| Subelement Designator |
Description |
Usable
Quesions |
Questions
on Exam |
| E1 |
FCC Rules |
6 Groups |
|
| E1A |
Operating Standards: frequency privileges for Extra Class amateurs; emission standards;
automatic message forwarding; frequency sharing; FCC license actions; stations aboard
ships or aircraft |
13 |
1 |
| E1B |
Station restrictions and special operations: restrictions on station location; general
operating restrictions, spurious emissions, control operator reimbursement; antenna structure
restrictions; RACES operations |
13 |
1 |
| E1C |
Station control: definitions and restrictions pertaining to local, automatic and remote
control operation; control operator responsibilities for remote and automatically controlled
stations |
8 |
1 |
| E1D |
Amateur Satellite service: definitions and purpose; license requirements for space stations;
available frequencies and bands; telecommand and telemetry operations; restrictions, and
special provisions; notification requirements |
12 |
1 |
| E1E |
Volunteer examiner program: definitions, qualifications, preparation and administration of
exams; accreditation; question pools; documentation requirements |
20 |
1 |
| E1F |
Miscellaneous rules: external RF power amplifiers; Line A; national quiet zone; business
communications; compensated communications; spread spectrum; auxiliary stations; reciprocal
operating privileges; IARP and CEPT licenses; third party communications with foreign countries;
special temporary authority |
16 |
1 |
| Subelement E1 Total: |
82 |
6 |
| |
| E2 |
Practices and Procedures |
5 Groups |
|
| E2A |
Amateur radio in space: amateur satellites; orbital mechanics; frequencies and modes;
satellite hardware; satellite operations |
14 |
1 |
| E2B |
Television practices: fast scan television standards and techniques; slow scan television
standards and techniques |
21 |
1 |
| E2C |
Operating methods, part 1: contest and DX operating; spread-spectrum transmissions; automatic
HF forwarding; selecting an operating frequency |
12 |
1 |
| E2D |
Operating methods, part 2: VHF and UHF digital modes; packet clusters; Automatic Position Reporting
System (APRS) |
11 |
1 |
| E2E |
Operating methods, part 3: operating HF digital modes; error correction |
11 |
1 |
| Subelement E2 Total: |
69 |
5 |
| |
| E3 |
Radio Wave Propagation |
3 Groups |
|
| E3A |
Propagation and technique, part 1: Earth-Moon-Earth communications, meteor scator |
11 |
1 |
| E3B |
Propagation and technique, part 2: transequatorial; long path; gray line; multi-path
propagation |
11 |
1 |
| E3C |
Propagation and technique, part 3: Auroral propagation; selective fading; radio-path
horizon; take-off angle over flat or sloping terrain; earth effects on propagation; less
common propagation modes |
14 |
1 |
| Subelement E3 Total: |
36 |
3 |
| |
| E4 |
Amateur Radio Technology and Measurements |
5 Groups |
|
| E4A |
Test equipment: analog and digital instruments; spectrum and network analyzers, antenna
analyzers; oscilloscopes; testing transistors; RF measurements |
12 |
1 |
| E4B |
Measurement technique and limitations: instrument accuracy and performance limitations;
probes; techniques to minimize errors; measurement of "Q"; instrument calibration |
17 |
1 |
| E4C |
Receiver performance characteristics, part 1: phase noise, capture effect, noise floor,
image rejection, MDS, signal-to-noise-ratio; selectivity |
15 |
1 |
| E4D |
Receiver performance characteristics, part 2: blocking dynamic range, intermodulation
and cross-modulation interference; 3rd order intercept; desensitization; preselection |
14 |
1 |
| E4E |
Noise suppression: system noise; electrical appliance noise; line noise; locating noise
sources; DSP noise reduction; noise blankers |
14 |
1 |
| Subelement E4 Total: |
72 |
5 |
| |
| E5 |
Electrical Principles |
4 Groups |
|
| E5A |
Characteristics of resonant circuits: series and parallel resonance; Q; half-power bandwidth;
phase relationships in reactive circuits |
17 |
1 |
| E5B |
Time constants and phase relationships: R/L/C time constants: definition; time constants in RL
and RC circuits; phase angle between voltage and current; phase angles of series and parallel circuits |
13 |
1 |
| E5C |
Impedance plots and coordinate systems: plotting impedances in polar coordinates; rectangular coordinates |
23 |
1 |
| E5D |
AC and RF energy in real circuits: skin effect; electrostatic and electromagnetic fields; reactive power;
power factor; coordinate systems |
19 |
1 |
| Subelement E5 Total: |
72 |
4 |
| |
| E6 |
Circuit Components |
6 Groups |
|
| E6A |
Semiconductor materials and devices: semiconductor materials (germanium, silicon, P-type,
N-type); transistor types: NPN, PNP, junction, power; field-effect transistors: enhancement
mode; depletion mode; MOS; CMOS; N-channel; P-channel |
18 |
1 |
| E6B |
Semiconductor diodes |
14 |
1 |
| E6C |
Integrated circuits: TTL digital integrated circuits; CMOS digital integrated circuits; gates |
11 |
1 |
| E6D |
Optical devices and toroids: vidicon and cathode-ray tube devices; charge-coupled devices (CCDs);
liquid crystal displays (LCDs); toroids: permeability, core material, selecting, winding |
18 |
1 |
| E6E |
Piezoelectric crystals and MMICS: quartz crystals (as used in oscillators and filters); monolithic
amplifiers (MMICs) |
13 |
1 |
| E6F |
Optical components and power systems: photoconductive principles and effects, photovoltaic systems,
optical couplers, optical sensors, and optoisolators |
15 |
1 |
| Subelement E6 Total: |
89 |
6 |
| |
| E7 |
Practical Circuits |
8 Groups |
|
| E7A |
Digital circuits: digital circuit principles and logic circuits: classes of logic
elements; positive and negative logic; frequency dividers; truth tables |
13 |
1 |
| E7B |
Amplifiers: Class of operation; vacuum tube and solid-state circuits; distortion
and intermodulation; spurious and parasitic suppression; microwave amplifiers |
20 |
1 |
| E7C |
Filters and matching networks: filters and impedance matching networks: types of
networks; types of filters; filter applications; filter characteristics; impedance
matching; DSP filtering |
14 |
1 |
| E7D |
Power supplies and voltage regulators |
17 |
1 |
| G7E |
Modulation and demodulation: reactance, phase and balanced modulators;
detectors; mixer stages; DSP modulation and demodulation; software defined
radio systems |
15 |
1 |
| E7F |
Frequency markers and counters: frequency divider circuits; frequency marker
generators; frequency counters |
13 |
1 |
| E7G |
Active filters and op-amps: active audio filters; characteristics; basic circuit
design; operational amplifiers |
17 |
1 |
| E7H |
Oscillators and signal sources: types of oscillators; synthesizers and phase-locked
loops; direct digital synthesizers |
20 |
1 |
| Subelement E7 Total: |
129 |
8 |
| |
| E8 |
Signals and Emissions |
4 Groups |
|
| E8A |
AC waveforms: sine, square, sawtooth and irregular waveforms; AC measurements; average and
PEP of RF signals; pulse and digital signal waveforms |
15 |
1 |
| E8B |
Modulation and demodulation: modulation methods; modulation index and deviation ratio; pulse
modulation; frequency and time division multiplexing |
13 |
1 |
| E8C |
Digital signals: digital communications modes; CW; information rate vs. bandwidth; spread-spectrum
communications; modulation methods |
14 |
1 |
| E8D |
Waves, measurements, and RF polarization: waves, measurements, peak-to-peak values, RF polarization |
19 |
1 |
| Subelement E8 Total: |
61 |
4 |
| |
| E9 |
Antennas and Transmission Lines |
8 Groups |
|
| E9A |
Isotropic and gain antennas: definition; used as a standard for comparison; radiation pattern;
basic antenna parameters: radiation resistance and reactance, gain, beamwidth, efficiency |
16 |
1 |
| E9B |
Antenna patterns: E and H plane patterns; gain as a function of pattern; antenna design
(computer modeling of antennas); Yagi antennas |
15 |
1 |
| E9C |
Wire and phased vertical antennas: beverage antennas; terminated and resonant rhombic
antennas; elevation above real ground; ground effects as related to polarization; take-off
angles |
16 |
1 |
| E9D |
Directional antennas: gain; satellite antennas; antenna beamwidth; losses; SWR bandwidth;
antenna efficiency; shortened and mobile antennas; grounding |
15 |
1 |
| E9E |
Matching: matching antennas to feed lines; power dividers |
13 |
1 |
| E9F |
Transmission lines: characteristics of open and shorted feed lines: 1/8 wavelength;
1/4 wavelength; 1/2 wavelength; feed lines: coax versus open-wire; velocity factor;
electrical length; transformation characteristics of line terminated in impedance not
equal to characteristic impedance |
16 |
1 |
| E9G |
The Smith chart |
11 |
1 |
| E9H |
Effective radiated power; system gains and losses; radio direction finding antennas |
12 |
1 |
| Subelement E9 Total: |
114 |
8 |
| |
| E0 |
Safety |
1 Group |
|
| G0A |
Safety: amateur radio safety practices; RF radiation hazards; hazardous materials |
11 |
1 |
| Subelement E0 Total: |
11 |
1 |
| Element 4 Total: |
735 |
50 |
