The ARRL General Class License Manual

Description

All You Need To Pass Your General Class Exam! Pass the 35-question General Class test. All the Exam Questions with Answer Key, for use beginning July 1, 2019. Use with ARRL’s online Exam Review for Ham Radio (instructions are included inside the manual). Convenient Spiral Bound lies flat. Detailed explanations for all questions, including FCC rules. The General Class license is the second of three US Amateur Radio licenses. To upgrade to General Class, you must already hold a Technician Class license (or have recently passed the Technician license exam). Upgrading to a General license--which conveys extensive HF privileges—only requires passing a written examination. Once you do, the entire range of operating modes and the majority of the amateur spectrum below 30 MHz become available to you. Use this book to study for your General Class license exam. Every page presents information you will need to pass the exam and become an effective operator. You'll cover small sections at a time: Procedures and Practices Rules and Regulations Components and Circuits Radio Signals and Equipment Digital Modes Antennas Propagation Electrical and RF Safety Online Review and Practice Exams As you complete each chapter of this book, use ARRL’s online Exam Review for Ham Radio to help prepare you for exam day. This web-based service uses the question pool to construct chapter-by-chapter reviews. Once you’ve finished this book, use the online service to take practice exams with the same number and variety of questions that you’ll encounter on exam day. You won’t have any surprises on exam day! Foreword ARRL Membership Benefits Your Invitation to ARRL Membership What is Amateur Radio? When to Expect New Books Online Review and Practice Exams 1 Introduction 1.1 The General Class License and Amateur Radio 1.2 How to Use this Book 1.3 The Upgrade Trail 2 Procedures and Practices 2.1 HF Operating Techniques 2.2 Emergency Operation 3 Rules and Regulations 3.1 Regulatory Agencies 3.2 Amateur Licensing Rules 3.3 Control Operator Privileges and Rules 3.4 Technical Rules and Standards 4 Components and Circuits 4.1 Power and Decibels 4.2 AC Power 4.3 Basic Components 4.4 Reactance and Impedance 4.5 Active Components 4.6 Practical Circuits 4.7 Basic Test Equipment 5 Radio Signals and Equipment 5.1 Basic Modes and Bandwidth 5.2 Radio’s Building Blocks 5.3 Transmitters 5.4 Receivers 5.5 HF Station Installation 6 Digital Modes 6.1 Basics of Digital Modes 6.2 Character-Based Modes 6.3 Packet-Based Modes and Systems 6.4 Receiving and Transmitting Digital Modes 6.5 Digital Operating Procedures 7 Antennas 7.1 Dipoles, Ground-planes 7.2 Yagi Antennas 7.3 Loop Antennas 7.4 Specialized Antennas 7.5 Feed Lines 8 Propagation 8.1 The Ionosphere 8.2 The Sun 8.3 Scatter Modes 9 Electrical and RF Safety 9.1 Electrical Safety 9.2 RF Exposure 9.3 Outdoor Safety 10 Glossary 11 General Question Pool General Class (Element 3) Syllabus Subelement G1 — Commission’s Rules Subelement G2 — Operating Procedures Subelement G3 — Radio Wave Propagation Subelement G4 — Amateur Radio Practices Subelement G5 — Electrical Principles Subelement G6 — Circuit Components Subelement G7 — Practical Circuits Subelement G8 — Signals and Emissions Subelement G9 — Antennas and Feed Lines Subelement G0 — Electrical and RF Safety