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1 NZ Amateur Radio Certificate Block Course Study Notes www.nzart.org.nz Teachers Edition © NZART 2019 2 June 2019 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 4 General Amateur Operator’s Certificate Prescription ........................................................... 5 Amateur Examination Procedure and Format ....................................................................... 5 Section 1 – Radio Regulations .................................................................................................. 6 Radiocommunications Regulations (Extract from -RSM MBIE) ....................................... 11 Question File: 1. Regulations: (7 questions) ........................................................................... 17 Section 2 – Frequencies ........................................................................................................... 29 Question File: 2. Frequencies: (2 questions) ....................................................................... 30 Section 3 – Electronics Fundamentals .................................................................................... 34 Question File: 3. Electronics Fundamentals: (2 questions) ................................................. 36 Section 4 – Measurement ........................................................................................................ 40 Question File: 4. Measurement Units: (1 question) ............................................................ 41 Section 5 – Ohms Law ............................................................................................................ 43 Question File: 5. Ohm's Law: (2 questions) ........................................................................ 44 Section 6 – Resistance ............................................................................................................. 48 Question File: 6. Resistance: (3 questions) ......................................................................... 51 Section 7 – Power Calculations ............................................................................................... 57 Question File: 7. Power calculations: (2 questions) ............................................................ 58 Section 8 – Alternating Current .............................................................................................. 62 Question File: 8. Alternating current: (1 question) ............................................................. 63 Section 9 – Capacitors, Inductors, and Resonance .................................................................. 65 Question File: 9. Capacitors, Inductors, Resonance: (2 questions) ..................................... 67 Section 10 – Safety .................................................................................................................. 71 Question File: 10. Safety: (1 question) ................................................................................ 73 Section 11 – Semiconductors .................................................................................................. 75 Question File: 11. Semiconductors: (2 questions) .............................................................. 76 Section 12 – Device Recognition ............................................................................................ 80 Question File: 12. Device recognition: (1 question) ........................................................... 81 Section 13 - Meters and Measuring .................................................................................... 84 Question File: 13. Meters and Measuring: (1 question) ...................................................... 85 Section 14 - Decibels ............................................................................................................ 87 Question File: 14. Decibels, Amplification and Attenuation: (1 question) ......................... 88 Section 15 Station Components .............................................................................................. 90 Question File: 15. HF Station Arrangement: (1 question) .................................................. 92 Section 16 Receiver Block Diagrams ...................................................................................... 96 Question File: 16. Receiver Block Diagrams: (2 questions) ............................................. 101 Section 17 Receiver fundamentals ........................................................................................ 106 Question File: 17. Receiver Operation: (3 questions) ....................................................... 108 Section 18 Transmitter Block Diagrams ............................................................................... 112 Question File: 18. Transmitter Block Diagrams: (2 questions) ........................................ 115 Section 19 Transmitter Theory .............................................................................................. 121 Question File: 19. Transmitter Theory: (1 question) ......................................................... 121 Section 20 Harmonics and Parasitics .................................................................................... 123 Question File: 20. Harmonics and Parasitics: (2 questions) .............................................. 124 Section 21 Power Supplies .................................................................................................... 128 Question File: 21. Power supplies: (1 question): .............................................................. 133 © NZART 2019 3 Section 22 Regulated Power Supplies ................................................................................... 135 Question File: 22. Regulated Power supplies: (1 question): ............................................. 137 Section 23 General Operating Procedures ............................................................................ 140 Question File 23: General Operating Procedures: (1 Question) ....................................... 151 Section 24 Operating Procedures and Practice ..................................................................... 153 Question File: 24. Practical Operating Knowledge: (2 questions) .................................... 157 Question File 25 Q Codes (1 question) ................................................................................. 161 Question File: 25. Q signals: (1 question) ......................................................................... 162 Section 26 Transmission Lines ............................................................................................. 164 Question File: 26. Transmission lines: (2 questions) ........................................................ 170 Section 27 Antennas .............................................................................................................. 174 Question File: 27. Antennas: (4 questions) ....................................................................... 179 Section 28 Propagation .......................................................................................................... 186 Question File: 28. Propagation: (5 questions) ................................................................... 190 Section 29 Interference and Filtering .................................................................................... 198 Question File: 29. Interference & filtering: (3 questions) ................................................. 212 Section 30 Digital Communications ..................................................................................... 217 Question File: 30. Digital Systems: (1 question) .............................................................. 221 Creating sample NZART Exam Papers ................................................................................ 223 © NZART 2019 4 INTRODUCTION All 600 questions used in the New Zealand Amateur Radio Examination are here with the Syllabus and other details. The New Zealand regulatory requirements are explained in the booklet “The New Rules Explained”, also available from NZART and from the website. Many overseas books cover the details in the other topics of the Syllabus. Borrow or buy them. Contact your local NZART Branch when you are ready for the examination. An examination can be arranged for you at a mutually-agreed time and place. If you have access to a computer, visit the NZART web site at: http://www.nzart.org.nz for examination information including a Study Guide for all parts of the syllabus. Good luck with your studies, we'll 'see you on the air'! Proposed Block Course Timetable Day 1 Day 2 0830 - 0900 3 Electronics 0830 - 0900 23 Operating 0900 - 0930 4 Measurement 0900 - 0930 24 Operating 2 0930 - 1000 15 HF Station 0930 - 1000 12 Devices 1000 - 1020 Break 1000 - 1020 Break 1020 - 1100 5 Ohms Law 1020 - 1100 13 Meters 1100 - 1130 7 Power Law 1100 - 1130 26 Transmission Lines 1130 - 1200 10 Safety 1130 - 1200 27 Antennas 1200 - 1230 Lunch 1200 - 1230 Lunch 1230 - 1300 16 Receivers 1230 - 1300 21 PSU 1300 - 1330 17 Receivers 2 1300 - 1330 22 Reg PSU 1330 - 1400 6 Resistance 1330 - 1400 14 dBs 1400 - 1430 8 AC Theory 1400 - 1430 28 Propagation 1430 - 1500 9 Resonance 1430 - 1500 29 Interference 1500 - 1520 Break 1500 - 1520 30 Digi modes 1520 - 1600 18 Transmitters 1520 - 1600 Break 1600 - 1630 19 Transmitters 2 1600 - 1630 Exam 1630 - 1700 20 harmonics 1630 - 1700 Exam 1700 - 1730 11 Semis