A Message To Ham Radio Beginners - Ramsey Electronics FX Series Manual

A MESSAGE TO HAM RADIO BEGINNERS:

If you have just earned your Novice or Technician license, or are studying for
either of them right now, we'd like to say a special Thank You for choosing
this Ramsey VHF/UHF transceiver as part of your ham radio beginnings. We
have tried to make this instruction manual as clear as possible. However,
there are some VHF radio "basics" covered by the FCC question pools for all
ham license study guides that we must presume that you have studied and
understood.
Here is a simple guide to selected Technician Class questions to help with
any review you wish to make before building:
FCC Subelement 3AA (Selected Rules): 4.2 11-1.1 12.5 15.2
FCC Subelement 3AB (Operating Procedures): 2-1.1 2-1.2 2-1.3 2-1.4
FCC Subelement 3AC (Propagation): It's up to you to understand the
FCC Subelement 3AD (Amateur Radio Practice): All of this is fundamental
FCC Subelement 3AE (Electrical Principles) 3AF (Circuit Components)
FCC Subelement 3AG (Practical Circuits): 4.21
FCC Subelement 3AH (Signals and Emissions): 1.1 2-1.1 2-4.1 2-6.2
FCC Subelement 3AI (Antennas and Transmission Lines): You will want
2-1.5 2-2.1 2-2.2 2-3.1 3.2
characteristic differences among HF
(shortwave), VHF and UHF
communications.
know-how for hams. In working on this
project, be especially familiar with: 1-1.1 1-
1.2 1-1.3 7.1 9.1 through 9.5 (dummy
loads)
Please know ALL of this.
2-7.1 4.1 6-1.2 7-1.1 7-2.1 7-2.2
to know all of this, if you don't want to take
all your savings from building your own
transceiver and spend it on a commercially-
built antenna. Very good VHF antennas are
easy and inexpensive to build yourself!
6-3.1