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Welcome to the General Class License Manual Web site!

This Web site is designed to provide additional information for you as you study for your General Class Amateur Radio license.

We assume that you are using the ARRL General Class License Manual as your textbook. Each of the sections on this Web site corresponds to a chapter in the book. Click on the chapter you’re reading and you’ll find a page containing all of the links referenced in the book plus some others that may be of interest!

You’ll especially want to check out the on-line exam practice sites (links can be found in the reference list for Chapter 1) to prepare for your FCC exam.

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Now Available: A Question Pool That Follows the Book

There are significant differences between the order of topics in the official Question Pool subelements and the arrangement of material in the text. An alternate arrangement of the questions that follows the text more closely is available on this Web site. Download the material as a PDF file you can print or view.

Supplemental Information to the General Class License Manual

• Supplemental information to 1st edition and 1st printing (pdf) Last changed August 22, 2008
• Replacement for Figure 4-4 on page 4-8 (pdf). This figure has been corrected to show proper NPN and PNP bipolar transistor symbols.