General Class

by Gordon West

Study manual covers the 2004-08 Element 3 Question Pool for the FCC General Class amateur radio operator's license. Author Gordon West, WB6NOA, tells you the right answer and explains why it is correct. Editorial chapters cover license privileges. Includes a listing of VEC organizations that provide amateur radio testing services.

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

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Gordon V. West, born 1942
Amateur Radio Call Sign WB6NOA

Reviews

[John]

This book was thorough at what it tried to do: prepare people for an exam. It had a few inaccuracies including one flat-out wrong answer, but overall seemed OK.

My gripe is that it does a poor job of explaining concepts. Most of the book presents one question after another from the NCVEC test bank, offers a paragraph of explanation, and then the correct answer.

I prefer the approach from the ARRL license manual series. They have chapters on concepts, usually going in to a lot more detail and providing clearer explanations than this one. You really come away understanding the material better from the ARRL series. That will not only help you pass the exam, but also actually put the knowledge to use. I feel like from this book, I've figured out how to memorize some information but have a poorer grasp of material than I did from the ARRL Ham Radio License Manual that I used for the technician exam.

[Georgia]

great book