General Class Upgrade Guide

A Technician license lets you listen to the HF bands. A General license lets you join the conversation.

• Rebuild your electrical foundations from the ground up, with reactance, resonance, decibels, and RF measurement explained in plain language and no prior electronics background assumed
• Understand exactly how a signal leaves your antenna, bounces off the ionosphere, and lands on another continent, and why some bands come alive after dark while others go quiet
• Design and build real HF antennas with confidence, from dipoles and verticals to Yagis, along with the feed lines and matching networks that connect them to your rig
• Work through real formulas and calculations - dipole lengths, SWR, decibel math - using the same reasoning you'll actually reach for at the workbench or in the field
• Navigate FCC Part 97 rules, band plans, and RF safety requirements, including the expanded 60-meter privileges that took effect in February 2026
• Move beyond passing a test into real on-air skill, with chapters on HF operating procedure, DXing, contesting, and emergency communication

If you're ready to trade CW-only slivers for the entire HF spectrum, pick up General Class Upgrade Guide and start building the understanding that makes those new privileges genuinely useful.