General Class
Intermediate license providing expanded HF privileges. Covers more advanced operating procedures, radio wave propagation, and circuit theory. 35 questions, 26 needed to pass.
Which of the following is characteristic of a direct digital synthesizer (DDS)?
Which of the following is an advantage of a digital signal processing (DSP) filter compared to an analog filter?
What term specifies a filter’s attenuation inside its passband?
Which parameter affects receiver sensitivity?
What is the phase difference between the I and Q RF signals that software-defined radio (SDR) equipment uses for modulation and demodulation?
What is an advantage of using I-Q modulation with software-defined radios (SDRs)?
Which of these functions is performed by software in a software-defined radio (SDR)?
What is the frequency above which a low-pass filter’s output power is less than half the input power?
What term specifies a filter’s maximum ability to reject signals outside its passband?
The bandwidth of a band-pass filter is measured between what two frequencies?
How is direct binary FSK modulation generated?
What is the name of the process that changes the phase angle of an RF signal to convey information?
What is the name of the process that changes the instantaneous frequency of an RF wave to convey information?
What emission is produced by a reactance modulator connected to a transmitter RF amplifier stage?
What type of modulation varies the instantaneous power level of the RF signal?
Which of the following is characteristic of QPSK31?
Which of the following phone emissions uses the narrowest bandwidth?
Which of the following is an effect of overmodulation?
What type of modulation is used by FT8?
What is meant by the term “flat-topping,” when referring to an amplitude-modulated phone signal?
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