Technician exam question T2B05
Subelement T2, OPERATING PROCEDURES· Group T2B
Which of the following would cause your FM transmission audio to drop out on voice peaks?
- A.Your repeater offset is inverted
- B.Your FM deviation is too low
- C.You are talking too loudly (correct answer)
- D.Your transmit power is too high
WhyTalking too loudly can cause your FM transmission audio to drop out on voice peaks. FM transceivers are designed for a limited range of deviation, how far the transmitted frequency swings above and below center as your voice gets louder, and pushing well past that limit on loud peaks causes the receiver to clip or drop the audio rather than reproduce it cleanly, so talking too loudly is the likely cause, answer C. An inverted offset (A) would prevent access to the repeater entirely rather than cause intermittent dropout, low deviation (B) would make audio quiet, not cut out, and excess transmit power (D) doesn't affect audio quality this way.
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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