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- FCC General Exam Question Pool. Subelement 3BI.
- Antennas and Feed Lines. 4 Questions.
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- 3I 1.3 C
- Why is a Yagi Antenna often used for Amateur
- Radio communications on the 20 meter band?
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- A. It provides excellent omnidirectional
- coverage in the horizontal plane.
- B. It is smaller, less expensive and easier to
- erect than a Dipole or Vertical Antenna.
- C. It discriminates against interference from
- other stations off to the side or behind.
- D. It provides the highest possible angle of
- radiation for the HF bands.
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- 3I 1.7 D
- What method is best suited to match an
- Unbalanced Coaxial Feed Line to a Yagi Antenna?
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- A. "T" match.
- B. Delta match.
- C. Hairpin match.
- D. Gamma match.
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- 3I 1.9 A
- How can the bandwith of a Parasitic Beam Antenna be increased?
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- A. Use larger diameter elements.
- B. Use closer element spacing.
- C. Use traps on the elements.
- D. Use tapered diameter elements.
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- 3I 2.1 C
- How much gain over a One Half Wavelength Dipole
- can a two element Cubical Quad Antenna provide?
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- A. 0.6 dB.
- B. 2 dB.
- C. 6 dB.
- D. 12 dB.
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- 3I 3.1 B
- How long is each side of a Cubical Quad Antenna
- driven element for 21.4 MHz.?
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- A. 1.17 feet.
- B. 11.7 feet.
- C. 47 feet.
- D. 469 feet.
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- 3I 3.2 B
- How long is each side of a Cubical Quad Antenna
- driven element for 14.3 MHz.?
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- A. 1.75 feet.
- B. 17.6 feet.
- C. 23.4 feet.
- D. 70.3 feet.
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- 3I 3.3 B
- How long is each side of a Cubical Quad Antenna
- reflector element for 29.6 MHz.?
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- A. 8.23 feet.
- B. 8.7 feet.
- C. 9.7 feet.
- D. 34.8 feet.
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- 3I 3.4 C
- How long is each leg of a Symetrical Delta Loop
- Antenna driven element for 28.7 MHz.?
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- A. 8.75 feet.
- B. 11.32 feet.
- C. 11.7 feet.
- D. 35 feet.
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- 3I 3.5 C
- How long is each leg of a Symetrical Delta Loop
- Antenna driven element for 24.9 MHz.?
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- A. 10.09 feet.
- B. 13.05 feet.
- C. 13.45 feet.
- D. 40.36 feet.
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- 3I 3.6 C
- How long is each leg of a Symetrical Delta Loop
- Antenna reflector element for 14.1 MHz.?
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- A. 18.26 feet.
- B. 23.76 feet.
- C. 24.35 feet.
- D. 73.05 feet.
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- 3I 3.7 B
- How long is the driven element of a Yagi Antenna for 14.0 MHz.?
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- A. Approximately 17 feet.
- B. Approximately 33 feet.
- C. Approximately 35 feet.
- D. Approximately 66 feet.
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- 3I 3.8 B
- How long is the director element
- of a Yagi Antenna for 21.1 MHz.?
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- A. Approximately 42 feet.
- B. Approximately 21 feet.
- C. Approximately 17 feet.
- D. Approximately 10.5 feet.
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- 3I 3.9 C
- How long is the reflector element
- of a Yagi Antenna for 28.1 MHz.?
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- A. Approximately 8.75 feet.
- B. Approximately 16.6 feet.
- C. Approximately 17.5 feet.
- D. Approximately 35 feet.
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- 3I 5.1 D
- What is the feedpoint impedance for a Half Wave
- Dipole HF Antenna suspended horizontally one
- quarter wavelength or more above the ground?
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- A. Approximately 50 ohms, resistive.
- B. Approximately 73 ohms, resistive and inductive.
- C. Approximately 50 ohms, resistive and capacitive.
- D. Approximately 73 ohms, resistive.
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- 3I 5.2 B
- What is the feedpoint impedance of a Quarter Wavelength
- Vertical HF Antenna with a horizontal ground plane?
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- A. 18 ohms.
- B. 36 ohms.
- C. 52 ohms.
- D. 72 ohms.
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- 3I 5.3 D
- What is the advantage of downward
- sloping radials on a Ground Plane Antenna?
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- A. Sloping the radials downward lowers the radiation angle.
- B. Sloping the radials downward brings the
- feedpoint impedance closer to 300 Ohms.
- C. Sloping the radials downward allows
- rainwater to run off the antenna.
- D. Sloping the radials downward brings the
- feedpoint impedance closer to 50 Ohms.
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- 3I 5.4 B
- What happens to the feedpoint impedance of a
- Ground Plane Antenna when the radials slope
- downward from the base of the antenna?
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- A. The feedpoint impedance Decreases.
- B. The feedpoint impedance Increases.
- C. The feedpoint impedance stays the same.
- D. The feedpoint impedance becomes purely capacative.
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- 3I 6.1 C
- Compared to a Dipole Antenna, what are the directional
- radiation characteristics of a Cubical Quad HF Antenna?
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- A. The Quad has more directivity in the horizontal
- plane but less directivity in the vertical plane.
- B. The Quad has less directivity in the horizontal
- plane but more directivity in the vertical plane.
- C. The Quad has more directivity in both
- horizontal and vertical planes.
- D. The Quad has less directivity in both
- horizontal and vertical planes.
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- 3I 6.2 A
- What is the radiation pattern of an
- ideal Half Wavelength HF Dipole antenna?
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- A. If it is installed parallel to the Earth,
- it radiates well in a figure eight pattern
- at right angles to the antenna wire.
- B. If it is installed parallel to the Earth,
- it radiates well in a figure eight pattern
- off both ends of the antenna wire.
- C. If it is installed parallel to the Earth,
- it radiates well in all directions.
- D. If it is installed parallel to the Earth, the
- pattern will have two lobes on one side of the
- antenna wire and one larger lobe on the other side.
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- 3I 6.3 B
- How does proximity to the ground affect the radiation
- pattern of a Horizontal Dipole HF Antenna?
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- A. If the antenna is too far from the ground,
- the pattern becomes unpredictable.
- B. If the antenna is less than one half wavelength
- from the ground, reflected radio waves from the
- ground distort the radiation pattern of the antenna.
- C. A Dipole Antenna's radiation pattern is
- unaffected by its distance to the ground.
- D. If the antenna is less than one half wavelength from the
- ground, radiation off the ends of the wire is reduced.
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- 3I 6.4 C
- What does the term ANTENNA FRONT TO BACK RATIO mean?
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- A. The number of directors versus the number of reflectors.
- B. The relative position of the driven element with
- respect to the reflectors and directors.
- C. The power radiated in the major radiation lobe compared
- to the power radiated in exactly the opposite direction.
- D. The power radiated in the major radiation lobe compared
- to the power radiated 90 degrees away from that direction.
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- 3I 6.5 D
- What effect upon the radiation pattern of an HF Dipole
- ntenna will a slightly smaller parasitic element located
- a few feet away in the same horizontal plane have?
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- A. The radiation pattern will not change appreciably.
- B. A major lobe will develop in the horizontal plane,
- parallel to the two elements.
- C. A major lobe will develop in the vertical plane,
- away from the ground.
- D. If the spacing is greater than 0.1 wavelength, a major
- lobe will develop in the horizontal plane to the side
- of the driven element toward the parasitic element.
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- 3I 6.6 C
- What is the meaning of the term MAIN LOBE as
- used in reference to a directional antenna?
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- A. The direction of least radiation from an antenna.
- B. The point of maximum current in a radiating antenna element.
- C. The direction of maximum radiated
- field strength from a radiating antenna.
- D. The maximum Voltage Standing Wave
- point on a radiating element.
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- 3I 7.1 A
- Upon what does the characteristic impedance
- of a parallel conductor feed line depend?
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- A. The distance between the centers of the conductors
- and the radius of the conductors.
- B. The distance between the centers of the conductors
- and the length of the line.
- C. The radius of the conductors
- and the frequency of the signal.
- D. The frequency of the signal and the length of the line.
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- 3I 7.2 B
- What is the Characteristic Impedance of various coaxial cables
- commonly used for antenna feed lines at Amateur Stations?
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- A. Around 25 and 30 Ohms.
- B. Around 50 and 75 Ohms.
- C. Around 80 and 100 Ohms.
- D. Around 500 and 750 Ohms.
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- 3I 7.3 A
- What effect, if any, does the length of a coaxial
- cable have upon its characteristic impedance?
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- A. The length has no effect on the characteristic impedance.
- B. The length affects the characteristic
- impedance primarily above 144 MHz.
- C. The length affects the characteristic
- impedance primarily below 144 MHz.
- D. The length affects the characteristic
- impedance at any frequency.
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- 3I 7.4 D
- What is the characteristic impedance of
- Flat Ribbon TV Type twin lead?
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- A. 50 ohms.
- B. 75 ohms.
- C. 100 ohms.
- D. 300 ohms.
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- 3I 8.4 C
- What is the cause of power being
- reflected back down an Antenna Feed Line?
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- A. Operating an antenna at its resonate frequency.
- B. Using more transmitter power than the antenna can handle.
- C. A difference between Feed Line Impedance
- and Antenna Feed Point Impedance.
- D. Feeding the antenna with Unbalanced Feed Line.
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- 3I 9.3 A
- What will the Standing Wave Ratio when a
- 50 Ohm feed line is connected to a Resonant
- Antenna having a 200 Ohm feedpoint impedance?
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- A. 4:1
- B. 1:4
- C. 2:1
- D. 1:2
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- 3I 9.4 D
- What will the Standing Wave Ratio when a
- 50 Ohm feed line is connected to a Resonant
- Antenna having a 10 Ohm feedpoint impedance?
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- A. 2:1
- B. 50:1
- C. 1:5
- D. 5:1
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- 3I 9.5 C
- What will the Standing Wave Ratio when a
- 50 Ohm feed line is connected to a Resonant
- Antenna having a 50 Ohm feedpoint impedance?
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- A. 2:1
- B. 50:50
- C. 1:1
- D. 0:0
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- 3I 11.1 C
- How does the Characteristic Impedance of a coaxial cable affect
- the amount of attenuation to the RF signal passing through it?
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- A. The attenuation is affected more by the characteristic
- impedance at frequencies above 144 MHz than at
- frequencies below 144 MHz.
- B. The attenuation is affected less by the characteristic
- impedance at frequencies above 144 MHz than at
- frequencies below 144 MHz.
- C. The attenuation related to the characteristic impedance is
- about the same at all Amateur frequencies below 1.5 GHz.
- D. The difference in attenuation depends
- on the emission type in use.
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- 3I 11.2 A
- How does the amount of attenuation of a 2 Meter signal passing
- through a coaxial cable differ from that to a 160 Meter signal?
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- A. The attenuation is greater at 2 meters.
- B. The attenuation is less at 2 meters.
- C. The attenuation is the same at both frequencies.
- D. The difference in attenuation depends
- on the emission type in use.
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- 3I 11.4 D
- What is the effect on Feed Line Attenuation
- when Flat Ribbon "Twin Lead" gets wet?
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- A. Attenuation decreases slightly.
- B. Attenuation remains the same.
- C. Attenuation decreases sharply.
- D. Attenuation increases.
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- 3I 11.7 B
- Why might silicone grease or automotive car wax be
- applied to the outside of Flat Ribbon TV Type Twinlead?
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- A. To reduce "skin effect" losses on the conductors.
- B. To reduce the buildup of dirt and moisture on the feed line.
- C. To increase the velocity factor of the feed line.
- D. To help dissipate heat during high SWR operation.
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- 3I 11.8 D
- In what values are RF Feed Line Losses usually expressed?
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- A. Bels/1000 ft.
- B. dB/1000 ft.
- C. Bels/100 ft.
- D. dB/100 ft.
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- 3I 11.10 D
- As operating frequency increases, what
- happens to the dialectric losses in a feed line?
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- A. The losses decreases.
- B. The losses decreases to zero.
- C. The losses remains the same.
- D. The losses increase.
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- 3I 11.12 A
- As operating frequency decreases, what
- happens to the dielectric losses in a feed line?
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- A. The losses decreases.
- B. The losses increases.
- C. The losses remains the same.
- D. The losses become infinite.
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- 3I 12.1 D
- What condition must be satisfied to prevent Standing Waves
- of Voltage and Current on an Antenna Feed Line?
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- A. The Antenna Feed Point must be at DC ground potential.
- B. The feed line must be an odd number of
- electrical quarter wavelengths long.
- C. The feed line must be an even number of
- physical half wavelengths long.
- D. The Antenna Feed Point Impedance must be matched to
- the Characteristic Impedance of the Feed Line.
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- 3I 12.2 A
- How is an Inductively Coupled Matching Network
- used in an antenna system consisting of a
- Center Fed Resonant Dipole and Coaxial Feed Line?
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- A. An Inductively Coupled Matching Network is
- not normally used in a resonant antenna system.
- B. An Inductively Coupled Matching Network is
- used to increase the SWR to an acceptable level.
- C. An Inductively Coupled Matching Network can be used to
- match the unbalanced condition at the transmitter output
- to the balanced condition required by the Coaxial Cable.
- D. An Inductively Coupled Matching Network can used at the
- Antenna Feed Point to tune out the radiation resistance.
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- 3I 12.5 D
- What is an Antenna - Transmission Line MISMATCH?
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- A. A condition where the Feed Point Impedance of the Antenna
- does not equal the Output Impedance of the transmitter.
- B. A condition where the Output Impedance
- of the transmitter does not equal the
- Characteristic Impedance of the feed line.
- C. A condition where a Half Wavelength Antenna is being
- fed with a transmission line of some length other
- than One Quarter Wavelength at that frequency.
- D. A condition where the Characteristic Impedance
- of the Feed Line does not equal the Feed
- Point Impedance of the Antenna.
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