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Topic G1:
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Commission's Rules
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G1A:
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General class control operator frequency privileges; primary and secondary allocations
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G1B:
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Antenna structure limitations; good engineering and good amateur practice; beacon operation; restricted operation; retransmitting radio signals
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G1C:
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Transmitter power regulations; HF data emission standards
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G1D:
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Volunteer Examiners and Volunteer Examiner Coordinators; temporary identification
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G1E:
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Control categories; repeater regulations; harmful interference; third party rules; ITU regions
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Topic G2:
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Operating Procedures
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G2A:
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Phone operating procedures; USB/LSB utilization conventions; procedural signals; breaking into a QSO in progress; VOX operation
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G2B:
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Operating courtesy; band plans
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G2C:
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Emergencies, including drills and emergency communications
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G2D:
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Amateur auxiliary; minimizing Interference; HF operations
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G2E:
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Digital operating: procedures, procedural signals and common abbreviations
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G2F:
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CW operating procedures and procedural signals, Q signals and common abbreviations; full break in
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Topic G3:
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Radio Wave Propagation
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G3A:
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Sunspots and solar radiation; ionospheric disturbances; propagation forecasting and indices
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G3B:
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Maximum Usable Frequency; Lowest Usable Frequency; propagation "hops"
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G3C:
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Ionospheric layers; critical angle and frequency; HF scatter; Near Vertical Incidence Sky waves
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Topic G4:
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Amateur Radio Practices
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G4A:
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Two-tone Test; amplifier tuning and neutralization; DSP
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G4B:
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Test and monitoring equipment
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G4C:
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Interference with consumer electronics; grounding
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G4D:
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Speech processors; S meters; common connectors
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G4E:
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HF mobile radio installations; emergency and battery powered operation
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Topic G5:
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Electrical Principles
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G5A:
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Resistance; reactance; inductance; capacitance; impedance; impedance matching
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G5B:
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The Decibel; current and voltage dividers; electrical power calculations; sine wave root-mean-square (RMS) values; PEP calculations
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G5C:
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Resistors, capacitors, and inductors in series and parallel; transformers
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Topic G6:
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Circuit Components
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G6A:
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Resistors; capacitors; inductors
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G6B:
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Rectifiers; solid state diodes and transistors; solar cells; vacuum tubes; batteries
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G6C:
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Analog and digital integrated circuits (IC's); microprocessors; memory; I/O devices; microwave IC's (MMIC's ); display devices
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Topic G7:
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Practical Circuits
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G7A:
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Power supplies; transmitters and receivers; filters; schematic symbols
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G7B:
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Digital circuits (gates, flip-flops, shift registers); amplifiers and oscillators
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Topic G8:
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Signals and Emissions
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G8A:
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Carriers and modulation: AM; FM; single and double sideband ; modulation envelope; deviation; overmodulation
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G8B:
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Frequency mixing; multiplication; HF data communications; bandwidths of various modes
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Topic G9:
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Antennas and Feedlines
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G9A:
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Antenna feedlines: characteristic impedance, and attenuation; SWR calculation, measurement and effects; matching networks
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G9B:
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Basic antennas
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G9C:
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Directional antennas
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G9D:
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Specialized antennas
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Topic G0:
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Electrical and RF Safety
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G0A:
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RF safety principles, rules and guidelines; routine station evaluation
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G0B:
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Safety in the ham shack: electrical shock and treatment, grounding, fusing, interlocks, wiring, antenna and tower safety
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