Basic Qualification · B-001 Regulations and policies · B-001-014-001
If a friend without amateur radio certification is using your station to talk to someone in Canada, and a foreign station breaks in to talk to your friend, what should you do?
- A Stop all discussions and quickly sign off
- B Continue monitoring the communications of your friend
- C Take over the conversation with the Canadian and foreign station
- D Instruct your friend to ignore the foreign station
Correct answer: B — Continue monitoring the communications of your friend. From the official ISED question bank, verified word for word.
Why
When an uncertified person uses your station, you remain the control operator and must supervise every word spoken. The full explanation — and one for every question — is in Pro.
Practise this section
The rules: who may operate, what the certificate allows, station identification, third-party traffic, what you may and may not transmit, and how ISED regulates the amateur service.