General exam question G2B02
Subelement G2, OPERATING PROCEDURES· Group G2B
What is the first thing you should do if you are communicating with another amateur station and hear a station in distress break in?
- A.Inform your local emergency coordinator
- B.Acknowledge the station in distress and determine what assistance may be needed (correct answer)
- C.Immediately decrease power to avoid interfering with the station in distress
- D.Immediately cease all transmissions
WhyThe first thing to do when a distress call breaks into a contact is to acknowledge the station and determine what assistance is needed. The first thing to do when a distress call breaks into your contact is acknowledge it and find out what help is actually needed, before anything else gets decided, answer B. Notifying an emergency coordinator, cutting power, or going silent are all things that might follow, but none of them should come before finding out what the distressed station actually needs.
Published 2026-08-28 · Last updated 2026-08-28 · Question text is verbatim from the 2023-2027 NCVEC Element 3 pool (public domain); the explanation above is original writing, see our methodology.
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