- [[SUBELEMENT G1]] – COMMISSION’S RULES [5 Exam Questions – 5 Groups] 57 Questions - [[G1A]] – General class control operator frequency privileges; primary and secondary allocations - [[G1B]] – Antenna structure limitations; good engineering and good amateur practice; beacon operation; prohibited transmissions; retransmitting radio signals - [[G1C]] – Transmitter power regulations; data emission standards; 60-meter operation requirements - [[G1D]] – Volunteer Examiners and Volunteer Examiner Coordinators; temporary identification; element credit; remote operation - [[G1E]] – Control categories; repeater regulations; third-party rules; ITU regions; automatically controlled digital station - [[SUBELEMENT G2]] – OPERATING PROCEDURES [5 Exam Questions – 5 Groups] 60 Questions - [[G2A]] – Phone operating procedures: USB/LSB conventions, breaking into a contact, transmitter setup for voice operation; answering DX stations - [[G2B]] – Operating effectively; band plans; drills and emergencies; RACES operation - [[G2C]] – CW operating procedures and procedural signals; Q signals; full break-in - [[G2D]] – Volunteer Monitor Program; HF operations - [[G2E]] – Digital mode operating procedures - [[SUBELEMENT G3]] – RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION [3 Exam Questions – 3 Groups] 37 Questions - [[G3A]] – Sunspots and solar radiation; geomagnetic field and stability indices - [[G3B]] – Maximum Usable Frequency; Lowest Usable Frequency; short path and long path propagation; determining propagation conditions; ionospheric refraction - [[G3C]] – Ionospheric regions; critical angle and frequency; HF scatter; near vertical incidence skywave (NVIS) - [[SUBELEMENT G4]] – AMATEUR RADIO PRACTICES [5 Exam Questions – 5 groups] 60 Questions - [[G4A]] – Station configuration and operation - [[G4B]] – Tests and test equipment - [[G4C]] – Interference to consumer electronics; grounding and bonding - [[G4D]] – Speech processors; S meters; sideband operation near band edges - [[G4E]] – Mobile and portable HF stations; alternative energy source operation - [[SUBELEMENT G5]] – ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES [3 Exam Questions – 3 Groups] 40 Questions - [[G5A]] – Reactance; inductance; capacitance; impedance; impedance transformation; resonance - [[G5B]] – The decibel; current and voltage dividers; electrical power calculations; sine wave root-mean-square (RMS) values; PEP calculations - [[G5C]] – Resistors, capacitors, and inductors in series and parallel; transformers - [[SUBELEMENT G6]] – CIRCUIT COMPONENTS [2 Exam Questions – 2 Groups] 24 Questions - [[G6A]] – Resistors; capacitors; inductors; rectifiers; solid-state diodes and transistors; vacuum tubes; batteries - [[G6B]] – Analog and digital integrated circuits (ICs); microwave ICs (MMICs); display devices; RF connectors; ferrite cores - [[SUBELEMENT G7]] – PRACTICAL CIRCUITS [3 Exam Questions – 3 Groups] 38 Questions - [[G7A]] – Power supplies; schematic symbols - [[G7B]] – Digital circuits; amplifiers and oscillators - [[G7C]] – Transceiver design; filters; oscillators; digital signal processing (DSP) - [[SUBELEMENT G8]] – SIGNALS AND EMISSIONS [3 Exam Questions – 3 Groups] 43 Questions - [[G8A]] – Carriers and modulation: AM, FM, and single sideband; modulation envelope; digital modulation; overmodulation; link budgets and link margins - [[G8B]] – Frequency changing; bandwidths of various modes; deviation; intermodulation - [[G8C]] – Digital emission modes - [[SUBELEMENT G9]] – ANTENNAS AND FEED LINES [4 Exam Questions – 4 Groups] 46 Questions - [[G9A]] – Feed lines: characteristic impedance and attenuation; standing wave ratio (SWR) calculation, measurement, and effects; antenna feed point matching - [[G9B]] – Basic dipole and monopole antennas - [[G9C]] – Directional antennas - [[G9D]] – Specialized antenna types and applications - [[SUBELEMENT G0]] – ELECTRICAL AND RF SAFETY [2 Exam Questions – 2 Groups] 25 Questions - [[G0A]] – RF safety principles, rules, and guidelines; routine station evaluation - [[G0B]] – Station safety: electrical shock, grounding, fusing, interlocks, and wiring; antenna and tower safety