ELEMENT 3 GENERAL CLASS --- QUESTION POOL SYLLABUS (SUBELEMENT AND GROUP DESCRIPTIONS)
FOR GENERAL EXAMS GIVEN JULY 1, 2007 - JUNE 30, 2011

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
G1C - Transmitter power regulations; HF 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 [6 Exam Questions - 6 Groups] 

G2A - Phone operating procedures; USB/LSB utilization conventions; procedural signals; breaking into a QSO in progress; VOX operation
G2B - Operating courtesy; band plans
G2C - Emergencies, including drills and emergency communications
G2D - Amateur auxiliary; minimizing Interference; HF operations
G2E - Digital operating: procedures, procedural signals and common abbreviations
G2F - CW operating procedures and procedural signals, Q signals and common abbreviations; full break in

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 "hops"
G3C - Ionospheric layers; critical angle and frequency; HF scatter; Near Vertical Incidence Sky waves

SUBELEMENT G4 - AMATEUR RADIO PRACTICES [5 Questions - 5 groups]

G4A - Two-tone Test; amplifier tuning and neutralization; DSP
G4B - Test and monitoring equipment
G4C - Interference with consumer electronics; grounding
G4D - Speech processors; S meters; common connectors
G4E - HF mobile radio installations; emergency and battery powered operation

SUBELEMENT G5 - ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES [3 exam questions - 3 groups] 

G5A - Resistance; 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; solar cells; vacuum tubes; batteries
G6C - Analog and digital integrated circuits (ICs); microprocessors; memory; I/O devices; microwave ICs (MMICs ); display devices

SUBELEMENT G7 - PRACTICAL CIRCUITS [2 exam question - 2 groups] 

G7A - Power supplies; transmitters and receivers; filters; schematic symbols
G7B - Digital circuits (gates, flip-flops, shift registers); amplifiers and oscillators

SUBELEMENT G8 - SIGNALS AND EMISSIONS [2 exam questions - 2 groups]

G8A - Carriers and modulation: AM; FM; single and double sideband ; modulation envelope; deviation; overmodulation
G8B - Frequency mixing; multiplication; HF data communications; bandwidths of various modes

SUBELEMENT G9 - ANTENNAS  [4 exam questions - 4 groups]

G9A - Antenna feedlines: 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, grounding, fusing, interlocks, wiring, antenna and tower safety