ELEMENT 3 GENERAL CLASS --- QUESTION POOL SYLLABUS (SUBELEMENT AND GROUP DESCRIPTIONS) FOR GENERAL EXAMS GIVEN JULY 1, 2011 - JUNE 30, 2015 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 set up 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 Questions – 3 Groups] G6A - Resistors; capacitors; inductors G6B - Rectifiers; solid state diodes and transistors; vacuum tubes; batteries G6C - Analog and digital integrated circuits (IC’s); microprocessors; memory; I/O devices; microwave IC’s (MMIC’s ); display devices G7 – PRACTICAL CIRCUITS [3 Exam Questions – 3 Groups] G7A Power supplies; and 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