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Not another question pool. Reactance, resonance, op-amps, antennas and SWR, FCC rules, VOR and ILS, ship radar: each topic on its own page, the drawing first, then the worked example, so you see where the answer comes from. 66 illustrated pages.
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 9 parts and 62 topics.
You're looking at an Element 3 question about a 10:1 transformer, and it asks for the impedance ratio. You've wired transformers for years, and you still freeze.
The study guide gives you a paragraph: turns ratio, voltage ratio, impedance ratio, squared, inverse. Words on top of words, and no picture of what the windings are doing. So you pick 10:1, and it's wrong.
In this book, the transformer is one page. Ten turns on one side, one on the other: 120 V goes in, 12 V comes out, and 800 Ω on the primary looks like 8 Ω on the secondary. The square is right there in the drawing: 10 × 10 = 100.
Same thing with reactance, resonance, SWR, the superheterodyne receiver and the radar pulse: each one gets its own page and its own drawing.
You see why the answer is 100:1, and you get it right without going back to the guide. On to the next question.
The exam and the method, DC and AC, components, transmitters and receivers, antennas, FCC rules, aviation and marine gear, ship radar and exam-day review: 66 pages, all illustrated.
Think of it this way:
You're in the exam and the question says the echo came back in 61.8 microseconds. Or you're on a boat where the radar puts targets in the wrong place. You need the range, and you need it now.
You open the page on the radar pulse. You see the pulse leave the antenna, hit the target and come back, with one radar mile marked as 12.36 µs out and back. 61.8 ÷ 12.36 = 5 nautical miles.
The 10:1 transformer, the quarter wave on channel 16, the Mayday call: each one has its page, so you know exactly where to look.
FCC GROL & Radar Illustrated is 9 parts and 62 topics, all drawn, with a formula page, the most common mix-ups and an exam-day checklist at the end.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
What Elements 1, 3 and 8 cover, how to use the book and the one order every calculation follows: data, formula, number with units.
Ohm's law and the power wheel, series and parallel, peak vs. RMS, reactance, impedance, resonance, Q, time constants and decibels.
Transformers, diodes and zeners, BJTs and FETs, amplifier classes, op-amps, oscillators and crystals, logic gates and power supplies.
AM, FM and SSB side by side, deviation and Carson's rule, transmitter chains, the superhet receiver, squelch, detectors and spurious emissions.
Wavelength and antenna length, dipoles and ground planes, gain and ERP, coax and velocity factor, SWR and quarter-wave stubs.
Who needs which license, Mayday, Pan-Pan and Sécurité, key frequencies, ID and calling, secrecy, DSC and MMSI, logs and marine VHF power rules.
VOR, ILS and DME, transponders and ELTs, EPIRB, SART and NAVTEX, grounding and lightning protection, and test equipment on the bench.
The radar pulse and the radar mile, pulse width and PRF, X- and S-band, magnetron, duplexer and waveguide, receiver and AFC, antenna, display controls and ARPA.
The formula page, the most common mix-ups, the numbers to know by heart and an exam-day checklist.
At the end of the book: A formula page, the most common mix-ups, numbers to know by heart and an exam-day checklist.
Exam-style questions for every section of the book, with the answer and a one-line reason, so you find your weak topics before exam day.
Every formula from the book on a few printable pages, plus the most common mix-ups (reactance vs. impedance, peak vs. RMS, radar mile timing) so you can review at a glance.
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Reactance, resonance and op-amps come back one page at a time, each with a drawing, so you understand the question instead of memorizing the letter.
The review part puts every formula, the most common mix-ups and the numbers to know on a few pages you can go over the night before.
Print the pages you need and keep them on the bench: SWR, antenna length, FCC rules and radar timing, ready to check at a glance.
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Yes. It isn't a beginner's book: each topic is one page, so you refresh what you already know and spend your time where the exam asks for it.
From the FCC rules in 47 CFR (Parts 13, 80 and 87) and the current FCC commercial question pools for Elements 1, 3 and 8. Every rule number is marked so you can check it against the current edition at eCFR.gov.
No. It's an independent study book, not affiliated with or approved by the FCC or any COLEM (the FCC-authorized examiners who give the GROL and radar exams). It doesn't give you a license or certificate: the FCC issues those after you pass the exam with a COLEM.
No. It helps you understand and review the theory behind the exam. It doesn't replace formal training or bench experience.
No. They're exam-style questions written for this book, each with the answer and a one-line reason, so you can find your weak topics.
The book and the 2 bonus books come as PDFs by email, to the address you enter at checkout.
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Yes. The PDF is ready to print, so you can print the whole book or just the pages you want on the bench.
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Transformers, SWR and the radar pulse: you see them drawn, and that's it.
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