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G1A – General Class control operator frequency privileges; primary and secondary allocations
General Class license holder is granted all amateur frequency privileges on 160, 60, 30, 17, 12, and 10 meters
Phone operation is prohibited on 30 meters
Image transmission is prohibited on 30 meters
On the 60 meters amateur band communication is restricted to only specific channels, rather than frequency ranges
7.250 MHz is in the General Class portion of the 40-meter band
3900 kHz is within the General Class portion of the 75-meter phone band
14305 kHz is within the General Class portion of the 20-meter phone band
3560 kHz is within the General Class portion of the 80-meter band
21300 kHz is within the General Class portion of the 15-meter band
28.020 MHz, 28.350 MHz, 28.550 MHz are available to a control operator holding a General Class license
When General Class licensees are not permitted to use the entire voice portion of a particular band, upper portion of the voice segment is generally available to them
If FCC rules designate the Amateur Service as a secondary user, Amateur stations are allowed to use the band only if they do not cause harmful interference to primary users
When operating on either the 30-meter or 60-meter bands, a station in the primary service interferes with your contact, move to a clear frequency or stop transmitting
In ITU region 2 operation in the 7.175 to 7.300 MHz band is permitted for a control operator holding an FCC issued General Class license
G1B – Antenna structure limitations; good engineering and good amateur practice; beacon operation; prohibited transmissions; retransmitting radio signals
200 feet is the maximum height above ground to which an antenna 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
There must be no more than one beacon signal transmitting in the same band from the same station location
Observation of propagation and reception is the purpose of a beacon station as identified in the FCC rules
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 before amateur stations may provide communications to broadcasters for dissemination to the public
Music may be transmitted by an amateur station when it is an incidental part of a manned space craft retransmission
Amateur station is permitted to transmit secret codes to control a space station
Abbreviations or procedural signals in the Amateur Service may be used if they do not obscure the meaning of a message
To comply with good amateur practice when choosing a transmitting frequency, insure that the frequency and mode selected are within your license class privileges, then follow generally accepted band plans agreed to by the Amateur Radio community and always monitor the frequency before transmitting
Amateur station may never transmit communications in which the licensee or control operator has a pecuniary (monetary) interest
100 watts PEP output is the power limit for beacon stations
FCC requires an amateur station to be operated in all respects not specifically covered by the Part 97 rules, in conformance with good engineering and good amateur practice
FCC determines “good engineering and good amateur practice” as applied to the operation of an amateur station in all respects not covered by the Part 97 rules
G1C – Transmitter power regulations; data emission standards
200 watts PEP output is the maximum transmitting power an amateur station may use on 10.140 MHz
1500 watts PEP output is the maximum transmitting power an amateur station may use on the 12-meter band
2.8 kHz is the maximum bandwidth permitted by FCC rules for Amateur Radio stations transmitting on USB frequencies in the 60-meter band
On every amateur band the transmitter power is only the minimum power necessary to carry out the desired communications
1500 watts PEP output is the transmitter power on the 28 MHz band for a General Class control operator
1500 watts PEP output is the transmitter power on the 1.8 MHz band
300 baud is the maximum symbol rate permitted for RTTY or data emission transmission on the 20-meter band
56 kilobaud is the maximum symbol rate permitted for RTTY or data emission transmitted on the 1.25-meter and 70-centimeter bands
1200 baud is the maximum symbol rate permitted for RTTY or data emission transmissions on the 10-meter band
19.6 kilobaud is the maximum symbol rate permitted for RTTY or data emission transmissions on the 2-meter band
G1D – Volunteer Examiners and Volunteer Examiner Coordinators; temporary identification
Any person who can demonstrate that they once held an FCC issued General, Advanced, or Amateur Extra class license that was not revoked by the FCC may receive credit for the elements represented by an expired amateur radio license by taking Technician license examination by an accredited VE holding a General Class operator license
On any General or Technician Class band segment you may operate if you are a Technician Class operator and have a CSCE for General Class privileges
At least three General Class or higher VEs are required for administering a Technician Class license examination
A person must have an FCC General Class or higher license and VEC accreditation before they can be an administering VE for a Technician Class license examination
You must add the special identifier “AG” after your call sign if you are a Technician Class licensee and have a CSCE for General Class operator privileges, but the FCC has not yet posted your upgrade on its website whenever you operate using General Class frequency privileges
Volunteer Examiners are accredited by Volunteer Examiner Coordinator organization
For a non-U.S. citizen to be an accredited Volunteer Examiner, they must hold an FCC granted Amateur Radio license of General Class or above
A Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE) is valid for 365 days for exam element credit
18 years is the minimum age that one must be to qualify as an accredited Volunteer Examiner
If a person has an expired FCC issued amateur radio license of General Class or higher, they must pass the current element 2 exam before they can receive a new license
G1E – Control categories; repeater regulations; harmful interference; third party rules; ITU regions; automatically controlled digital station
If third party’s amateur license has been revoked and not reinstated, it would disqualify a third party from participating in stating a message over an amateur station
10-meter repeater may retransmit the 2-meter signal from a station having a Technician Class control operator only if the 10-meter repeater control operator holds at least a General Class license
To conduct communications with a digital station operating under automatic control outside the automatic control band segments, the station initiating the contact must be under local or remote control
The following conditions require a licensed Amateur Radio operator to take specific steps to avoid harmful interference to other users or facilities, when operating within one mile of an FCC Monitoring Station, when using a band where the Amateur Service is secondary or when a station is transmitting spread spectrum emissions
Messages for a third party in another country may be transmitted by an amateur station when messages are relating to Amateur Radio or remarks of a personal character, or messages relating to emergencies or disaster relief
When there is interference between a coordinated repeater and an uncoordinated repeater, the licensee of the uncoordinated repeater has primary responsibility to resolve the interference
In every foreign country, unless there is a third party agreement in effect with that country, third party traffic is prohibited except for messages directly involving emergencies or disaster relief communications
The foreign amateur station must be in a country with which the United States has a third party agreement for a non-licensed person to communicate with a foreign Amateur Radio station from a station with an FCC-granted license at which an FCC licensed control operator is present
English only must be used when identifying your station if you are using a language other than English in making a contact using phone emission
Automatically controlled digital station is the FCC term for an unattended digital station that transfers messages to and from the Internet
Under no circumstances are messages that are sent via digital modes exempt from Part 97 third party rules that apply to other modes of communication
Anywhere in the 1.25-meter or shorter wavelength bands, and in specified segments of the 80-meter through 2-meter bands may be used for automatically controlled stations transmitting RTTY or data emissions communicate with other automatically controlled digital stations
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