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The ARRL General Class License Manual for Radio Amateurs

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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.

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.

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.

Sets the standard for General class license study guides in amateur radio.

After some basic studying to complement some EE classes I passed missing only 3 questions. Good study aid.

I was well pleased to receive this book, I was notified that this book had been placed on back order, and was given a due date when the book so to be shipped. I received the book before the due date, thanks to all a job well done.

Thanks to All

I believe this book will be very helpful in studying for the test.