Amateur Radio Quick Study Guide: General Class, July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2019

By Rogue Medical

There is no greater feeling than passing and receiving your first Amateur Radio General license. Unfortunately, the reality is that life sometimes gets in the way and causes delays. This Quick Study Guide has been designed with the time starved individual in mind that wishes to obtain their amateur radio general license with little time to fit into their schedules for extensive study.

This is NOT your normal study guide or reference manual. There are no explanations to the questions or answers. This was done to maximize your ability to study and focus on the important information to pass your test.  

This guide was created by current Amateur Radio Operators to aid others in a way to assist in learning the material quickly. This study guide can, and is highly recommended to be used in conjunction with flashcards or other study applications and programs that teach and explain the theories used in Amatuer Radio.

The Amateur Radio Quick Study Guide uses the current Federal Communications Commission (FCC) question pool and will be updated as needed. The questions and answers in here are directly from the pool of questions for the General class license test. Study hard and have confidence that the questions and answers you read here are the same as you will encounter on your test. 

The General Class License Exam consists of 35 Questions.

There are a total of 10 sections with multiple sub-sections in each Study Guide. Be prepared and ready to challenge your radio exam head on with confidence. Enjoy studying and collect the reward of the challenge.

We will be waiting for you on the air!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rogue Medical
• Release date: Jan 12, 2019
• ISBN: 9781540111470

Book preview

G1

G1-A

Q: On which of the following bands is a General Class license holder granted all amateur frequency privileges?

A: 160, 60, 30, 17, 12, and 10 meters

Q: On which of the following bands is phone operation prohibited?

A: 30 meters

Q: On which of the following bands is image transmission prohibited?

A: 30 meters

Q: Which of the following amateur bands is restricted to communication on only specific channels, rather than frequency ranges?

A: 60 meters

Q: Which of the following frequencies is in the General Class portion of the 40-meter band?

A: 7.250 MHz

Q: Which of the following frequencies is within the General Class portion of the 75-meter phone band?

A: 3900 kHz

Q: Which of the following frequencies is within the General Class portion of the 20-meter phone band?

A: 14305 kHz

Q: Which of the following frequencies is within the General Class portion of the 80-meter band?

A: 3560 kHz

Q: Which of the following frequencies is within the General Class portion of the 15-meter band?

A: 21300 kHz

Q: Which of the following frequencies is available to a control operator holding a General Class license?

A: All of these choices are correct

28.305 MHz

28.020 MHz

28.550 MHz

Q: When General Class licensees are not permitted to use the entire portion of a particular band, which portion of the voice segment is generally available to them?

A: The upper end frequency end

Q: Which of the following applies when the FCC rules designate the Amateur Service as a secondary user on a band?

A: Amateurs stations are allowed to use the band only if they do not cause harmful interference to primary users

Q: What is the appropriate action if, when operating on either the 30-meter or 60-meter bands, a station in the primary service interferes with your contact?

A: Move to a clear frequency or stop transmitting

Q: 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 2

G1-B

Q: What is the maximum height above ground to which an amateur structure may be erected without requiring notification to the FAA and registration with the FCC, provided it is not at or near a public use airport?

A: 200 feet

Q: With which of the following conditions must beacon stations comply?

A: There must be no more than one beacon signal transmitting in the same band from the same station location

Q: Which of the following is a purpose of a beacon station as identified in the FCC rules?

A: Observation of propagation and reception

Q: Which of the following must be true before amateur stations may provide communications to broadcasters for dissemination to the public?

A: The communications must directly relate to the immediate safety of human life or protection of property and there must be no other means of communication reasonably available before or at the time of the event

Q: When may music be transmitted by an amateur station?

A: When it is an incidental part of a manned space craft retransmission

Q: When is an amateur station permitted to transmit secret codes?

A: To control a space station

Q: What are the restrictions on the use of abbreviations or procedural signals in the Amateur Service?

A: They may be used if they do not obscure the meaning of a message

Q: When choosing a transmitting frequency, what should you do to comply with good amateur practice?

A: All of these choices are correct

Insure that the frequency and mode selected are within your license class