What must happen after receiving a station's reply to the sender after each section?

What must happen after receiving a station's reply to the sender after each section?

• A. 5 second pause
• B. 10 second pause
• C. Immediate acknowledgment
• D. Repeat the section

Answer: (A)

In this procedure, after you’ve sent a section and the station’s reply to that section has been received, you should pause for five seconds before continuing with the next section. This brief spacing keeps the traffic clear on the channel, gives the receiving station time to copy and respond, and helps prevent sections from running together. A longer pause isn’t required and would slow things down. Immediate acknowledgment isn’t needed because the reply you’ve just received serves that purpose for that section. Repeating the section isn’t necessary unless there was an error or you didn’t hear the previous transmission.

In this procedure, after you’ve sent a section and the station’s reply to that section has been received, you should pause for five seconds before continuing with the next section. This brief spacing keeps the traffic clear on the channel, gives the receiving station time to copy and respond, and helps prevent sections from running together.

A longer pause isn’t required and would slow things down. Immediate acknowledgment isn’t needed because the reply you’ve just received serves that purpose for that section. Repeating the section isn’t necessary unless there was an error or you didn’t hear the previous transmission.