7.6 KiB
7.6 KiB
- SUBELEMENT E1 - COMMISSION RULES [6 Exam Questions - 6 Groups] 68 Questions
- E1A Frequency privileges; signal frequency range; automatic message forwarding; stations aboard ships or aircraft; power restriction on 630- and 2200-meter bands
- E1B Station restrictions and special operations: restrictions on station location; general operating restrictions; spurious emissions; antenna structure restrictions; RACES operations
- E1C Automatic and remote control; band-specific regulations; operating in and communicating with foreign countries; spurious emission standards; HF modulation index limit; band-specific rules
- E1D Amateur Space and Earth stations; telemetry and telecommand rules; identification of balloon transmissions; one-way communications
- E1E Volunteer examiner program: definitions; qualifications; preparation and administration of exams; reimbursement; accreditation; question pools; documentation requirements
- E1F Miscellaneous rules: external RF power amplifiers; prohibited communications; spread spectrum; auxiliary stations; Canadian amateurs operating in the US; special temporary authority
- SUBELEMENT E2 - OPERATING PROCEDURES [5 Exam Questions - 5 Groups] 61 Questions
- E2A Amateur radio in space: amateur satellites; orbital mechanics; frequencies and modes; satellite hardware; satellite operations
- E2B Television practices: fast-scan television standards and techniques; slow scan television standards and techniques
- E2C Contest and DX operating; remote operation techniques; log data format; contact confirmation; RF network systems
- E2D Operating methods: digital modes and procedures for VHF and UHF; APRS; EME procedures; meteor scatter procedures
- E2E Operating methods: digital modes and procedures for HF
- SUBELEMENT E3 - RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION [3 Exam Questions - 3 Groups] 39 Questions
- E3A Electromagnetic Waves and Specialized Propagation: Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) communications; meteor scatter; microwave tropospheric and scatter propagation; auroral propagation; daily variation of ionospheric propagation; circular polarization
- E3B Transequatorial propagation; long-path propagation; ordinary and extraordinary waves; chordal hop; sporadic-E mechanisms; ground-wave propagation
- E3C Propagation prediction and reporting: radio horizon; effects of space-weather phenomena
- SUBELEMENT E4 - AMATEUR PRACTICES [5 Exam Questions - 5 Groups] 64 Questions
- E4A Test equipment: analog and digital instruments; spectrum analyzers; antenna analyzers; oscilloscopes; RF measurements
- E4B Measurement technique and limitations: instrument accuracy and performance limitations; probes; techniques to minimize errors; measurement of Q; instrument calibration; S parameters; vector network analyzers; RF signals
- E4C Receiver performance: phase noise, noise floor, image rejection, minimum detectable signal (MDS), increasing signal-to-noise ratio and dynamic range, noise figure, reciprocal mixing; selectivity; SDR non-linearity; use of attenuators at low frequencies
- E4D Receiver performance characteristics: dynamic range; intermodulation and cross-modulation interference; third-order intercept; desensitization; preselector; sensitivity; link margin
- E4E Noise and interference: external RF interference; electrical and computer noise; line noise; DSP filtering and noise reduction; common-mode current; surge protectors; single point ground panel
- SUBELEMENT E5 - ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES [4 Exam Questions - 4 Groups] 49 Questions
- E5A Resonance and Q: characteristics of resonant circuits; series and parallel resonance; definitions and effects of Q; half-power bandwidth
- E5B Time constants and phase relationships: RL and RC time constants; phase angle in reactive circuits and components; admittance and susceptance
- E5C Coordinate systems and phasors in electronics: rectangular coordinates; polar coordinates; phasors; logarithmic axes
- E5D RF effects in components and circuits: skin effect; real and reactive power; electrical length of conductors
- SUBELEMENT E6 - CIRCUIT COMPONENTS [6 Exam Questions - 6 Groups] 69 Questions
- E6A Semiconductor materials and devices: semiconductor materials; bipolar junction transistors; operation and types of field-effect transistors
- E6B Diodes
- E6C Digital ICs: families of digital ICs; gates; programmable logic devices
- E6D Inductors and piezoelectricity: permeability, core material and configuration; transformers; piezoelectric devices
- E6E Semiconductor materials and packages for RF use
- E6F Electro-optical technology: photoconductivity; photovoltaic devices; optical sensors and encoders; optically isolated switching
- SUBELEMENT E7 - PRACTICAL CIRCUITS [8 Exam Questions - 8 Groups] 99 Questions
- E7A Digital circuits: digital circuit principles and logic circuits; classes of logic elements; positive and negative logic; frequency dividers; truth tables
- E7B Amplifiers: class of operation; vacuum tube and solid-state circuits; distortion and intermodulation; spurious and parasitic suppression; switching-type amplifiers
- E7C Filters and matching networks: types of networks; types of filters; filter applications; filter characteristics; impedance matching
- E7D Power supplies and voltage regulators; solar array charge controllers
- E7E Modulation and demodulation: reactance, phase, and balanced modulators; detectors; mixers
- E7F Software defined radio fundamentals: digital signal processing (DSP) filtering, modulation, and demodulation; analog-digital conversion; digital filters
- E7G Operational amplifiers: characteristics and applications
- E7H Oscillators and signal sources: types of oscillators; synthesizers and phase-locked loops; direct digital synthesizers; stabilizing thermal drift; microphonics; high-accuracy oscillators
- SUBELEMENT E8 - SIGNALS AND EMISSIONS [4 Exam Questions - 4 Groups] 48 Questions
- E8A Fourier analysis; RMS measurements; average RF power and peak envelope power (PEP); analog/digital conversion
- E8B Modulation and demodulation: modulation methods; modulation index and deviation ratio; frequency- and time-division multiplexing; orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)
- E8C Digital signals: digital communication modes; information rate vs. bandwidth; error correction; constellation diagrams
- E8D Keying defects and overmodulation of digital signals; digital codes; spread spectrum
- SUBELEMENT E9 - ANTENNAS AND TRANSMISSION LINES [8 Exam Questions - 8 Groups] 94 Questions
- E9A Basic antenna parameters: radiation resistance, gain, beamwidth, efficiency; effective radiated power (ERP) and effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP)
- E9B Antenna patterns and designs: azimuth and elevation patterns; gain as a function of pattern; antenna modeling
- E9C Practical wire antennas; folded dipoles; phased arrays; effects of ground near antennas
- E9D Yagi antennas; parabolic reflectors; feed point impedance and loading of electrically short antennas; antenna Q; RF grounding
- E9E Impedance matching: matching antennas to feed lines; phasing lines; power dividers
- E9F Transmission lines: characteristics of open and shorted feed lines; coax versus open wire; velocity factor; electrical length; coaxial cable dielectrics; microstrip
- E9G The Smith chart
- E9H Receiving antennas: radio direction finding (RDF) techniques; Beverage antennas; single- and multiple-turn loops