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General Licensing Class Your New General Bands Your organization and dates Slide 2 2 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 Slide 3 3 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 Slide 4 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) CW, RTTY, data, phone, and image 160 60 30 17 12 10 Meters Slide 5 5 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) USB (Upper Side Band) Phone only 160 60 30 17 12 10 Meters Slide 6 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) CW, RTTY, and Data 160 60 30 17 12 10 Meters Slide 7 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) CW, RTTY, data, phone, and image 160 60 30 17 12 10 Meters Slide 8 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) CW, RTTY, data, phone, and image 160 60 30 17 12 10 Meters Slide 9 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) CW, RTTY, data, phone, and image 160 60 30 17 12 10 Meters Slide 10 10 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) Slide 11 11 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 MHz28.350 MHz28.550 MHz 28.02028.35028.550 All of these answers are correct Slide 12 12 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 or higher. (G1E02) Slide 13 13 Your New General Bands General class control operator frequency privileges 24.940 MHz frequency is in the 12-meter band (G1A06) CW, RTTY and data CW, phone and image 24.940 MHz Slide 14 14 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 Your New General Bands Slide 15 15 General class control operator frequency privileges The 21,300 kHz frequency is within the General class portion of the 15-meter phone band. (G1A10) CW, RTTY, data, phone and image 21,300 kHz Your New General Bands Slide 16 16 Your New General Bands General class control operator frequency privileges The 14,305 kHz frequency is within the General class portion of the 20-meter phone band. (G1A08) CW, RTTY, phone, image, and data 14,305 kHz Slide 17 17 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) CW, RTTY and data Slide 18 18 Your New General Bands The maximum transmitting power an amateur station may use on 10.140 MHz is 200 watts PEP output. (G1C01) CW, RTTY and data 10.140 MHz Slide 19 CW, RTTY and data CW, phone and image General class control operator frequency privileges 7.250 MHz frequency is in the General Class portion of the 40-meter band. (G1A05) 7250 kHz Your New General Bands Slide 20 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) Slide 21 21 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 Slide 22 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 Slide 23 23 Your New General Bands No carriersuppressed only. Recap Slide 24 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. Slide 25 25 General class control operator frequency privileges 3560 kHz frequency is within the General class portion of the 80- meter band. (G1A09) CW, RTTY, phone, and data 3560 kHz Your New General Bands Slide 26 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) 1500 watts on all bands except 60 meters and 30 meters. However, always run the minimum power necessary. CW, RTTY, data, phone, and image Your New General Bands Slide 27 27 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) Your New General Bands Slide 28 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) Your New General Bands Slide 29 Element 3 General Class Question Pool Your New General Bands Valid July 1, 2011 Through June 30, 2015 Slide 30 30 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 Slide 31 31 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 Slide 32 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 Slide 33 33 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 Slide 34 34 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 Slide 35 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 Slide 36 G1A10 Which of the following frequencies is within the General Class portion of the 15 meter band? A.14250 kHz B.18155 kHz C.21300 kHz D.24900 kHz Slide 37 G1A08 Which of the following frequencies is within the General Class portion of the 20 meter phone band? A.14005 kHz B.14105 kHz C.14305 kHz D.14405 kHz Slide 38 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 Slide 39 G1A02 On which of the following bands is phone operation prohibited? A.160 meters B.30 meters C.17 meters D.12 meters Slide 40 G1A03 On which of the following bands is image transmission prohibited? A.160 meters B.30 meters C.20 meters D.12 meters Slide 41 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 Slide 42 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 Slide 43 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 Slide 44 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 Slide 45 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 Slide 46 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. Slide 47 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 Slide 48 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 Slide 49 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 Slide 50 G1A09 Which of the following frequencies is within the General Class portion of the 80 meter band? A.1855 kHz B.2560 kHz C.3560 kHz D.3650 kHz Slide 51 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 Slide 52 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 Slide 53 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 Slide 54 G1A13 Which, if any, amateur band is shared with the Citizens Radio Service? A.10 meters B.11 meters C.12 meters D.None