General Class License Manual Author: American Radio Relay League | Language: English | ISBN:
087259811X | Format: PDF
General Class License Manual Description
The ARRL Amateur Ham Radio License manual for the General Class.
For Exams taken between July 1 2011 thru June 30 2015.
All exam questions with answers & detailed explinations.
Includes practice exam software CD.
- Series: Arrl General Class License Manual for the Radio Amateur
- Paperback
- Publisher: Amer Radio Relay League; 7 Pap/Cdr edition (April 25, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 087259811X
- ISBN-13: 978-0872598119
- Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.2 x 10.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
This is a wonderful resource and contains within it everything you need to both learn the subjects covered by the General Class license test and also to pass it - these being two slightly different objectives.
The book itself is well laid out and well written, providing an easy to understand explanation of the theory and principles that one needs to know. As a stand-alone manual/textbook, it deserves very high marks.
Now for the 'secret sauce' in the book. Interspersed in the text are references to specific questions from the question pool, alongside the text that represents the answers to the questions. So you know which parts of the book to concentrate on to pass the test (as opposed to generally understand the entire subject as a whole).
I found it helpful to highlight the exact phrases in the text and link them to the question pointers.
Moving on to a 'learning to pass the test' strategy, there are several things to do. The back of the book has the entire pool of questions, and the answers to each question, and it would be possible to learn them by rote. In addition, each question is also cross-referenced back to the text in the book.
So I'd test myself each question. If I knew the answer and understood it, great. If I didn't, I'd then flip back to the appropriate page in the book and bone up on the theory behind the question and answer until I did know it. Then on to the next question, and so on.
Okay, so far so good. But wait, there's more. Also provided with the book is a CD that loads a program onto your PC (not Mac compatible) and you can use this for several different purposes. You can use it to auto-generate tests and test yourself, to see how you are doing.
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