General Class Exam Prep
Welcome to the Wave Talkers Amateur Radio Exam Prep for the General Class License. In order to receive to your General Class ham radio license you need to pass the FCC Element 3 exam. This site has been built to help you prepare for that exam.
G1: Commission's Rules
General Class operator privileges, antenna structure limitations, transmitter power regulations, VE and VEC, control categories.
5 Topics
64 Questions in this pool
5 Questions will be on your exam
Section G1
G2: Operating Procedures
Phone, CW and digital operating procedures, operating courtesy, amateur auxiliary.
5 Topics
60 Questions in this pool
5 Questions will be on your exam
Section G2
G3: Radio Wave Propagation
Radio wave characteristics: properties of radio waves; propagation modes
3 Topics
36 Questions in this pool
3 Questions will be on your exam
Section G3
G4: Amateur Radio Practices
Station operation, testing, interference, speech processors, HF mobile
5 Topics
67 Questions in this pool
5 Questions will be on your exam
Section G4
G5: Electrical Principles
Electrical principles and calculations
3 Topics
43 Questions in this pool
3 Questions will be on your exam
Section G5
G6: Circuit Components
Electrical components and integrated circuits
2 Topics
27 Questions in this pool
2 Questions will be on your exam
Section G6
G7: Practical Circuits
Power supplies, digital circuits, and oscilators
3 Topics
40 Questions in this pool
3 Questions will be on your exam
Section G7
G8: Signals and Emmissions
Carriers and modulation, frequency mixing, digital emission modes
3 Topics
38 Questions in this pool
3 Questions will be on your exam
Section G8
G9: Antennas and Feedlines
Antennas and feed lines; basic, directional, and specialized antennas
4 Topics
54 Questions in this pool
4 Questions will be on your exam
Section G9
G0: Electrical and RF Safety
RF safety, rules, guidelines, grounding, and antenna safety
2 Topics
25 Questions in this pool
2 Questions will be on your exam
Section G0