General Licensing Class
Your New General Bands
Lake Area Radio Klub
Spring 2012
Amateur Radio General Class
Element 3 Course Presentation
 ELEMENT 3 SUB-ELEMENTS (Groupings)
 1 -Your Passing CSCE
 2 -Your New General Bands
 3 - FCC Rules
 4 - Be a VE
 5 - Voice Operations
 6 - CW Lives
 7 - Digital Operating
 8 - In An Emergency
 9 - Skywave Excitement
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Amateur Radio General Class
Element 3 Course Presentation
 ELEMENT 3 SUB-ELEMENTS (Groupings)
 10 - Your HF Transmitter
 11 - Your Receiver
 12 - Oscillators & Components
 13 - Electrical Principles
 14 - Circuits
 15 - Good Grounds
 16 - HF Antennas
 17 - Coax Cable
 18 - RF & Electrical Safety
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Your New General Bands
 General class control operator frequency privileges
•
A General Class license holder is granted all amateur
frequency privileges on the following: (G1A01)
160
60
30
17
12
10
Meters
CW, RTTY, data, phone, and image
Your New General Bands
 General class control operator frequency privileges (cont)
•
A General Class license holder is granted all amateur
frequency privileges on the following: (G1A01)
160
60
30
17
12
10
Meters
USB (Upper Side Band) Phone only
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Your New General Bands
 General class control operator frequency privileges (cont)
•
A General Class license holder is granted all amateur frequency
privileges on the following: (G1A01)
160
60
30
17
12
10
Meters
CW, RTTY, and Data
Your New General Bands
 General class control operator frequency privileges
•
(cont)
A General Class license holder is granted all amateur frequency
privileges on the following: (G1A01)
160
60
30
17
12
10
Meters
CW, RTTY, data, phone, and image
Your New General Bands
 General class control operator frequency privileges (cont)
•
A General Class license holder is granted all amateur frequency
privileges on the following: (G1A01)
160
60
30
17
12
10
Meters
CW, RTTY, data, phone, and image
Your New General Bands
 General class control operator frequency privileges (cont)
•
A General Class license holder is granted all amateur frequency
privileges on the following: (G1A01)
160
60
30
17
12
10
Meters
CW, RTTY, data, phone, and image
Your New General Bands
 General class control operator frequency privileges (recap)
•
A General Class license holder is granted all amateur frequency
privileges on the following: (G1A01)
• 160 meters
• 60 meters
• 30 meters
• 17 meters
• 12 meters
• 10 meters
All of these bands…..all privileges.
(answer is six bands)
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Your New General Bands
 General class control operator frequency privileges
•
The following frequencies are available to a control operator
holding a General Class license: (G1A11)
28.020 MHz
28.020
28.350 MHz
28.350
28.550
28.550 MHz
All of these answers
are correct
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Your New General Bands
 The maximum transmitting power a station with a General Class control
operator may use on the 28 MHz band (10 Meter Band) is 1500 watts
PEP output. (G1C05)
 A 10 meter repeater may retransmit a 2 meter signal from a Technician,
ONLY if there is an active duty control operator holding a General Class
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or higher. (G1E02)
Your New General Bands
 General class control operator frequency privileges
•
24.940 MHz frequency is in the 12-meter band (G1A06)
24.940 MHz
CW, RTTY and data … CW, phone and image
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Your New General Bands
 The maximum transmitting power an amateur station may use on
the Amateur Radio12 meter band is 1500 watts PEP output. (G1C02)
CW, RTTY and data … CW, phone and image
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Your New General Bands
 General class control operator frequency privileges
•
The 21,300 kHz frequency is within the General class portion of the
15-meter phone band. (G1A10)
21,300 kHz
CW, RTTY, data, phone and image
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Your New General Bands
 General class control operator frequency privileges
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The 14,305 kHz frequency is within the General class portion of the
20-meter phone band. (G1A08)
14,305 kHz
CW, RTTY, phone, image, and data …
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Your New General Bands
 The power output limitation on the 14 MHz band is the minimum power
necessary to carry out the desired communications. (G1C04)
Technically this applies to all transmissions by an Amateur Radio
operator
 Phone operation is prohibited on the 30-meter band. (G1A02)
and
 Image transmission is prohibited on the 30-meter band. (G1A03)
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CW, RTTY and data
Your New General Bands
 The maximum transmitting power an amateur station may use on 10.140
MHz is 200 watts PEP output. (G1C01)
10.140 MHz
CW, RTTY and data
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Your New General Bands
 General class control operator frequency privileges
•
7.250 MHz frequency is in the General Class portion of the 40-meter
band. (G1A05)
7250 kHz
CW, RTTY and data … CW, phone and image
Your New General Bands
 An Amateur Radio operator holding an FCC-issued
General Class license is authorized to be a control
operator in ITU Region 2 operating in the 7.175 to 7.300
MHz band. (G1E03)
Your New General Bands
 60 meters is the only band with restricted communications on specific
channels rather than frequency ranges. (G1A04)
Five discreet, upper sideband voice channels
No Morse code and no data transmissions
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Your New General Bands
 2.8 kHz is the maximum bandwidth permitted by FCC
rules for Amateur Radio stations transmitting on USB
frequencies in the 60 meter band. (G1C03)
• Only Upper Sideband
 Turn off speech processor to prevent exceeding 2.8 kHz
 FCC rules require records be kept of the gain of your
antenna on the 60 meter band if your antenna is other
than a dipole. (G2D07)
• Dipole gain is zero;
• Must not exceed 50 watts effective radiated power output.
• Notes kept in station logbook as permanent record
Your New General Bands
The 60 Met er Band - 0pened to general and above on July 1, 2003
Recap
• On assigned frequencies (channels) only
• Maximum 2.8 KHz occupied bandwidth (± 1.4 KHz from channel freq.)
• Therefore must tune 1.4 KHz lower than channel frequency
• (USB) Upper Side Band Only
• Max ERP (Effective Radiated Power of 50 Watts referenced to a dipole
5,332 KHZ
5,348 KHZ
5,368 KHZ
Tune to 5,346.6 KHZ
Tune to 5,330.6 KHZ
5,373 KHZ
5,405 KHZ
Tune to 5,371.6 KHZ
Tune to 5,36.6 KHZ
Tune to 5,403.6 KHZ
No carrier…suppressed only.
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Your New General Bands
 Move to a clear frequency when operating on 30 meters or 60 meters
if a station in the primary service interferes with your contact. (G1A15)
• Secondary users do not have priority use
 FCC rules designate Amateur Service as a secondary user on certain
bands, as such amateur stations are permitted to use such bands only
if there is no harmful interference to primary users. (G1A14)
• Primary users have priority use
A frequency of 3,900 kHz is within the General Class portion of the
75 meter band. (G1A07)
3.900 MHz
Notice areas where there
are no privileges for
General Class.
Generally on this band:
phone operation is called 75 meters;
CW operation is called 80 meters.
Your New General Bands
 General class control operator frequency privileges
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3560 kHz frequency is within the General class portion of the 80meter band. (G1A09)
3560 kHz
CW, RTTY, phone, and data …
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Your New General Bands
 General class control operator frequency privileges
•
A General Class license holder is permitted to run up to 1500
watts of Peak Envelope Power on the 1.8 MHz band. (G1C06)
CW, RTTY, data, phone, and image
•
•
1500 watts on all bands except 60 meters and 30 meters.
However, always run the minimum power necessary.
Your New General Bands
 General class control operator frequency privileges
•
When a General Class licensee is not permitted to use the
entire voice portion of a particular band, the upper end or
portion of the voice segment is generally available to them. (G1A12)
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Your New General Bands
•
Voice privileges are usually at the top end of the band….except for 60 meters which has
specific 5 channels of voice.
 A portion of bands that are used in a voluntary basis called the “DX
window” should not be used for stateside U.S. contacts. (G2B08)
 There are NO amateur bands shared with the Citizens Radio Service. (G1A13)
Element 3 General Class Question Pool
Your New General Bands
Valid July 1, 2011
Through
June 30, 2015
GA01
On which of the following bands is a
General Class license holder granted all
amateur frequency privileges?
A. 20, 17, and 12 meters
B. 160, 80, 40, and 10 meters
C. 160, 60, 30, 17, 12, and 10 meters
D. 160, 30, 17, 15, 12, and 10 meters
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G1A11
Which of the following frequencies is
available to a control operator holding a
General Class license?
A.
28.020 MHz
B.
28.350 MHz
C.
28.550 MHz
D.
All of these answers are correct
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G1C05
Which of the following is a limitation on
transmitter power on the 28 MHz band?
A.
100 watts PEP output
B.
1000 watts PEP output
C.
1500 watts PEP output
D.
2000 watts PEP output
G1E02
When may a 10 meter repeater retransmit the 2
meter signal from a station having a Technician
Class control operator?
A. Under no circumstances
B. Only if the station on 10 meters is operating under a
Special Temporary Authorization allowing such
retransmission
C. Only during an FCC-declared General state of
communications emergency
D. Only if the 10 meter control operator holds at least a
General class license
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G1A06
Which of the following frequencies is in
the 12 meter band?
A.
3.940 MHz
B.
12.940 MHz
C.
17.940 MHz
D.
24.940 MHz
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G1C02
What is the maximum transmitting power an
amateur station may use on the 12 meter band?
A.
1500 PEP output, except for 200 watts PEP output in the novice
portion
B.
200 watts PEP output
C.
1500 watts PEP output
D.
Effective radiated power equivalent to 50 watts from a half wave
dipole
G1A10
A.
14250 kHz
B.
18155 kHz
C.
21300 kHz
D.
24900 kHz
Which of the following frequencies is within
the General Class portion of the 15 meter band?
G1A08
A.
14005 kHz
B.
14105 kHz
C.
14305 kHz
D.
14405 kHz
Which of the following frequencies is
within the General Class portion of the
20 meter phone band?
G1C04
Which of the following is a limitation of
power on the 14 MHz band?
A. Only the minimum power necessary to carry out the
desired communications should be used
B. Power must be limited to 200 watts when transmitting
between 14.100 MHz and 14.150 MHz
C. Power should be limited as necessary to avoid
interference to another radio service on the frequency
D. Effective radiated power cannot exceed 3000 watts
G1A02
A.
160 meters
B.
30 meters
C.
17 meters
D.
12 meters
On which of the following bands is
phone operation prohibited?
G1A03 On which of the following bands is
image transmission prohibited?
A.
160 meters
B.
30 meters
C.
20 meters
D.
12 meters
G1C01
What is the maximum transmitting power
an amateur station may use on 10.140 MHz?
A.
200 watts PEP output
B.
1000 watts PEP output
C.
1500 watts PEP output
D.
2000 watts PEP output
G1A05
Which of the following frequencies is in
the General Class portion of the 40
meter band?
A.
7.250 MHz
B.
7.500 MHz
C.
40.200 MHz
D.
40.500 MHz
G1E03
In what ITU region is operation in the 7.175 to
7.300 MHz band permitted for a control operator
holding an FCC-issued General Class license.
A.
Region 1
B.
Region 2
C.
Region 3
D.
All three regions
G1A04
Which of the following amateur bands is restricted
to communication on only specific channels, rather
than frequency ranges?
A.
11 meters
B.
12 meters
C.
30 meters
D.
60 meters
G1C03 What is the maximum bandwidth permitted by
FCC rules for amateur radio stations when
operating on USB frequencies in the 60-meter band?
A.
2.8 kHz
B.
5.6 kHz
C.
1.8 kHz
D.
3 kHz
G2D07
Which of the following is required by the FCC
rules when operating in the 60-meter band?
A.
If you are using other than a dipole antenna, you must keep a record of
the gain of your antenna.
B.
You must keep a log of the date, time, frequency, power level and
stations worked.
C.
You must keep a log of all third party traffic.
D.
You must keep a log of the manufacturer of your equipment and the
antenna used.
G1A15
What is the appropriate action if, when operating on
either the 30 or 60 meter bands, a station in the primary
service interferes with your contact?
A.
Notify the FCC's regional Engineer in Charge of the
interference
B.
Increase your transmitter's power to overcome the interference
C.
Attempt to contact the station and request that it stop the
D.
Move to a clear frequency
G1A14
Which of the following applies when the FCC
rules designate the amateur service as a
secondary user on a band?
A. Amateur stations must record the call sign of the primary
service station before operating on a frequency assigned to
that station.
B. Amateur stations are allowed to use the band only during
emergencies
C. Amateur stations are allowed to use the band only if they do
not cause harmful interference to primary users
D. Amateur stations may only operate during specific hours of
the day, while primary users are permitted 24 hour use of
the band
G1A07 Which of the following frequencies
in within the General portion of the
75 meter phone band?
A.
1875 kHz
B.
3750 kHz
C.
3900 kHz
D.
4005 kHz
G1A09
A.
1855 kHz
B.
2560 kHz
C.
3560 kHz
D.
3650 kHz
Which of the following frequencies
is within the General Class portion
of the 80 meter band?
G1C06
Which of the following is a limitation on
transmitting power on the 1.8 MHz band?
A.
200 watts PEP output
B.
1000 watts PEP output
C.
1200 watts PEP output
D.
1500 watts PEP output
G1A12
When a General Class licensee is not
permitted to use the entire voice portion
of a particular band, which portion of the voice
segment is generally available to them?
A.
The lower end
B.
The upper end
C.
The lower end on frequencies below 7.3 MHz and the upper end on
frequencies above14.150 MHz
D.
The upper end on frequencies below 7.3 MHz and the lower end on
frequencies above14.150 MHz
G2B08 What is the “DX window” in a
voluntary band plan?
A. A portion of the band that should not be used for contacts
between stations within the 48 contiguous United States
B. An FCC rule that prohibits contacts between stations within
the United States and possessions on that band segment
C. An FCC rule that allows only digital contacts in that portion
of the band
D. A portion of the band that has been set aside for digital
contacts only
G1A13
Which, if any, amateur band is shared
with the Citizens Radio Service?
A.
10 meters
B.
11 meters
C.
12 meters
D.
None