A Full Class is on the books for the Extra Class
by Bill Schwartz WS1C

As of the 10th of June all the available seats in the upcoming Extra Class License Class are gone, filled up, vanished due to the excitement of having a Schwartz Class on getting your Extra Class license.

Bill Schwartz notified the HBC Chairperson on the eve of the 9th of June that every seat in the classroom has a live body sitting in it as of then.

Who said, "ham radio is dead?"

Upcoming Extra Class Sylabus Outline

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Amateur Extra Course                                  Outline & Syllabus

03 September                                    

Introduction.  Course objectives, Skip chapters 1& 2 and concentrate on theory.

Extra Class License Manual and ARRL Handbook, Extra Q&A optional

Chapter 8-1 to 8-29.             Signals and Emissions                   

Ac waveforms,    AC measurements, AC power, Amplifiers, FCC designators,  Modulation, AM, FM, SSB, Pulse, Digital, Packet, Bandwidth, Spread Spectrum, Electro-magnetic waves, SNR

            AC wall wart for LV to observe, Oscilloscope, Spectrum analyzer, AC VM, True RMS, Power Meter, Bird

10 & 17 September                          may cover in a week

Chapter 9-1 to 38.                 Antennas and Feed lines                

Isotropic, dipole, radiation resistance, Efficiency, Trap Antennas, Mobile HF, Gain, Beam-width, patterns, Ground Effect, Phased Verticals, Rhombic, Beverage, Space and Satellite, Polarization, Matching, Velocity and electrical length, Open and Shorted lines,

            Antenna analyzer, Bird, VSWR Bridge, Noise Bridge, Autek Analyzer, antennas, feed line

24 September 

Chapter 3-1 to 26      Radio Wave Propagation   

Ground Wave, diffraction, VHF, MF, D absorption, radio horizon, earth effects, F region, sunspots, ionosphere, TE, Long path, Gray-line, fading, multi-path, MS, Auroral, EME   

            Visuals – slides??

1 October        

Chapter 4-1 to 42.                 Amateur radio practice 

D’Arsonval meters, Frequency Counter, error, Dip Meter, Oscilloscope, Spectrum analyzer, Logic probe, Receiver performance, front end, selectivity, IMD, Phase noise, Desensitization, Xmtr IMD, Noise, Vehicular, Static, Line noise, tracking down, Component mounting, PCB, dead bug, ugly, DF, loops, Triangulation, terrain.

Analog VOM & panel meter, Counter, Dip Meter, and Logic probe,

8 October & 15 October                   2 weeks

Chapter 5-1 to 55.                 Electrical Principles 

Electrical energy, electric & magnetic fields, TC, RC circuits, exponential, formula, RL circuits, phase angle I vs E, AC through a C, through L, Solving problems, L, C, both,

Impedance calculations, Coordinate systems, complex numbers, calculating impedance, Series circuits, Pi, Parallel, Smith Chart, SWR, Resonance, Series, Parallel, calculating values, Quality factor, skin effect, Bandwidth, Power in reactive circuits, Peak, Average, Power Factor, ERP, Photoelectric, photoconductive, Electroluminescence, Optocouplers, uses.

            Network Analyzer, component samples, R, L, C              

22 October                                         one week

Chapter 6-1 to 39.                 Circuit Components 

Semiconductors, doping N-P, Diodes, Junction, varicaps, PIN, Zener, Tunnel, LED, Point contact, Hot Carrier, Transistors, NPN, PNP, Characteristics, Packages, FET, JFET, MOSFET, Enhance & depletion, Linear IC, OP amps, PLL, Digital, TTL, CMOS, inverters, buffers, gates, digital logic, Vidivon and CRT devices , CCD, Toroids, ferrite, permeability, Crystal lattice filter, MMIC,

            Samples diodes, transistors, vidicon or IO, CRT, CCD sensor, Toroids, crystal filter             

29 October & 5 November               might need 3 weeks

Chapter 7-1 to 7-64.             Practical Circuits      

Digital basics, Boolean algebra, truth tables, and, or, xor, nand, nor, logic polarity, FF, bistable, synchronous & async, inputs, R-S, T and D types, one-shot, astable, timer, digital frequency divider, marker generator, counter, prescaler, OP amps, active filters, Amplifiers, Class, illustrations, Voltage, current and power amplification, gain,

transistor amps, CE, CC, CB, Stability, neutralization, parasitic, Z matching nets, PI, L, filters, High-pass, low-pass, band-pass, Classification, Modern network design, Butterworth, Chebyshev, elliptical, Crystal filters, Active filters, DSP, Electronic regulators, Zener diodes, Series pass, Crowbar, limitations, IC regulators,

Oscillators, Hartley, Colpitts, Pierce crystal, Quartz crystals, VFO, Frequency Synthesizers, PLL, DDS, Mixers, Detectors, Modulators, Passive, active, S balances, DB, active FET, AM diode, product, FM detectors, modulators, AM, SSB, filter, DBM, FM, reactance, phase (indirect) FM.               

12 November             Review, overflow, Exam?

Moved on 09.03.2008