Amateur Radio Licensing Study Group

Topics for the study group:

1. Overview of amateur radio
2. Show and tell
   1. VHF/UHF FM, repeaters
   2. APRS
   3. JT65A
   4. PSK31 with WebSDR
   5. PSKmail
   6. RTLSDR
   7. Disaster plan
3. Spectrum, bands, band plans
4. Radio frequency communication
   1. Electromagnetic waves
   2. Carrier waves
   3. Baseband/audio frequency
   4. Time domain vs frequency domain
   5. Modulation
   6. Continuous wave
   7. Amplitude modulation
   8. Single sideband
   9. Frequency modulation
   10. Bandwidth
5. Electrical principles
   1. Power
   2. Ohm's law
   3. Instruments
   4. Units, SI prefixes
   5. dB
   6. Resistor, capacitor, inductor
   7. Batteries
   8. Diodes and transistors
6. Propagation
7. Antennas and feedlines
   1. Common antenna types
   2. Feedlines and SWR
8. Station equipment
9. Operating procedures

Other topics are for self study.