WEBVTT NOTE What General Privileges Actually Are 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.273 What the upgrade buys. There is a diagram here. Ten horizontal band strips from 160 metres to 10 metres. 2 00:00:10.273 --> 00:00:22.226 On each, a filled bar shows what a General licensee may use and an outlined bar shows the wider Amateur Extra allocation. 3 00:00:22.226 --> 00:00:43.859 On 80, 40, 20 and 15 metres the Extra allocation extends below the General segment; on 75 metres General starts at 3.800 megahertz against Extra's 3.600. On 40 metres General has a gap between 7.125 and 7.175 megahertz. 4 00:00:43.859 --> 00:01:02.825 On 160, 60, 30, 17, 12 and 10 metres the two are identical. Six of the ten HF bands are identical for General and Extra: 160, 60, 30, 17, 12, and 10 metres. On those, a General has everything. 5 00:01:02.825 --> 00:01:16.852 The other four, 80, 40, 20, and 15 metres, have segments reserved for Amateur Extra. Those are the same four bands the pool asks about, twice: 6 00:01:16.852 --> 00:01:27.732 Question. On which HF and/or MF amateur bands are there portions where General class licensees cannot transmit? 7 00:01:28.632 --> 00:01:37.072 Answer. 80 meters, 40 meters, 20 meters, and 15 meters. 8 00:01:37.672 --> 00:01:45.395 Question. Which HF bands have segments exclusively allocated to Amateur Extra licensees? 9 00:01:46.295 --> 00:01:54.735 Answer. 80 meters, 40 meters, 20 meters, and 15 meters. 10 00:01:55.335 --> 00:02:04.295 Same four bands, same answer, asked from both directions. The rule that predicts the boundaries. 11 00:02:04.295 --> 00:02:15.495 Question. When General class licensees are not permitted to use the entire voice portion of a band, which portion of the voice segment is available to them? 12 00:02:16.395 --> 00:02:19.689 Answer. The upper frequency portion. 13 00:02:20.289 --> 00:02:44.219 Extra gets the bottom; General gets the top. That single sentence generates the phone boundaries: Band, 75 m; General phone, 3.800 to 4.000 MHz; Extra phone starts at, 3.600. 14 00:02:44.219 --> 00:03:05.673 Band, 40 m; General phone, 7.175 to 7.300 MHz; Extra phone starts at, 7.125. Band, 20 m; General phone, 14.225 to 14.350 MHz; Extra phone starts at, 14.150. 15 00:03:05.673 --> 00:03:16.538 Band, 15 m; General phone, 21.275 to 21.450 MHz; Extra phone starts at, 21.200. 16 00:03:16.538 --> 00:03:36.479 If you remember only "General gets the upper part," you can reconstruct which of two frequencies is available without recalling the exact number. 17 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:57.383 A worked example the pool asks: is 21300 kHz in the General portion of 15 metres? 21300 kHz is 21.300 MHz, which is above 21.275, yes. The 40 metre gap. 18 00:03:57.383 --> 00:04:07.285 One boundary does not follow the pattern, and the pool asks it directly. 19 00:04:07.285 --> 00:04:16.139 Question. On which of the following frequencies are General class licensees prohibited from operating as control operator? 20 00:04:17.039 --> 00:04:25.079 Answer. 7.125 MHz to 7.175 MHz. 21 00:04:25.679 --> 00:04:39.664 The General 40 metre allocation is in two pieces, 7.025 to 7.125, then 7.175 to 7.300, with a 50 kHz Extra-only gap between them. 22 00:04:39.664 --> 00:04:58.202 It is the only band where a General allocation is interrupted rather than merely truncated, and it is worth memorising as a special case. The two bands with unusual rules. 23 00:04:58.202 --> 00:05:03.839 30 metres (10.100 to 10.150 MHz) is the odd one out: 24 00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:09.705 Question. On which of the following bands is phone operation prohibited? 25 00:05:10.605 --> 00:05:13.350 Answer. 30 meters. 26 00:05:13.950 --> 00:05:20.790 Question. On which of the following bands is image transmission prohibited? 27 00:05:21.690 --> 00:05:24.435 Answer. 30 meters. 28 00:05:25.035 --> 00:05:38.459 CW and data only. Thirty metres is a narrow band shared with fixed services worldwide, and voice would swamp it. 10 metres is the most generous: 29 00:05:38.459 --> 00:05:50.259 Question. On which amateur frequencies in the 10-meter band may stations with a General class control operator transmit CW emissions? 30 00:05:51.159 --> 00:05:54.319 Answer. The entire band. 31 00:05:54.919 --> 00:05:59.160 And it is the only HF band with repeaters: 32 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:05.440 Question. What portion of the 10-meter band is available for repeater use? 33 00:06:06.340 --> 00:06:12.140 Answer. The portion above 29.5 MHz. 34 00:06:12.740 --> 00:06:15.265 Primary and secondary. 35 00:06:15.265 --> 00:06:26.465 Question. Which of the following applies when the FCC rules designate the amateur service as a secondary user on a band? 36 00:06:27.365 --> 00:06:38.285 Answer. Amateur stations must not cause harmful interference to primary users and must accept interference from primary users. 37 00:06:38.885 --> 00:06:57.280 Both halves matter. You must not interfere with the primary service, and you have no protection from it. On 60 metres and parts of 30 metres, hearing a non-amateur station means moving. The habit. 38 00:06:57.280 --> 00:07:16.614 Before transmitting on a new band, ask three questions: Which segment am I in, does this band have an Extra-only portion, and am I above it? What emissions are permitted here, 30 metres is CW and data only. 39 00:07:16.614 --> 00:07:36.135 Am I primary or secondary, and if secondary, am I prepared to move? Check yourself. Is 14.200 MHz available to a General for phone? You want to work SSB on 40 metres. What is the lowest frequency you may use? 40 00:07:36.135 --> 00:07:41.485 Why is a General not permitted to use phone on 30 metres? 41 00:07:47.485 --> 00:08:10.792 No. General phone on 20 metres starts at 14.225 MHz; 14.200 is in the Extra-only portion. 7.175 MHz. The General allocation resumes there after the 7.125 to 7.175 gap, and phone begins at the same point. 42 00:08:10.792 --> 00:08:24.685 Phone is prohibited on 30 metres for everyone. It is a narrow band shared with fixed services, restricted to CW and data.