Syllabus for HAM Radio Examination

Section 1: 

Part I: Written Test 

Radio Theory and Practice:

Elementary electricity and magnetism, Elementary theory of electricity, conductors and insulators units, Ohm's law, resistance in series and parallel, conductance, power and energy, permanent magnets and electromagnets and their use in work, self and mutual inductance, construction of various types of capacitors and their arrangements in series and /or parallel.

Elementary Theory of Alternating Current: -

Sinusoidal alternating quantities-peak, instantaneous, R.M.S., average values, phase, reactance, impedance, series and parallel circuits containing resistance, inductance, power factor, resonance in series and parallel circuits, coupled circuits, transformers for audio and radio frequencies.

Thermonic Valve: -

Construction of valves, thermonic emission, characteristic curves, diodes, triodes and multi-electrode valves, use of valves as rectifier, oscillators, amplifiers, detectors and frequency changes, power peaks, stabilization and smoothing, elementary theory and construction of semi-conductor devices, diodes, and transistors.

Radio Receiver:

Principles and operation of T.R.F. and superheterodyne receivers, CW reception, Receiver characteristics-sensitivity, selectivity, fidelity, adjacent channel and image interference, A.V.C and squelch circuit, signal to noise ratio.

Transmitter: -

Principles and operation of low power transmitters, crystal oscillators, stability of oscillators.

Radio Propagation:

Wavelength, frequency, nature and propagation of radio waves; ground and sky waves; skip distance; fading.

Aerials:

Common types of transmitting and receiving aerials.

Frequency Measurement:

Measurement of frequency and use of simple frequency meters.

Section 2: Regulations:

a. Knowledge of:

i. The Indian Wireless Telegraph Rules, 1973.

ii. The Indian Wireless Telegraph (Amateur Service) Rules, 1978.

b. Knowledge of International Radio Regulations as relating to the operation of Amateur Station with particular emphasis on the following:

    Designation of Emission, Nomenclature of the Frequency & Wavelength, Frequency Allocations to Amateur Service, Measures against interference, Interference and Tests,             Identification of Stations, Distress and Urgency Transmissions, Amateur Station, Phonetic Alphabets and figure codes.

c. Standard Frequency and Time Signals Service in the world.

d. The following 'Q' codes and abbreviations, which shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the convention.

    QRA, QRG, QRH, QRI, QRK, QRL, QRM, QRN, QRQ, QRS, QRT, QRU, QRV, QRW, QRX, QRZ, QSA, QSB, QSL, QSO, QSU, QSV, QSW, QSX, QSY, QSZ, QTC, QTH, QTR, QUM

Abbreviations:

    AA, AB, AR, AS, C, CFM, CL, CQ, DE, K, NIL, OK, R, TU, VA, WA, WB.

    The above written test is of one-hour duration. The maximum number of marks is 100 and candidates must secure at least 40 percent in each section and 50 percent is aggregate for a pass.

PART II  

Morse Code:

Section 1. Morse Receiving: (Speed: 5 word per minute)

This test piece will consist of a plain language passage of 125 letters, five letters counting as one word. Candidate are required to receive for five consecutive minutes at the speed of 5 word per minute, from a double head gear headphone receiver, international Morse code signals from and audio oscillator keyed either manually or automatically. A short practice piece may be sent at the prescribed speed before the actual test. Candidates will not be allowed more than one attempt in the test. The test may be written in ink or pencil but must be legible. Bad handwriting and over writing will render a candidate liable to disqualification. More than 5 errors will disqualify a candidate. However if a candidate receive the test piece correctly for a continuous period of 1 minute, he shall be considered to be successful.

Section 2: Morse Sending (Speed: 5 Word Per Minute)

The test piece will consist of a plain language passage of 125 letters, 5 letters counting as one word. Candidates are required to send on an ordinary key for five consecutive minutes at the minimum speed of five words per minute. A short practice piece may be allowed before the actual test. Candidates will not be allowed more than one attempt in the test. Efforts should be made to correct all errors. However, more than 5 uncorrected errors will disqualify a candidate. The accuracy of signalling, correct formation of characters and the correctness of spacing shall be taken into account.

NOTE: A candidate is required to pass both in Part I and Part II. In the case of candidates qualifying in Part I only, the licence shall be restricted to radio telephone operations only.

Amateur Station I Operator's Grade I Examination.

Same syllabus as for the Amateur Station Operator Grade II. The test is of Two hours duration. The maximum number of marks is 100 and candidates must secure at least 50 percent in each section and 55 percent in aggregate for a pass.

Section I: Morse Code Receiving (speed 12 word per minutes). The test piece will consist of plain language passage of 300 characters which may comprise of letters, figures and punctuation (punctuation are indicated below). The average words shall contain five characters and each figure and punctuation will be counted as two characters. Candidates are required to receive for five consecutive minutes at a speed of 12 words per minute. Other conditions are the same as applicable to Amateur Station Operators Grade II examination.

NOTE: Test piece may contain only the following punctuations:

Full stop; Comma; Semi-colon; Break sign; Hyphen and Question mark.

Candidates are required to send for five consecutive minutes. Speed not less then 12 words per minute. Other conditions are the same as applicable to Amateur Station Operator Grade II examination.

Please note: 

• No Morse code examination for Restricted grade examination,

• Electronics paper exempted to B.E. or equalant  students

• Morse code test at 5 WPM FOR Grade II & 12 WPM for Grade I & Advance.

For more details please check from main syllabus of examination.