3690 kHz - 200 watts PEP output
10.140 MHz - 200 watts PEP
output
Answer to all other power ?s in pool except 60M is 1500W
5 freqs in the 60m
band reg represents a disproportionate # of questions (3) in the pool,
emphasis on key pts:
97.303(s) An amateur station having an
operator holding a General, Advanced or Amateur Extra Class license may only
transmit single sideband, suppressed carrier, (emission type 2K8J3E)
upper sideband on the channels 5332 kHz, 5348 kHz, 5368 kHz,
5373 kHz, and 5405 kHz. Amateur stations shall ensure that their transmission
occupies only the 2.8 kHz centered around each of these
frequencies. Transmissions shall not exceed an effective radiated power (e.r.p.)
of 50 W PEP. For the purpose of computing e.r.p. the
transmitter PEP will be multiplied with the antenna gain relative to a dipole or
equivalent calculation in decibels. A half wave dipole antenna will be presumed
to have a gain of 0 dBd. Licenses using other antennas must maintain in
their records either the manufacturer data on the antenna gain or calculations
of the antenna gain. No amateur station may cause harmful interference
to stations authorized in the mobile and fixed services; nor is any
amateur station protected from interference due to the operation of any such
station.
SUBELEMENT G1 -- COMMISSION'S RULES [6 Exam Questions -- Got to know some
of these]
Antenna towers 200ft max, "space shuttle retransmission" is the
exception to everything.
FCC doesn't want hams making CB amps for fun and profit: 1 a yr below 144M,
if cert reqd, can't be used 28-35mhz.
General can only prep and administer element 1 or 2 exams, with proper VE
accreditation.
SUBELEMENT G2 -- OPERATING PROCEDURES [6 Exam Questions -- Got to know some
of these, mostly common sense]
G2A/B - Be nice.
G2C - Break any rule you need to in an
emergency.
G2D - old fart police (FCC CIB), if there's a problem, point the
beam someplace else, log your qsos.
G2E what is ITU? ITU Regions 1 emea, 2
americas 3 asiapacific, inordinate number of simple VOX questions
G2F trick
qs are RTTY baud rates: 300 below 10M, 1200 at 10M (1khz bandwidth), 19.4K at
6-2M, 56K 1.25M up (20khz bandwidth)
SUBELEMENT G3 -- RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION [3 Exam Questions -- don't really
need this]
G3A Ionospheric disturbances; sunspots and solar radiation - wing
it.
G3B Maximum usable frequency; propagation "hops" -- G3B05 trick q careful
of "below" maximum
G3C F2 goes up at midday, summer. Scatter happens.
SUBELEMENT G4 -- AMATEUR RADIO PRACTICES [5 Exam Questions -- need some of
these]
A lot of this is basic. Exceptions:
G4A Two-tone test: oscilloscope, any
2 harmonically unrelated audio tones.
G4D wire sizes and fuses (12 ga 20 amp
house wiring)
SUBELEMENT G5 -- ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES [2 Exam Questions -- wing it]
Calc TIP: transformer voltage::coil ratio, impeadence::sqroot(coil
ratio)
SUBELEMENT G6 -- CIRCUIT COMPONENTS [1 exam question - wing it]
Tip: adjacent coils ought to be at right angles to one another to reduce
cross-inductance, wire wound resisters oughtn't be used in tuned LC
circuits.
SUBELEMENT G7 -- PRACTICAL CIRCUITS [1 exam question - wing it]
use a 2x margin when rectifying AC
SUBELEMENT G8 -- SIGNALS AND EMISSIONS [2 Exam Questions -- wing it]
G8A AM; FM; single and double sideband and carrier; bandwidth;
modulation envelope; deviation; overmodulation
G8B Frequency mixing;
multiplication; bandwidths; HF data communications
SUBELEMENT G9 -- ANTENNAS AND FEED-LINES [4 Exam Questions -- Got to know
some of these]
Calc tips:
G9A Yagi antennas - lengths of elements in feet are
~475/mhz
G9B Loop antennas - lengths of loop in feet are 1005/mhz/number of
sizes (delta 3, quad 4).
SUBELEMENT G0 -- RF SAFETY [5 Exam Questions -- Got to get most of
these right, but they're pretty basic.]