Technician exam question T8C03
Subelement T8, SIGNALS AND EMISSIONS· Group T8C
What operating activity involves contacting as many stations as possible during a specified period?
- A.Simulated emergency exercises
- B.Net operations
- C.Hidden transmitter hunts
- D.Contesting (correct answer)
WhyContesting is the operating activity that involves contacting as many stations as possible during a specified period. Contesting is the operating activity built specifically around contacting as many stations as possible within a set time period, often exchanging a brief standardized exchange with each one, answer D. Simulated emergency exercises (A), net operations (B), and hidden transmitter hunts (C) all have different goals, none of which is maximizing the raw number of contacts made.
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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