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Who recommends channels for repeater and auxiliary stations?

A locally recognized volunteer frequency coordinator recommends them.

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  1. An FCC spectrum manager
  2. A volunteer frequency coordinator ✔
  3. An FCC regional office

Why: Local amateurs recognize a volunteer frequency coordinator to recommend repeater and auxiliary station channels. The coordinator helps stations avoid conflicts.

Huh, didn't know that: Coordination is a recommendation process, not an FCC assignment of each repeater channel.

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Answer: A volunteer frequency coordinator. Local amateurs recognize a volunteer frequency coordinator to recommend repeater and auxiliary station channels. The coordinator helps stations avoid conflicts.

  1. 2026-2030 Technician Class Question Pool ncvec.org/downloads/2026-2030%20Technician%20Pool%20and%20Syllabus%20Public%20Release%20Feb%2019%202026.pdf
    A Volunteer Frequency Coordinator recognized by local amateurs
    Checked 2026-10-09.

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