General-Study/pages/General Syllabus.md

• 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