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LEARN
A radio's tuning range is what the hardware can do. An amateur allocation is a slice of a much larger spectrum. Being able to hear a frequency is not the same as being allowed to transmit there.
Labs · 04
Bands & Privileges
Amateur bands, Technician privileges, operating scenarios, and choosing an appropriate frequency.
NOT STARTED
Lab workspace
Work through the six stages. Try the controls. Nothing here receives or transmits a real radio signal.
Stage 2 of 6
SEE IT
License class changes which amateur operations the reference shows. A band plan is a shared custom inside an allocation. It does not replace the allocation, and a radio that can tune somewhere does not authorize transmission there.
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DO IT
Decide from the reference on the page. Do not answer from memory of a chart this lab did not show.
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EXPLAIN IT
Why doesn't owning a radio that can transmit on a frequency automatically mean you are allowed to transmit there?
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EXAM CONNECTION
RADIO LAB PRACTICE. These questions use the band reference from this lab. They are not official exam questions.
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FIELD TASK
You are sketching a later summit radio plan. The group wants a 2-meter simplex frequency you already know from the earlier labs: 146.520 MHz voice. Check every option in the reference. Choose only from what this reference shows, and choose the option the group asked for.