Syllubus:Technician License Preparation Course Instructor:David Lowe WE1U

telephone:207 783-1759

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Sec. 97.1 Basis and purpose.

The rules and regulations in this part are designed to provide an amateur radio service having a fundamental purpose as expressed in the following principles:

(a) Recognition and enhancement of the value of the amateur service to the public as a voluntary noncommercial communication service, particularly with respect to providing emergency communications.

(b) Continuation and extension of the amateur's proven ability to contribute to the advancement of the radio art.

(c) Encouragement and improvement of the amateur service through rules which provide for advancing skills in both the communication and technical phases of the art.

(d) Expansion of the existing reservoir within the amateur radio service of trained operators, technicians, and electronics experts.

(e) Continuation and extension of the amateur's unique ability to enhance international goodwill.

ISBN: 0-87259-963-9

Lesson	Title	Pages
0	Welcome to Amateur Radio	1-1 to 1-22
1	Equipment Definitions, Electricity	2-1 to 2-6
2	Components and Units	2-7 to 2-14
3	Signals and Waves	2-15 to 2-22
4	Antennas and Feed Lines	2-23 to 2-27
5	Propagation	2-28 to 2-30
6	Transmitters and Receivers	3-1 to 3-11
7	Station Fundamentals – Antenna Systems, Power Supplies, Handhelds	3-11 to 3-28
8	RF Interference RFI	3-29 to 3-34
9	Contact Basics, Band Plans, Making a Contact	4-1 to 4-19
10	Nets and Emergency Operation	4-20 to 4-28
11	Special Modes and Techniques	4-29 to 4-36
12	Licensing Terms, Working with the FCC, Bands and Privileges, International Rules, Call Signs	5-1 to 5-20
13	Control Operators, Identification, Interference, Third Party Communications, Automatic & Remote Operations and Prohibited Transmissions	6-1 to 6-13
14	Electrical Safety , RF Exposure	7-1 to 7-15