The ARRL General Class License Manual for Radio Amateurs [Paperback]

Larry D. Wolfgang (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 395 pages
• Publisher: American Radio Relay League (ARRL); 5 edition (May 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0872599205
• ISBN-13: 978-0872599208
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,304,189 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Obsolescence is upon this book, January 20, 2007

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D. Niemeyer "scanbuff" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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The FCC is about to drop the morse code requirement, there is talk about changing the question set as a consequence and the window to use the guidance from this book is closing. I will not enter the fray of the Code/No Code discussion. Personally I will be taking the General license test only because of the dropping of the Code requirement as I lack the ability to tune to and interpret Code. It is my understanding from web research that they are going to implement a harder set of questions in June and the Code requirement will be dropped in mid-February. Get this book, study hard, take the test and pass by June. Or wait, get the updated version when it becomes available, take a more difficult test, pass. Then you'll be talking.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Passed..., March 27, 2007

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Used this to pass the ARRL General exam a month after getting my Technician license. After a friend of mine showed me a lot of the stuff I'd only read about in the Technician book...made the information in the General book much easier to understand.

After only a week & 1/2...passed the exam with only missing 5 questions. Not the score I wanted...but a pass is a pass.

Unlike the Gordon West books which just lists the questions & answers to allow you to pass the exam...these set of books do that...but also explain the reason why. The answers are nice...but I want to know the reason why. The ARRL books give you this information & much more.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stop your search for a great resource in ham radio testing, February 16, 2007

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Dennis Caisse (Lockport, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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I am nearly through the manual, and find it challenging but doable. I do not have a background in electrical engineering or radio, but am preparing for the General License Exam. The text is informative, provides many good examples, diagrams, authentic forms, and uses follow up questions to check understanding. After going through the chapters, I feel more prepared to test for basic electricity, radio theory, practical circuits, and antennas. If you put in your time to study and use this book, you should feel secure in earning your Element 3 license. The price is reasonable and the publisher is the absolute best source for the book's content. I just purchased another book titled, Ham Radio for Dummies. This too is available on amazon.com. So, go ahead, click "Place my order" on the tab above. Hope to hear you on the air. KC2JCZ.