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1 STOLEN SLIDE GUIDEEXTRAC lass! Matt & Brian sAD7FO s 2012-2016 Extra Class Syllabus Rev Page 1 Preparing for the Extra class license exam Author: Jack Tiley AD7FO Revision: (February 20, 2013) Required For this class: Copy of ARRL Tenth Edition of the Extra Class License Manual or recent copy of the ARRL Handbook (both are available from ARRL or ham radio retailers). Scientific Calculator that you can operate. Available from stores like Wal-Mart and office supply stores for $15 or less. o Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide o Base Ten Logarithms o Simple trigonometric functions o Squares, Square root A printed copy of this syllabus.

2 Pencil/pen and note pad to take notes and work out problems Access to a computer with internet access at home or at a library to take practice exams. A desire to study , Learn and ask questions. AD7FO s 2012-2016 Extra Class Syllabus Rev Page 2 Amateur radio Extra Class License Class Syllabus Author: Jack Tiley AD7FO This material is based on the July 1, 2012 Extra Class Question Pool with additional information added to explain the answers. Questions are shown with the correct answer only, which in the authors view makes it easier when you see the other choices in your exam to identify the correct answer.

3 Question numbers have been included so you can go to the ARRL Extra Class License Manual questions in the back of the manual to see the other answer choices and for the referenced page(s) in the License Manual that will provide further explanation of the subject. It is not required, that you have your own copy of the ARRL (American radio Relay League) Extra class license manual for the class which is available for purchase from ARRL publication sales on the ARRL web site and through amateur radio dealers. If you want more technical detail the author suggests you acquire a copy of a recent ARRL Handbook to help you understand the topics covered in this syllabus.

4 Handbooks a few years old are fine and frequently available for reasonable prices at hamfests. Many of the illustrations used were copied from the ARRL Handbook CD-ROM and scanned from the license manual with permission from the copyright owner, ARRL, as well as other public sites on the web. This document has been written to assist instructors and students and may be distributed freely as long as no charge for the material is made, except for reproduction costs associated with delivering paper copies or electronic copies on CD-ROM s and this note of copyright permission is not removed.

5 While every effort was made to insure the accuracy of the material herein, this material was prepared by an ordinary human, and there is always the possibility that a few typographical or other errors may remain. If you find any errors your feedback would be appreciated by the author who can be contacted at . Additional information and resources to help you study for the Extra Class License can be found on the ARRL web site at . This site has articles and resources for reference materials on all aspects of the exam questions and links to math tutorials for those who have not used any algebra or trigonometry recently (the level of math required for the Extra Class License is not that difficult to master).

6 About the author A retired Electrical Engineer with 44 years experience ten years in the measurements/metrology field and thirty four years in the electronics and communications field with Hewlett Packard Test Instrument Group, now Agilent Technologies. Author contact Information: Hobbies Amateur radio , Test Equipment, Electronics in general Attending every hamfests I can, including Hamvention in Dayton Ohio Developing and presenting technical training for amateur radio .

7 Teaching and mentoring I Teach Technician, General and Extra License Classes (with training materials I have written) I wrote and taught Emcomm I training and have written training for the new 4th edition emcomm training course. I have written 20+ other training presentations for amateur radio . Contact the author if you are interested in using them for your local amateur radio meetings. ARRL Eastern Washington Technical Coordinator and Spokane County Technical specialist. Technical training for the Spokane County ARES/RACES Group and the Inland Empire VHF Club Inland Empire VHF Club Director 2009 thru 2012 President 2012- current Other ARRL Appointments: ARRL VE (Volunteer Examiner) ARRL Registered Instructor ARRL Certified EMCOMM instructor AD7FO s 2012-2016 Extra Class Syllabus Rev Page 3 GUIDE to using this syllabus.

8 Each question from the license manual is shown in bold type----- E1A04 The first two characters are the license class sub element number ---E1A04 ---for Extra class subelement 1. The next letter identifies the group in the sub element ---E1A04 -- and the groups are in alphabetical order. The last two characters are the question number in the group -- E1A04-- in numerical order starting with 01. If the question number is followed by another number in brackets, like 1A12 [ , ], the number in Brackets refers to a specific regulation in part 97 0f the FCC rules governing amateur radio .

9 This Syllabus was written to teach the material not just teach the answers, although it can be used that way. When the Author teaches this class it includes equipment and theory demonstrations and chalk Talk . If you plan to teach classes using this syllabus visit the Inland Empire VHF Club website at contact the author for a copy of the instructors GUIDE . The author offers additional explanations and graphics when felt that it would aid in understanding. These explanations and comments and explanations are shown in bold blue italicized text as shown below: Telemetry is a technology that allows the remote measurement.

10 In problems involving math solutions are shown with precision that may be greater than the test answers (they may be rounded up or down) to allow you to verify your own solution to the problem. The following is an example: Z= SQR(X + (XL Xc) ) or Z= SQR( 400 + (0 - 300) ) or Z= SQR(250,000) or Z= 500 Angle is arc tan (reactance/resistance) or arc tan (300/400) or arc tan (.75) or The author suggests you look at the number of questions in each sub element and if there is one element you find particularly difficult consider concentrating on those areas you find easier to learn.