General exam question G8C08
Subelement G8, SIGNALS AND EMISSIONS· Group G8C
Which of the following statements is true about PSK31?
- A.Upper case letters are sent with more power
- B.Upper case letters use longer Varicode bit sequences and thus slow down transmission (correct answer)
- C.Error correction is used to ensure accurate message reception
- D.Higher power is needed as compared to RTTY for similar error rates
WhyIn PSK31, upper case letters use longer Varicode bit sequences and thus slow down transmission. PSK31's Varicode character encoding assigns shorter bit sequences to common lowercase letters and longer sequences to less common characters including uppercase letters, so typing in all caps actually slows the effective transmission rate, answer B. Uppercase letters aren't sent with more power, PSK31 as commonly used doesn't include built-in error correction, and it isn't a mode that needs more power than RTTY for a comparable error rate, if anything the opposite is generally true, so A, C, and D are wrong.
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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