Technician exam question T2A10
Subelement T2, OPERATING PROCEDURES· Group T2A
What is a band plan, beyond the privileges established by the FCC?
- A.A voluntary guideline for using different modes or activities within an amateur band (correct answer)
- B.A list of operating schedules
- C.A list of available net frequencies
- D.A plan devised by a club to indicate frequency band usage
WhyA band plan is a voluntary guideline for using different modes or activities within an amateur band, beyond what the FCC's own privileges require. Beyond the frequency privileges the FCC assigns by license class, a band plan is a voluntary, amateur-community-developed guideline for how a band is actually used in practice, which mode goes where, which segments are for weak-signal work, calling frequencies, and so on, answer A. It isn't a fixed schedule (B), a net-frequency list (C), or something devised only at the club level (D), it's a broader, band-wide convention.
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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