General Class Practice Test

The rules that specifically open up once you upgrade: HF band segments split by license class, power limits, and the sharper edges of the FCC regulations Technician only touched lightly.

Study G1 →

Operating on HF itself: working split, net procedures, RACES and emergency nets, and the practical habits of a crowded shortwave band that VHF/UHF repeater use never required.

Study G2 →

Propagation in real depth: sunspot cycles, the MUF, gray-line propagation, and why the same HF band can be dead at noon and wide open after dark.

Study G3 →

Running an HF station well: choosing test equipment, working DX efficiently, dealing with interference, and operating practices specific to the bands General privileges unlock.

Study G4 →

The electrical math one level up from Technician: reactance, impedance, resonance, and the circuit relationships that explain why an antenna or filter behaves the way it does.

Study G5 →

Components examined more closely: capacitor and inductor behavior, semiconductor ratings, and the practical characteristics that separate one part from another in a real circuit.

Study G6 →

Circuit design at a deeper level: oscillators, filters, power supplies, and reading a schematic well enough to identify what a given stage is actually doing.

Study G7 →

Modulation and digital modes in more depth: bandwidth, SSB and CW characteristics, and the growing set of digital modes General-class operators use on HF.

Study G8 →

HF antenna theory: dipoles, verticals, feed line loss, and matching a real antenna system to the bands your new privileges just opened up.

Study G9 →

Safety considerations that scale with a bigger HF station: higher power levels, antenna and tower work, and RF exposure evaluation for a station more capable than a Technician setup.

Study G0 →