| Table Name | Table Number | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Types of Personal Radio | 1.1 | 1-11 |
| Amateur License Class Examinations | 1.2 | 1-14 |
| Emergemcy Response Organizations | 1.3 | 1-17 |
| Awards and Operating Events for Technician Licensees | 1.4 | 1-18 |
| International System of Units (SI) - Metric Units | 2.1 | 2-2 |
| RF Spectrum Ranges | 2.2 | 2-4 |
| Common Types of Coaxial Cable | 4.1 | 4-17 |
| Signal Bandwidths | 5.1 | 5-5 |
| Band Selection Labels | 5.2 | 5-6 |
| Battery Types and Characteristics | 5.3 | 5-18 |
| 2 Meter (144-148 MHz) Band Plan | 6.1 | 6-2 |
| Q-Signals | 6.2 | 6-8 |
| Standard Repeater Offsets by Band | 6.3 | 6-12 |
| Amateur License Class Examinations | 7.1 | 7-5 |
| Most Popular VHF and UHF Technician Amateur Bands | 7.2 | 7-9 |
| Technician HF Privileges | 7.3 | 7-11 |
| Amateur Emission Types | 7.4 | 7-12 |
| US Amateur Call Signs in Districts 0-9 | 7.5 | 7-17 |
| Third-Party Agreements | 8.1 | 8-8 |
| Effects of Electric Current in the Human Body | 9.1 | 9-2 |
| Current-Carrying Capability of Some Common Wire Sizes | 9.2 | 9-4 |
| Maximum Permissible Exposure (MPE) Limits | 9.3 | 9-12 |
| Power Thresholds for RF Exposure Evaluation | 9.4 | 9-14 |
| Operating Duty Cycle of Modes Commonly Used by Amateurs | 9.5 | 9-16 |
| Figure Name | Figure Number | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency of a Signal | 2.1 | 2-3 |
| Phase of a Signal | 2.2 | 2-3 |
| Radio Spectrum Frequencies | 2.3 | 2-4 |
| Signals | 2.4 | 2-5 |
| Frequency and Wavelength | 2.5 | 2-6 |
| Transmit-Receive Switch | 2.6 | 2-7 |
| Repeater Setup | 2.7 | 2-8 |
| DC and AC | 3.1 | 3-3 |
| Voltage and Current | 3.2 | 3-3 |
| Series and Parallel Circuit | 3.3 | 3-4 |
| Multimeter | 3.4 | 3-4 |
| Ohm's Law | 3.5 | 3-5 |
| Ohm's Law Use | 3.6 | 3-6 |
| Resisters | 3.7 | 3-8 |
| Capacitors | 3.8 | 3-8 |
| Inductors | 3.9 | 3-9 |
| Variable Components | 3.10 | 3-9 |
| Diodes and Transistors | 3.11 | 3-11 |
| Fuses and Circuit Breakers | 3.12 | 3-13 |
| Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupter | 3.13 | 3-13 |
| Switches and Relays | 3.14 | 3-14 |
| Schematic Symbols | 3.15 | 3-15 |
| Schematic Diagram | 3.16 | 3-16 |
| CW Transmitter | 3.17 | 3-17 |
| Knife-edge Diffraction | 4.1 | 4-2 |
| Ionosphere | 4.2 | 4-4 |
| Ionosphere Refraction | 4.3 | 4-5 |
| Antennas | 4.4 | 4-6 |
| Azimuth Radiation Pattern Graph | 4.5 | 4-8 |
| Elevation Radiation Pattern Graph | 4.6 | 4-8 |
| Feed Lines | 4.7 | 4-10 |
| Dipole Antenna | 4.8 | 4-12 |
| Dipole Radiation Pattern | 4.9 | 4-13 |
| Ground-Plane Antenna | 4.10 | 4-14 |
| Handheld Transceiver | 4.11 | 4-15 |
| Yagi Antenna | 4.12 | 4-15 |
| Yagi Antenna Radiation Pattern | 4.13 | 4-16 |
| Dish Antenna | 4.14 | 4-16 |
| Coaxial Connectors | 4.15 | 4-18 |
| SWR Meter | 4.16 | 4-19 |
| Antenna Tuner | 4.17 | 4-19 |
| Antenna Analyzer | 4.18 | 4-19 |
| Modulation | 5.1 | 5-2 |
| Carrier and Sidebands | 5.2 | 5-3 |
| Single-Sideband | 5.3 | 5-3 |
| Frequency Modulation | 5.4 | 5-4 |
| HF Radios | 5.5 | 5-6 |
| Transmitter Power Controls | 5.6 | 5-7 |
| Receiver Controls | 5.7 | 5-8 |
| PSK31 | 5.8 | 5-13 |
| Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) | 5.9 | 5-14 |
| Data Interfaces | 5.10 | 5-14 |
| Internet Gateways | 5.11 | 5-15 |
| Power Supplies | 5.12 | 5-16 |
| Batteries | 5.13 | 5-18 |
| Listings of Repeaters | 6.1 | 6-11 |
| Internet Linked Repeaters | 6.2 | 6-14 |
| Radiogram | 6.3 | 6-16 |
| Satellites (OSCARs) | 6.4 | 6-22 |
| FCC Amateur Radio License | 7.1 | 7-4 |
| NCVEC Form 605 | 7.2 | 7-7 |
| Amateur Band Allocations | 7.3 | 7-10 |
| ITU Regions | 7.4 | 7-14 |
| 10 US Call Districts | 7.5 | 7-16 |
| 120V AC Power Cord | 9.1 | 9-4 |
| RF Grounding Bus | 9.2 | 9-6 |
| Filters for RFI | 9.3 | 9-7 |
| Ferrites | 9.4 | 9-8 |
| Maximum Permissible Exposure (MPE) | 9.5 | 9-12 |
| Reducing RF Exposure | 9.6 | 9-15 |
| Mode Average Power | 9.7 | 9-15 |
| Antennas and Power Lines | 9.8 | 9-18 |
| Tower Climber Safety Equipment | 9.9 | 9-19 |
| Blue Box Title | Page |
|---|---|
| Choosing Your First Ham Radio | ix |
| What's an Elmer | 1-2 |
| Who Made the Ham | 1-2 |
| An Online Mentor | 1-3 |
| That's Why It's Called Amateur Radio | 1-4 |
| Handihams - No Barriers to Ham Radio | 1-6 |
| Picnic, Training or Contesting? It's ARRL Field Day | 1-8 |
| Hams Respond in Times of Need | 1-9 |
| ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio | 1-12 |
| Ham Shorthand | 1-15 |
| Want More Information | 1-19 |
| Books to Help You Learn | 1-20 |
| The Upgrade Trail | 1-22 |
| US Amateur Radio Bands (Chart) | 1-23 |
| Metric Prefixes - the Language of Radio | 2-2 |
| Electrical Pressure and Flow | 3-3 |
| Economies of Scale - The Multimeter | 3-4 |
| Indicator, Meter and Displays | 3-14 |
| Well-Grounded Symbols | 3-15 |
| Decibels - Bringing Large and Small Together | 4-8 |
| How Long is That Antenna? | 4-13 |
| Antennas for Handheld Radios | 4-15 |
| Melting Metal - In a Good Way | 4-18 |
| I/Q Modulation | 5-5 |
| Watch That Band Edge! | 5-7 |
| DSP and SDR - Radios Made with Software | 5-8 |
| What is That Signal? | 5-11 |
| Wi-Fi and Broadband Hamnet | 5-12 |
| The WSJT Modes | 5-12 |
| Wire Size and Power Sources | 5-17 |
| Recycle Your Batteries | 5-19 |
| Fun with Phonetics | 6-5 |
| Location on the Grid | 6-8 |
| ARRL Field Day - The Biggest Amateur Event of All! | 6-9 |
| Over the River and Through the Woods | 6-10 |
| Picking a Tone | 6-13 |
| Working the International Space Station | 6-23 |
| Obtaining Form 605 | 7-6 |
| Finding Your Call Sign! | 7-8 |
| Emission Type Designators | 7-11 |
| International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) | 7-14 |
| The Slashed Zero - 0 | 7-17 |
| Licensee or Trustee? | 8-4 |
| Don't Be Too Sensitive! | 8-6 |
| Responding to Electrical Injury | 9-3 |
| Grounding and Bonding for the Radio Amateur | 9-4 |
| Ferrite - The RFI Buster | 9-8 |