Technician exam question T1D04
Subelement T1, COMMISSION’S RULES· Group T1D · 47 CFR §97.113(a)(4), 97.113(c)
Under what conditions is an amateur station authorized to transmit music using a phone emission?
- A.When incidental to an authorized retransmission of manned spacecraft communications (correct answer)
- B.When the music produces no spurious emissions
- C.When transmissions are limited to less than three minutes per hour
- D.When the music is transmitted above 1280 MHz
WhyAn amateur station may transmit music using a phone emission when it's incidental to an authorized retransmission of manned spacecraft communications. §97.113(a)(4) and (c) allow music only in one narrow circumstance: when it's an unavoidable, incidental part of retransmitting authorized manned spacecraft communications, for example relaying NASA mission audio that happens to include background music, answer A. B, C, and D all invent conditions, spurious-emission limits, time limits, or a frequency threshold, that don't appear anywhere in the actual rule.
Published 2026-08-28 · Last updated 2026-08-28 · Question text is verbatim from the 2026-2030 NCVEC Element 2 pool (public domain); the explanation above is original writing, see our methodology.
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