| Subelement Designator |
Description |
Usable
Quesions |
Questions
on Exam |
| G1 |
FCC Rules |
5 Groups |
|
| G1A |
General class control operator frequency privileges; primary and secondary allocations |
15 |
1 |
| G1B |
Antenna structure limitations; good engineering and good amateur
practice; beacon operation; restricted operation; retransmitting radio
signals |
12 |
1 |
| G1C |
Transmitter power regulations; data emission standards |
11 |
1 |
| G1D |
Volunteer Examiners and Volunteer Examiner Coordinators; temporary identification |
10 |
1 |
| G1E |
Control categories; repeater regulations; harmful interference; third
party rules; ITU regions |
10 |
1 |
| Subelement G1 Total: |
58 |
5 |
| |
| G2 |
Operating Procedures |
5 Groups |
|
| G2A |
Phone operating procedures; USB/LSB utilization conventions; procedural
signals; breaking into a QSO in progress; VOX operation |
11 |
1 |
| G2B |
Operating courtesy; band plans, emergencies, including drills and emergency communications |
12 |
1 |
| G2C |
CW operating procedures and procedural signals, Q signals and common abbreviations; full break in |
11 |
1 |
| G2D |
Amateur Auxiliary; minimizing interference; HF operations |
11 |
1 |
| G2E |
Digital operating: procedures, procedural signals and common abbreviations |
13 |
1 |
| Subelement G2 Total: |
58 |
5 |
| |
| G3 |
Radio Wave Propagation |
3 Groups |
|
| G3A |
Sunspots and solar radiation; ionospheric disturbances; propagation
forecasting and indices |
16 |
1 |
| G3B |
Maximum Usable Frequency; Lowest Usable Frequency; propagation |
12 |
1 |
| G3C |
Ionospheric layers; critical angle and frequency; HF scatter; Near Vertical Incidence Sky waves |
13 |
1 |
| Subelement G3 Total: |
41 |
3 |
| |
| G4 |
Amateur Radio Practices |
5 Groups |
|
| G4A |
Station Operation and setup |
14 |
1 |
| G4B |
Test and monitoring equipment; two-tone test |
16 |
1 |
| G4C |
Interference with consumer electronics; grounding; DSP |
13 |
1 |
| G4D |
Speech processors; S meters; sideband operation near band edges |
11 |
1 |
| G4E |
HF mobile radio installations; emergency and battery powered operation |
11 |
1 |
| Subelement G4 Total: |
65 |
5 |
| |
| G5 |
Electrical Principles |
3 Groups |
|
| G5A |
Resistance; reactance; inductance; capacitance; impedance; impedance matching |
13 |
1 |
| G5B |
The Decibel; current and voltage dividers; electrical power calculations;
sine wave root-mean-square (RMS) values; PEP calculations |
14 |
1 |
| G5C |
Resistors, capacitors, and inductors in series and parallel; transformers |
15 |
1 |
| Subelement G5 Total: |
42 |
3 |
| |
| G6 |
Circuit Components |
3 Groups |
|
| G6A |
Resistors; capacitors; inductors |
13 |
1 |
| G6B |
Rectifiers; solid state diodes and transistors; vacuum tubes; batteries |
15 |
1 |
| G6C |
Analog and digital integrated circuits (IC's); microprocessors; memory;
I/O devices; microwave IC's (MMIC's ); display devices |
18 |
1 |
| Subelement G6 Total: |
46 |
3 |
| |
| G7 |
Practical Circuits |
3 Groups |
|
| G7A |
Power supplies; schematic symbols |
13 |
1 |
| G7B |
Digital circuits; amplifiers and oscillators |
14 |
1 |
| G7C |
Receivers and transmitters; filters, oscillators |
11 |
1 |
| Subelement G7 Total: |
38 |
3 |
| |
| G8 |
Signals and Emissions |
2 Groups |
|
| G8A |
Carriers and modulation: AM; FM; single and double sideband ; modulation
envelope; overmodulation |
12 |
1 |
| G8B |
Frequency mixing; multiplication; HF data communications; bandwidths of
various modes; deviation |
12 |
1 |
| Subelement G8 Total: |
24 |
2 |
| |
| G9 |
Antennas |
4 Groups |
|
| G9A |
Antenna feedlines: characteristic impedance, and attenuation; SWR
calculation, measurement and effects; matching networks |
13 |
1 |
| G9B |
Basic antennas |
12 |
1 |
| G9C |
Directional antennas |
20 |
1 |
| G9D |
Specialized antennas |
11 |
1 |
| Subelement G9 Total: |
56 |
4 |
| |
| G0 |
Electrical and RF Safety |
2 Groups |
|
| G0A |
RF safety principles, rules and guidelines; routine station evaluation |
12 |
1 |
| G0B |
Safety in the ham shack: electrical shock and treatment, grounding,
fusing, interlocks, wiring, antenna and tower safety |
16 |
1 |
| Subelement G0 Total: |
28 |
2 |
| Element 3 Total: |
456 |
35 |
