SUBELEMENT E2 -- OPERATING PROCEDURES
[4 Exam Questions -- 4 Groups]
E2A Amateur Satellites: Orbital
mechanics; Frequencies available for
satellite operation; Satellite hardware; Operating through amateur
satellites
E2A01
(C)
What is
the direction of an ascending pass for an amateur satellite?
A. From west to east
B. From east to west
C. From south to north
D. From north to south
E2A02
(A)
What is
the direction of a descending pass for an amateur satellite?
A. From north to south
B. From west to east
C. From east to west
D. From south to north
E2A03
(C)
What is
the period of an amateur satellite?
A. The point of maximum height of a satellite's
orbit
B. The point of minimum height of a satellite's
orbit
C. The amount of time it
takes for a satellite to complete one orbit
D. The time it takes a satellite to travel from
perigee to apogee
E2A04
(D)
What
are the receiving and retransmitting frequency bands used for Mode A in amateur
satellite operations?
A. Satellite receiving on 10 meters and
retransmitting on 2 meters
B. Satellite receiving on 70 centimeters and
retransmitting on 2 meters
C. Satellite receiving on 70 centimeters and
retransmitting on 10 meters
D. Satellite receiving on 2
meters and retransmitting on 10 meters
E2A05
(B)
What
are the receiving and retransmitting frequency bands used for Mode B in amateur
satellite operations?
A. Satellite receiving on 10 meters and
retransmitting on 2 meters
B. Satellite receiving on 70
centimeters and retransmitting on 2 meters
C. Satellite receiving on 70 centimeters and
retransmitting on 10 meters
D. Satellite receiving on 2 meters and
retransmitting on 10 meters
E2A06
(C)
What
are the receiving and retransmitting frequency bands used for Mode J in amateur
satellite operations?
A. Satellite receiving on 70 centimeters and
retransmitting on 2 meters
B. Satellite receiving on 2 meters and
retransmitting on 10 meters
C. Satellite receiving on 2
meters and retransmitting on 70 centimeters
D. Satellite receiving on 70 centimeters and
transmitting on 10 meters
E2A07
(D)
What
are the receiving and retransmitting frequency bands used for Mode L in amateur
satellite operations?
A. Satellite receiving on 70 centimeters and
retransmitting on 10 meters
B. Satellite receiving on 10 meters and
retransmitting on 70 centimeters
C. Satellite receiving on 70 centimeters and
retransmitting on 23 centimeters
D. Satellite receiving on 23
centimeters and retransmitting on 70 centimeters
E2A08
(B)
What is
a linear transponder?
A. A repeater that passes only linear or CW
signals
B. A device that receives
and retransmits signals of any mode in a certain passband
C. An amplifier that varies its output linearly
in response to input signals
D. A device which responds to satellite
telecommands and is used to activate a linear sequence of events
E2A09
(D)
What is
the name of the effect which causes the downlink frequency of a satellite to
vary by several kHz during a low-earth orbit because the distance between the
satellite and ground station is changing?
A. The Kepler effect
B. The Bernoulli effect
C. The Einstein effect
D. The Doppler effect
E2A10
(A)
Why
does the received signal from a Phase 3 amateur satellite exhibit a fairly
rapid pulsed fading effect?
A. Because the satellite is
rotating
B. Because of ionospheric absorption
C. Because of the satellite's low orbital
altitude
D. Because of the Doppler effect
E2A11
(B)
What
type of antenna can be used to minimize the effects of spin modulation and
Faraday rotation?
A. A nonpolarized antenna
B. A circularly polarized
antenna
C. An isotropic antenna
D. A log-periodic dipole array