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1. G1 Commission’s Rules

   5 exam questions, one from each group. Study this topic

   • G1A General class control operator frequency privileges; primary and secondary allocations
   • G1B Antenna structure limitations; good engineering and good amateur practice; beacon operation; prohibited transmissions; retransmitting radio signals
   • G1C Transmitter power regulations; data emission standards; 60-meter operation requirements
   • G1D Volunteer Examiners and Volunteer Examiner Coordinators; temporary identification; element credit; remote operation
   • G1E Control categories; repeater regulations; third-party rules; ITU regions; automatically controlled digital station

2. G2 Operating Procedures

   5 exam questions, one from each group. Study this topic

   • G2A Phone operating procedures: USB/LSB conventions, breaking into a contact, transmitter setup for voice operation; answering DX stations
   • G2B Operating effectively; band plans; drills and emergencies; RACES operation
   • G2C CW operating procedures and procedural signals; Q signals; full break-in
   • G2D Volunteer Monitor Program; HF operations
   • G2E Digital mode operating procedures

3. G3 Radio Wave Propagation

   3 exam questions, one from each group. Study this topic

   • G3A Sunspots and solar radiation; geomagnetic field and stability indices
   • G3B Maximum Usable Frequency; Lowest Usable Frequency; short path and long path propagation; determining propagation conditions; ionospheric refraction
   • G3C Ionospheric regions; critical angle and frequency; HF scatter; near vertical incidence skywave (NVIS)

4. G4 Amateur Radio Practices

   5 exam questions, one from each group. Study this topic

   • G4A Station configuration and operation
   • G4B Tests and test equipment
   • G4C Interference to consumer electronics; grounding and bonding
   • G4D Speech processors; S meters; sideband operation near band edges
   • G4E Mobile and portable HF stations; alternative energy source operation

5. G5 Electrical Principles

   3 exam questions, one from each group. Study this topic

   • G5A Reactance; inductance; capacitance; impedance; impedance transformation; resonance
   • 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

6. G6 Circuit Components

   2 exam questions, one from each group. Study this topic

   • G6A Resistors; capacitors; inductors; rectifiers; solid-state diodes and transistors; vacuum tubes; batteries
   • G6B Analog and digital integrated circuits (ICs); microwave ICs (MMICs); display devices; RF connectors; ferrite cores

7. G7 Practical Circuits

   3 exam questions, one from each group. Study this topic

   • G7A Power supplies; schematic symbols
   • G7B Digital circuits; amplifiers and oscillators
   • G7C Transceiver design; filters; oscillators; digital signal processing (DSP)

8. G8 Signals and Emissions

   3 exam questions, one from each group. Study this topic

   • G8A Carriers and modulation: AM, FM, and single sideband; modulation envelope; digital modulation; overmodulation; link budgets and link margins
   • G8B Frequency changing; bandwidths of various modes; deviation; intermodulation
   • G8C Digital emission modes

9. G9 Antennas and Feed Lines

   4 exam questions, one from each group. Study this topic

   • G9A Feed lines: characteristic impedance and attenuation; standing wave ratio (SWR) calculation, measurement, and effects; antenna feed point matching
   • G9B Basic dipole and monopole antennas
   • G9C Directional antennas
   • G9D Specialized antenna types and applications

10. G0 Electrical and RF Safety

    2 exam questions, one from each group. Study this topic

    • G0A RF safety principles, rules, and guidelines; routine station evaluation
    • G0B Station safety: electrical shock, grounding, fusing, interlocks, and wiring; antenna and tower safety