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1. Serious ‘XM
(aka W2XM)
presents
Exam-Prep Jepperdee:
General-Class Edition

2. If you are viewing this on http://www.arrl.org/studying-for-the-
general-license , you are looking at a non-interactive preview of a game,
which, once downloaded as a PowerPoint file, is an educational and
entertaining tool designed to be used in preparation for the General-
class license exam.
The game plays similarly to the way ABC-TV’s Jeopardy plays.
There should be several players and a master of ceremonies. Each
category covers a chapter in the General Class License Manual, and each
question is from General Class Question Pool Effective 7/1/11 – 6/30/15.
The two game boards have questions of equal point value, and
each one has exactly one Daily Double. This permits a fair competition
between the players on different boards. Make up your own rules! SFJ
stands for semi-final Jepperdee and FJ stands for final jepperdee.
The entire file can be downloaded from this site as an interactive
and playable game. You may also receive this file by e-mail by
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3. Procedures Rules and Components Radio Signals
& Practices Regulations and Circuits & Equipment
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SFJ

4. ANTENNAS & PROPAGATION ELECTRICAL & VOCABULARY
XMSN LINES RF SAFETY
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FJ

5. G8B10
What does the
number 31
represent in
PSK31?

6. The approximate
transmitted symbol
rate
back

7. G2A04Which mode is
most commonly used
for voice on the 17-
and 12-meter bands?

8. Upper sideband
back

9. G2B05Under normal
conditions, what is
the minimum fre-
quency separation
between SSB signals?

10. Approx. 3 kHz
back

11. G2C07
When sending
CW, what does a
“C” mean when
added to the RST

12. Chirpy or unstable
signal
back

13. What segment
G2E04 (B)
of the 20-meter
band is most often
used for data
transmissions?

14. 14.070 - 14.100
MHz
back

15. G1B03
For what purpose
might a radio
amateur operate a
beacon station?

16. Observation of
propagation and
reception
back

17. When’s it permis-
G2D05
sible to communicate
with stations in coun-
tries outside areas
administered by FCC?

18. When contact is
with hams in
countries whose
administrations do
not object back

19. G1E01
What would dis-
qualify a 3rd party
from participating in
stating a message
over amateur radio?

20. The third party’s
amateur license
had ever been
revoked
back

21. G1A04
What amateur
band permits only
channelized ham
operation?

22. 60 meters
back

23. G1B06
When is an ama-
teur station permit-
ted to transmit
secret codes?

24. To control a space
station
back

25. How many watts
G5B03
of electrical power
are used if 400 VDC
is supplied to an
800-ohm load?

26. 200 watts
back

27. G5B06
What is the PEP
output from a xmtr if
an o’scope measures
200 volts p-p across a
50-ohm dummy?

28. 100 watts
back

29. G5A02
What is reactance?

30. Opposition to the
flow of alternating
current caused by
capacitance or
inductance back

31. G6C02
What is meant by
the phrase MMIC?

32. Monolithic
Microwave
Integrated Circuit
back

33. G7B03
What is the output
of a 2-input AND
gate when both
inputs are high?

34. high
back

35. G8B11
How does FEC allow
the receiver to
correct errors in
received data
packets?

36. By transmitting
redundant
information with
the data
back

37. G8A12
What signal(s) would
be found at the
output of a properly
adjusted balanced
modulator?

38. Both upper and
lower sidebands
back

39. G4A03
What is normally
meant by operating
a transceiver in
"split" mode?

40. The transceiver is
set to different
transmit and
receive frequencies
back

41. In an SSB xmtr, in
G7C01
what kind of circuit is
the output of the
balanced modulator
processed before going
to the mixer?

42. Filter
back

43. G7B12
Of choices
A, B, AB, and
C, which amplifier
class is the most
efficient?

44. Class C
back

45. G4E02 What is the
purpose of a
"corona ball" on a
HF mobile
antenna?

46. To reduce high
voltage discharge
from the tip of the
antenna
back

47. G9C02What is the
approximate length
of the driven
element of a Yagi
antenna?

48. 1/2 wavelength
back

49. G9C16
How does the gain of
a 2-element delta-
loop compare to the
gain of a two-el quad
antenna?

50. About the same
back

51. G9D10
Describe a
Beverage antenna.

52. A very long and low
directional
receiving antenna
back

53. What device is
G4A06
often used to
match the xmtr
output to other
than 50 ohms?

54. Antenna coupler
back

55. G2D06
How is a directional
antenna pointed
when making a
“long-path” contact
with another station?

56. 180 degrees from
its short-path
heading
back

57. What happens to
G3B05
sigs. with frequencies
between LUF and
MUF when they go
into the ionosphere?

58. They are bent
back to the Earth
back

59. G3A10
What causes HF
propagation
conditions to vary
periodically in a 28-
day cycle?

60. The Sun’s rotation
on its axis
back

61. What usually
G3B06
happens to signals
with frequencies
below the Lowest
Usable Frequency?

62. They are
completely
absorbed by the
ionosphere
back

63. What allows a signal
G3C09
to be detected at a
distance too far for
ground wave but too
near for normal sky-
wave propagation?

64. Scatter
back

65. G0B02What is the min.
wire size that may be
safely used for a
circuit that draws up
to 20 A continuously?

66. AWG number 12
back

67. G0B09
Why should soldered
joints not be used with
the wires that connect
the base of a tower to a
system of ground rods?

68. A soldered joint
will be destroyed
by the heat of a
lightning strike
back

69. What type of
G0A09
instrument can be
used to accurately
measure an RF
field?

70. A calibrated field-
strength meter
with a calibrated
antenna
back

71. G0B08
What should be done
by any person
preparing to climb a
tower that supports
electrical devices?

72. Make sure all
circuits that supply
power to the tower
are locked out and
tagged back

73. G0A01
How does RF
energy affect
human
body tissue?

74. It heats body
tissue
back

75. isotropic antenna

76. An antenna that
radiates and/or
receives equally
in all directions
back

77. The basic unit of
inductance

78. Henry
back

79. local oscillator

80. an oscillator that
generates one of
the input signals
to a mixer
back

81. Solar cycle

82. the 10.7-year
periodic variation
in solar activity
back

83. A resistor with a
precise temperature
coeffient that allows
it to be used as a
temperature sensor

84. thermistor
back

85. DAILY DOUBLE
Your wager?
Here’s the question…

86. DAILY DOUBLE
Your wager?
Here’s the question…

87. Semi-final Jepperdee
TOPIC:
NOMENCLATURE
YOUR WAGER?

88. The 3 connections
on a quarter-inch
stereo phone plug
are called “tip,”
“ring,” and what?

89. sleeve
To game 2 board

90. sleeve
To game 2 board

91. Final Jepperdee
TOPIC:
RESONANCE
YOUR WAGER?

92. Besides induc-
tance, what
electrical quantity
exists in a coil that
is self-resonant?

93. capacitance
Next slide

94. We hope Exam-
prep Jepperdee
was helpful!
Comments? Suggestions?