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Amateur Radio Licenses

The requirements needed for an Amateur radio license may vary depending on which country you live in. This page discusses Amateur radio licensing in the United States. There are currently just three classes of Ham radio licenses, they are Technician, General, and Extra Class. Each license class offers different operating privileges.

Before an amateur radio license can be granted, testing is administered to the applicant to prove his/her ability to properly operate an amateur radio station. As one advances through each license class, the knowledge needed to pass each test increases.

There are two types of tests that are administered, they are: theory and code. The only class of license that requires any Morse code knowledge to pass the test is the General class test.

Listed below are the amateur radio license classes along with their requirements:
Element 2	No Code Testing Required But is Optional For HF Privileges	Technician Class
Element 3	5 Words per Minute Code Required	General Class
Element 4	No Additional Code Testing Required	Extra Class

By passing each level, you will be able to take the next higher test. Testing for each level consist of multiple-choice questions. The Technician class has 35 questions. Some of the topics you will study are, radio operating practices, F.C.C. rules and basic electronic theory.

The Morse code test simply consists of translating a message sent in the international Morse code to its appropriate text characters on paper. There are two ways to pass this test.

1) A 10 question written exam on the messages content.

2) By having one consecutive minute of solid copy written on your paper (25 characters in a row ).
* note 5 characters=1 word.

Amateur radio band allocations by operating class

This is a general list containing the band of frequencies allocated,
portions of each band may be reserved for CW work only.

	Extra	General	Technician + Morse code	Technician
160 Meters	1.800 to 2.000 MHz	1.800 to 2.000 MHz	N/A	N/A
80 Meters	3.500 to 4.000 MHz	3.525 to 3.750 MHz 3.850 to 4.000 MHz	3.675 to 3.725 MHz	N/A
40 Meters	7.000 to 7.300 MHz	7.025 to 7.150 MHz 7.225 to 7.300 MHz	7.100 to 7.150 MHz	N/A
30 Meters	10.100 to 10.150 MHz	10.100 to 10.150 MHz	N/A	N/A
20 Meters	14.000 to 14.350 MHz	14.025 to 14.150 MHz 14.225 to 14.350 MHz	N/A	N/A
17 Meters	18.068 to 18.168 MHz	18.068 to 18.168 MHz	N/A	N/A
15 Meters	21.000 to 21.450 MHz	21.025 to 21.200 MHz 21.300 to 21.450 MHz	21.100 to 21.200 MHz	N/A
12 Meters	24.890 to 24.990 MHz	24.890 to 24.990 MHz	N/A	N/A
10 Meters	28.000 to 29.700 MHz	28.000 to 29.700 MHz	28.100 to 28.500 MHz	N/A
6 Meters	50.000 to 54.000 MHz	50.000 to 54.000 MHz	50.000 to 54.000 MHz	50.000 to 54.000 MHz
2 Meters	144 to 148 MHz	144 to 148 MHz	144 to 148 MHz	144 to 148 MHz
1.25 Meters	222 to 225 MHz	222 to 225 MHz	222 to 225 MHz	222 to 225 MHz
70 Centimeters	420 to 450 MHz	420 to 450 MHz	420 to 450 MHz	420 to 450 MHz
33 Centimeters	902 to 928 MHz	902 to 928 MHz	902 to 928 MHz	902 to 928 MHz
23 Centimeters	1240 to 1300 MHz	1240 to 1300 MHz	1240 to 1300 MHz	1240 to 1300 MHz
NOTE: The ARRL has a more detailed (and in color) version you can download http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/bands.html

Here are some more pages of interest found on the Internet for beginners to explore

The question pools for all of the amateur radio exams are available from the

Amateur Radio Relay League

Introduction to Ham Radio

http://www.arrl.org/hamradio.html

http://www.qsl.net/kd4sai/intro.html

http://youthtech.com/hamradio/intro.htm

On-Line Testing

http://www.eham.net/exams/

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