General Class Operating Privileges Flashcards
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A General class licensee may use CW on 10 meters starting at which frequency?
Answer: 28.000 MHz
General class operators have CW privileges across the entire 10-meter band starting at 28.000 MHz.
Which band is exclusively allocated for Extra class phone operation at its lower end, restricting General class phone there?
Answer: 20 meters (14.150–14.225 MHz)
On 20 meters, 14.150–14.225 MHz is reserved for Extra class phone; General class phone begins at 14.225 MHz.
What additional HF privileges does upgrading from Technician to General class primarily provide?
Answer: HF phone and CW privileges on 160, 80, 60, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, and 12 meters
The primary benefit of the General upgrade is gaining HF phone and CW access on nearly all HF bands.
On 12 meters, which emission modes are available to a General class licensee?
Answer: CW, phone, and RTTY/data
General class has full privileges on 12 meters (24.890–24.990 MHz), including CW, phone, and data modes.
If a General class operator transmits phone on 21.100 MHz, what rule is being violated?
Answer: Using an unauthorized emission type below 21.200 MHz
Below 21.200 MHz on 15 meters is allocated for CW and digital; phone is not permitted there for any license class.
Which of the following is a privilege that General class shares equally with Extra class?
Answer: Full phone privileges on 17 meters
Both General and Extra class licensees have full privileges on the 17-meter WARC band.
What is the highest frequency limit of the General class phone segment on 40 meters?
Answer: 7.300 MHz
General class phone privileges on 40 meters run from 7.175 MHz up to 7.300 MHz, the top of the band.