the (S) and (Foxtrot) for the (F), they become clear and easy
to recognise.
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The whole code is listed
below.
(A) Alpha, (B) Bravo, (C) Charlie,
(D) Delta, (E) Echo, (F) Foxtrot, (G) Golf, (H) Hotel, (I) India,
(J) Juliet, (K) Kilo, (L) Lima, (M) Mike, (N) November, (O) Oscar,
(P) Papa, (Q) Quebec, (R) Romeo, (S) Sierra, (T) Tango, (U) Uniform,
(V) Victor, (W) Whiskey, (X) X-ray, (Y) Yankee, (Z) Zulu.
Next
we look at the Q Code Example:- QTH my home, QSL did you receive the
last message OK Etc.
Q Code
the whole code follows.
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QRT Shall I stop
sending?
QRU Have you anything for me?
QRV Are you
ready?
QRX When will you call me again?
QRY What is my
turn?
QRZ Who is calling me?
QSA What is the strength of
my signals?
QSB Are my signals fading?
QSD Is my keying
defective?
QSG Shall I send messages?
QSK Can you hear
between your signals?
QSL Can you acknowledge
receipt?
QSM Shall I repeat the last message?
QSN Did
you hear me?
QSO Can you communicate with me?
QSP Will
you relay?
QST General call preceding a message.
QSU
Shall I send or reply on this frequency?
QSW Will you send
on this frequency?
QSX Will you listen?
QSY Shall I
change frequency?
QSZ Shall I send each word more than
once?
QTA Shall I cancel message?
QTB Do you agree with
my counting of words?
QTC How many messages have you to
send?
QTH What is your location?
QTR What is the correct
time?
Below is the
Morse Code Alphabet
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QNC All net
stations copy.
QND Net is directed.
QNE Entire net stand
by.
QNF Net is free.
QNG Take over as net control
station.
QNI Net stations report in.
QNM You are QRMing
the net.
QNN Net control station is [call sign].
QNO
Station is leaving the net.
QNP Unable to copy you.
QNS
Following stations are in the net.
QNT I request permission
to leave the net.
QNU The net has traffic for you.
QNX
You are excused from the net
QNY Shift to another
frequency.
QNZ Zero beat your signal with mine.
QRG Will
you tell me my exact frequency?
QRH Does my frequency
vary?
QRJ Are you receiving me badly?
QRK What is the
intelligibility of my signals?
QRL Are you busy?
QRM Is
my transmission being interfered with?
QRN Are you troubled
by static?
QRO Shall I increase power?
QRP Shall I
decrease power?
QRQ Shall I send
faster?
QRS
Shall I send more slowly?
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- Many of the Q Codes
above are used in a slightly
- different context by
radio amateurs on the bands
- for example QRT is used
as "I am going QRT"
- Meaning I am closing
down, and QRX is used when
- Someone calls you but
you missed there call sign
- or details etc.
- These are all things
you pick up as you go.
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Now I am not going to try and cover everything regarding the RAE
on my site as there are some pretty comprehensive websites out there
that have already been compiled and cover this subject
very well.
So instead of me replicating this information I have included in
the right hand column links to some of the best sites I found, this
saves you searching hundreds of sites to find what your looking
for.
Cheers and beers for now
Martin (G8NQN)
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