This page provides links to the entire General Class Question Pool valid
from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2015.
There are plain text, DAISY, and human voice versions. This page provides the
links to the human voice version. The other versions may be found in our
Manuals section at http://handiham.org/manuals/Pools/general/general_2011-2015/.
The audio pool is read by volunteer reader Bob Zeida, N1BLF, and includes
only the correct answers to each question. The pool is divided by elements and
subelements. You may use the individual links below or download
the entire set in a single DAISY book.
Introduction
by N1BLF
SUBELEMENT
G1 - COMMISSION'S RULES [5 Exam Questions - 5 Groups]
G1A -
General Class control operator frequency privileges; primary and secondary
allocations
G1B -
Antenna structure limitations; good engineering and good amateur practice;
beacon operation; restricted operation; retransmitting radio signals
G1C -
Transmitter power regulations; data emission standards
G1D -
Volunteer Examiners and Volunteer Examiner Coordinators; temporary
identification
G1E -
Control categories; repeater regulations; harmful interference; third party
rules; ITU regions
SUBELEMENT
G2 - OPERATING PROCEDURES [5 Exam Questions - 5 Groups]
G2A Phone
operating procedures; USB/LSB utilization conventions; procedural signals;
breaking into a QSO in progress; VOX operation
G2B -
Operating courtesy; band plans, emergencies, including drills and emergency
communications
G2C - CW
operating procedures and procedural signals, Q signals and common
abbreviations; full break in
G2D -
Amateur Auxiliary; minimizing interference; HF operations
G2E -
Digital operating: procedures, procedural signals and common abbreviations
SUBELEMENT
G3 - RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION [3 Exam Questions - 3 Groups]
G3A -
Sunspots and solar radiation; ionospheric disturbances; propagation
forecasting and indices
G3B -
Maximum Usable Frequency; Lowest Usable Frequency; propagation
G3C
Ionospheric layers; critical angle and frequency; HF scatter; Near Vertical
Incidence Sky waves
SUBELEMENT
G4 - AMATEUR RADIO PRACTICES [5 Exam Questions - 5 groups]
G4A
Station Operation and setup
G4B - Test
and monitoring equipment; two-tone test
G4C -
Interference with consumer electronics; grounding; DSP
G4D -
Speech processors; S meters; sideband operation near band edges
G4E - HF
mobile radio installations; emergency and battery powered operation
SUBELEMENT
G5 ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES [3 exam questions 3 groups]
G5A -
Reactance; inductance; capacitance; impedance; impedance matching
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 [3 exam question 3 groups]
G6A -
Resistors; capacitors; inductors
G6B -
Rectifiers; solid state diodes and transistors; vacuum tubes; batteries
G6C -
Analog and digital integrated circuits (ICs); microprocessors; memory; I/O
devices; microwave ICs (MMICs ); display devices
SUBELEMENT
G7 PRACTICAL CIRCUITS [3 exam question 3 groups]
G7A - Power
supplies; schematic symbols
G7B -
Digital circuits; amplifiers and oscillators
G7C -
Receivers and transmitters; filters, oscillators
SUBELEMENT
G8 SIGNALS AND EMISSIONS [2 exam questions 2 groups]
G8A -
Carriers and modulation: AM; FM; single and double sideband; modulation
envelope; overmodulation
G8B -
Frequency mixing; multiplication; HF data communications; bandwidths of
various modes; deviation
SUBELEMENT
G9 ANTENNAS AND FEED LINES [4 exam questions 4 groups]
G9A -
Antenna feed lines: characteristic impedance and attenuation; SWR calculation,
measurement and effects; matching networks
G9B - Basic
antennas
G9C -
Directional antennas
G9D -
Specialized antennas
SUBELEMENT
G0 ELECTRICAL AND RF SAFETY [2 exam Questions 2 groups]
G0A - RF
safety principles, rules and guidelines; routine station evaluation
G0B -
Safety in the ham shack: electrical shock and treatment, safety grounding,
fusing, interlocks, wiring, antenna and tower safety
Closing
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