Basic Qualification · B-003 Station assembly, practice and safety · B-003-021-005
How should you position the antenna of a hand-held transceiver while you are transmitting?
- A Away from your head and away from others
- B Pointed towards the station you are contacting
- C Pointed at the horizon
- D Pointed down to bounce the signal off the ground
Correct answer: A — Away from your head and away from others. From the official ISED question bank, verified word for word.
Why
Keeping the antenna away from your head and others limits your exposure to radio frequency energy, which can heat body tissue if the transmitter is too close. The full explanation — and one for every question — is in Pro.
Practise this section
Building a station safely: power supplies, grounding, RF exposure, lightning, feedline routing, and what a transmitter, receiver and transceiver actually do.