Organisation : National Institute of Amateur Radio
Announcement : Syllabus
Designation : Amateur Station Operator

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Amateur Station Operator Syllabus :
PART 1 - Written Test :
It shall comprise of one paper containing two sections as under:
Section A: Radio Theory and Practice
Note - Applicants holding degree in Engineering/Science or Diploma in Engineering and having studied electronics or telecommunications shall be exempted from appearing in Section A of Part-I of the test.

Section B: National and international Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio Regulations applicable to the operation of amateur station and those relating to the working of station generally.
PART II - Morse (Only for General Certificate) Morse reception and sending (8 wpm)

2. Detailed syllabus:
2.1 Amateur Station Operator’s Licence (Restricted) Examination

Part I - Written Test
Section A : Radio Theory and Practice

(i) Elementary Electricity and Magnetism :
1. Elementary theory of electricity- Passive Devices (Resistors; Inductors, Transformers, Capacitors) and Active Devices (Diodes; Transistors).
2. Kirchoff’s current and voltage laws- Simple applications of the law.
3. Conductors and Insulators — Properties; units of circuit elements, Ohm’s Law.
4. Conductance — Definition of self and mutual inductance;
5. Power and energy- Definition, Units and simple applications.
6. Permanent magnets and electromagnets — Definition, properties and their use

(ii) Elementary Theory of Alternating Currents :
1. Sinusoidal alternating quantities - Definition of peak, instantaneous, R.M.S., average values and its simple application.
2. Phase, reactance, impedance, power factor- Definition, units and simple • applications.
3. Parallel and Series Circuits series and parallel circuits containing resistance, inductance, capacitance; resonance in series and parallel circuits, coupled circuits.
4. Rectifiers, voltage regulation and smoothing circuits - Their basic knowledge and simple application.

(iii) Elementary theory of Semiconductor Devices :
Diodes and transistors- Properties use of these devices for construction of amplifiers, oscillators, detectors and frequency changers.

(iv) Radio Receivers :
1. Principles and operation of T.R.F. and super heterodyne receivers.
2. CW reception.
3. Receiver characteristics-sensitivity, selectivity, fidelity, adjacent channel and image interference, A.V.C. and squelch/circuits signal to noise ratio.

(v) Transmitter :
1. Principles and operation of low power transmitter, crystal oscillators, stability of oscillators.
2. Basic knowledge about construction of Semiconductor based transmitters.

(vi) Radio Wave Propagation :
1. Basic knowledge of Electromagnetic Spectrum.
2. Wave length, frequency, frequency bands.
3. Nature and propagations of radio waves, ground and sky waves, space waves, skip distance, skip zone and fading.

(vii) Aerials : Common types of transmitting and receiving aerials.
(viii) Frequency Measurement : Measurement of frequency and use of simple frequency meters.