HAM RADIO LICENSE EXAM PREP
2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
The FCC - ANS Which agency regulates and enforces the rules for the Amateur Radio Service
in the United States?
Advancing skills in the technical and communication phases of the radio art - ANS Which of
the following is a purpose of the Amateur Radio Service as stated in the FCC rules and
regulations?
Technician, General, & Amateur Extra - ANS For which license classes are new licenses
currently available from the FCC?
As soon as your operator/station license grant appears in the FCC's license database -
ANS How soon after passing the examination for your first Amateur Radio license may you
operate a transmitter on an Amateur Radio Service frequency?
The control operator's operator primary station license must appear in the FCC ULS
consolidated licensee database. - ANS What is proof of possession of an FCC-issued
operator/primary license grant?
One - ANS How many operator/primary station license grants may be held by any one
person?
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,Ten years - ANS What is the normal term for an FCC-issued primary station/operator
Amateur Radio license grant?
Two years - ANS What is the grace period following the expiration of an amateur license
within which the license may be renewed?
No, transmitting is not allowed until the FCC license database shows that the license has been
renewed. - ANS If your license has expired and is still within the allowable grace period, may
you continue to operate a transmitter on Amateur Radio Service frequencies?
At least every 10 minutes during and at the end of a communication - ANS When is an
amateur station required to transmit its assigned call sign?
When the transmitting signals to control model craft - ANS When may an amateur station
transmit without on-the-air identification?
Any licensed amateur - ANS Who may select a desired call sign under the vanity call sign
rules?
K1XXX - ANS Which of the following is a valid call sign for a Technician class Amateur Radio
station?
It is encouraged. - ANS What are the FCC rules regarding the use of a phonetic alphabet for
station identification in the
Amateur Radio Service?
The club must have at least four members. - ANS Which of the following is a requirement for
the issuance of a club station license grant?
At the end of each communication and every ten minuted during a communication -
ANS When using tactical identifiers such as "Race Headquarters" during a community service
net operation, how often must your station transmit the station's FCC-assigned call sign?
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,The English language - ANS Which of the following is an acceptable language to use for
station identification when operating in a phone sub-band?
All of these choices are correct:
~ KL7CC stroke W3
~ KL7CC slant W3
~ KL7CC slash W3 - ANS Which of the following formats of a self-assigned indicator is
acceptable when identifying using a phone transmission?
A United Nations agency for information and communication technology issues - ANS What
is the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)?
Any country whose administration has notified the International Telecommunications Union
(ITU) that it objects to such communications - ANS With which countries are FCC-licensed
Amateur Radio stations prohibited from exchanging communications?
Communications incidental to the purposes of the Amateur Radio Service and remarks of a
personal character - ANS What types of international communications are permitted to an
FCC-licensed amateur station?
A message from a control operator to another amateur station control operator on behalf of
another person - ANS What is meant by "Third Party Communications"?
The foreign station must be one with which the U.S. has a third-party agreement -
ANS Which of the following restrictions apply when a non-licensed person is allowed to
speak to a foreign station using a station under the control of a Technician class control
operator?
When the foreign country authorizes it - ANS When are you allowed to operate your
amateur station in a foreign country?
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, From any vessel or craft located in international waters and documented or registered in the
United States - ANS From which of the following locations may an FCC-licensed amateur
station transmit?
Never. - ANS When is an amateur station permitted to transmit without a control operator?
Any amateur whose license privileges allow them to transmit on the satellite uplink frequency -
ANS Who may be the control operator of a station communication through an amateur
satellite or space station?
The station licensee - ANS Who must designate the station control operator?
The control operator and the station licensee are equally responsible - ANS When the control
operator is not the station licensee, who is responsible for the proper operation of the station?
The class of operator license held by the control operator - ANS What determines the
transmitting privileges of an amateur station?
At no time - ANS 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?
The location at which the control operator function is performed - ANS What is an amateur
station control point?
Repeater operation - ANS Which is an example of automatic control?
Operating the station over the internet - ANS Which of the following is an example of remote
control as defined in Part 97?
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2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
The FCC - ANS Which agency regulates and enforces the rules for the Amateur Radio Service
in the United States?
Advancing skills in the technical and communication phases of the radio art - ANS Which of
the following is a purpose of the Amateur Radio Service as stated in the FCC rules and
regulations?
Technician, General, & Amateur Extra - ANS For which license classes are new licenses
currently available from the FCC?
As soon as your operator/station license grant appears in the FCC's license database -
ANS How soon after passing the examination for your first Amateur Radio license may you
operate a transmitter on an Amateur Radio Service frequency?
The control operator's operator primary station license must appear in the FCC ULS
consolidated licensee database. - ANS What is proof of possession of an FCC-issued
operator/primary license grant?
One - ANS How many operator/primary station license grants may be held by any one
person?
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,Ten years - ANS What is the normal term for an FCC-issued primary station/operator
Amateur Radio license grant?
Two years - ANS What is the grace period following the expiration of an amateur license
within which the license may be renewed?
No, transmitting is not allowed until the FCC license database shows that the license has been
renewed. - ANS If your license has expired and is still within the allowable grace period, may
you continue to operate a transmitter on Amateur Radio Service frequencies?
At least every 10 minutes during and at the end of a communication - ANS When is an
amateur station required to transmit its assigned call sign?
When the transmitting signals to control model craft - ANS When may an amateur station
transmit without on-the-air identification?
Any licensed amateur - ANS Who may select a desired call sign under the vanity call sign
rules?
K1XXX - ANS Which of the following is a valid call sign for a Technician class Amateur Radio
station?
It is encouraged. - ANS What are the FCC rules regarding the use of a phonetic alphabet for
station identification in the
Amateur Radio Service?
The club must have at least four members. - ANS Which of the following is a requirement for
the issuance of a club station license grant?
At the end of each communication and every ten minuted during a communication -
ANS When using tactical identifiers such as "Race Headquarters" during a community service
net operation, how often must your station transmit the station's FCC-assigned call sign?
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,The English language - ANS Which of the following is an acceptable language to use for
station identification when operating in a phone sub-band?
All of these choices are correct:
~ KL7CC stroke W3
~ KL7CC slant W3
~ KL7CC slash W3 - ANS Which of the following formats of a self-assigned indicator is
acceptable when identifying using a phone transmission?
A United Nations agency for information and communication technology issues - ANS What
is the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)?
Any country whose administration has notified the International Telecommunications Union
(ITU) that it objects to such communications - ANS With which countries are FCC-licensed
Amateur Radio stations prohibited from exchanging communications?
Communications incidental to the purposes of the Amateur Radio Service and remarks of a
personal character - ANS What types of international communications are permitted to an
FCC-licensed amateur station?
A message from a control operator to another amateur station control operator on behalf of
another person - ANS What is meant by "Third Party Communications"?
The foreign station must be one with which the U.S. has a third-party agreement -
ANS Which of the following restrictions apply when a non-licensed person is allowed to
speak to a foreign station using a station under the control of a Technician class control
operator?
When the foreign country authorizes it - ANS When are you allowed to operate your
amateur station in a foreign country?
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, From any vessel or craft located in international waters and documented or registered in the
United States - ANS From which of the following locations may an FCC-licensed amateur
station transmit?
Never. - ANS When is an amateur station permitted to transmit without a control operator?
Any amateur whose license privileges allow them to transmit on the satellite uplink frequency -
ANS Who may be the control operator of a station communication through an amateur
satellite or space station?
The station licensee - ANS Who must designate the station control operator?
The control operator and the station licensee are equally responsible - ANS When the control
operator is not the station licensee, who is responsible for the proper operation of the station?
The class of operator license held by the control operator - ANS What determines the
transmitting privileges of an amateur station?
At no time - ANS 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?
The location at which the control operator function is performed - ANS What is an amateur
station control point?
Repeater operation - ANS Which is an example of automatic control?
Operating the station over the internet - ANS Which of the following is an example of remote
control as defined in Part 97?
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