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- [[SUBELEMENT G1]] COMMISSIONS 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