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General Class Reference Sheet

Radio Units

Prefix Symbol Power X 10x Value Examples


giga G 9 Hertz, Watts e.g., Giga Hz or Giga W
mega M 6 Hertz, Ohms, Watts
kilo K 3 Hertz, Ohms, Watts, Volts
(unit) 0
milli m -3 Volts, Amps, Watts, Henrys
micro µ -6 Volts, Amps, Henrys, Farads
nano n -9 Farads
pico p -12 Farads

Power Formulas with Resistance


Formula #1 Formula #2 Formula #3
𝐸 2 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠
𝑃 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑠 = 𝐼 2𝐴𝑚𝑝𝑠 𝑋 𝑅 𝑂ℎ𝑚𝑠 𝛺 𝑃 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑠 = 𝑅 𝑂ℎ𝑚𝑠 𝛺
𝐸 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠 = √𝑃 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑠 𝑋 𝑅 𝑂ℎ𝑚𝑠 Ω

Reactance
1
𝑋𝐿 = 2𝜋𝑓𝐿 Direct Relationship 𝑋𝐶 = 2𝜋𝑓𝐶 Inverse Relationship

Peak to RMS Conversion


𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠𝑅𝑀𝑆 = 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠𝑃𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑋 .707 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠𝑃𝑒𝑎𝑘 = 𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑠𝑅𝑀𝑆 𝑋 1.414

dB Reference
dB Power Increase Power Decrease
1 X 1.2 X .8 or 20.6% decrease
2 X 1.6 X .6
3 Double or 2X 50% or 1/2
6 Quadruple or 4X 25% or 1/4
10 10X 10% or 1/10
20 100X 1% or 1/100

A change of one S Unit represents a 6 dB change in signal level, as if the sending station increased power by 4X

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General Class Exam Question Tips

• General Class frequency privileges – memorizing these numbers, and one set of band limits, will help answer
multiple exam pool questions:

7.25

3560

3900

14305

The 10-meter band is 28.000 to 29.700

(G1A05, G1A06, G1A07, G1A08, G1A10)

• There is a question that asks which bands include all General all Amateur frequency privileges. Memory trick: “You
have all privileges on many bands, but 15 meters is not one of them” will help you answer this one. (G1A01)

• Frequencies used for digital modes: answer will include a frequency that ends in 70 such as 14.070 or 3570. (G2E04,
G2E07, G2E08)

• Junction threshold voltage for Germanium and Silicon diodes:

Ge3manium (.3 Volts) (G6A03)

Si7icon (.7 Volts) (G6A05)

• Combined value for parallel resistors or inductors without using a calculator: answer will be smaller than the
smallest value, but not radically so. (G5C04, G5C10, G5C15)

• Combined value for series capacitors without using a calculator: answer will be smaller than the smallest value, but
not radically so. (G5C09, G5C12)

• Some questions give a frequency and ask about a band (or vice versa). Divide 300 by the value given to get the
other. Example: which frequency is in the 15-meter band? Divide 300 by 15 to get 20 MHz. The closest answer is
21.3 MHz or 21300 KHz. (G1A09)

• Calculate SWR for a given an impedance mismatch: divide the larger impedance by the smaller. The SWR is always
expressed as <answer>:1. (G9A09, G9A10, G9A11)

• Antenna lengths for a half wave dipole, in feet: divide 492 by the frequency in MHz and pick the closest answer.
(G9B10, G9B11). Be careful – if the question is for a ¼ wavelength, the answer will be half of the calculation for a
half wave dipole length. (G9B12)

• Power calculations: determine what value is being requested, look at the values that are given, match those to one
of the formulas on the Reference Sheet (#1, #2, #3 or the “PIE” circle), plug in the values, and solve. (G5B03, G5B04,
G5B05, G5B06, G5B14). Note that these are all from group G5B, so there will be no more than one question on the
exam from this group (and your exam may not include a power calculation question).

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