FCC General Radiotelephone Operator License GROL Training Course is a four and a half–day hands-on GROL training course. This course teaches you about basic electronics, RF and radio and provides the theory and hands-on knowledge required to pass the FCC General Radiotelephone Operator GROL License Exams – Element 1 and Element 3. This training course teaches the theory and techniques your team requires for understanding and maintaining radio systems. The FCC General Radiotelephone exam can also be given, as an option, at the end of the training. This electronics training course provides a number of practical electronic labs to teach your team about working with electronics circuits and RF systems.
This course seeks to provide your team with the required knowledge and ability to successfully pass the FCC General Radiotelephone Operators License and more importantly, build a broad basic knowledge of electronics, RF and radio principles. This course offers a much deeper level of understanding than the two-day version of this training. It goes beyond what might be required for the GROL exam and helps your team gain a deeper and broader understanding of basic electronics, RF and radio.
This Basic Electronics training course includes the following:
- Electronics parts kit and solder-less breadboard for you to keep
- 300 page electronics course manual
- 4.5 days of instructor led electronics hands-on training and project labs at your location
- Certification for those that complete all the labs and pass the final exam
Technicians and engineers will all benefit from this four and a half-day course. Additionally, students coming with an IT background will find this electronics training course a detailed and encompassing introduction to the basics of electronics and rf circuits. This FCC GROL Basic Electronics course will cover the following areas:
- Basic DC and electronics
- Ohms law and circuits
- Introduction to schematics
- Resistors
- Capacitors and Inductors
- Series and parallel circuits
- Relays
- Diodes
- Semiconductors and IC’s
- Working with electronics
- AC electricity
- Magnetism
- Transformers
- Impedance
- Decibels
- Calculations and conversions
- Radio frequency circuits
- Oscillators
- Receivers
- Transmitters
- Amplifiers
- Radio system specifications and performance
- Filters
- Filter circuits
- Modulation principles – AM, SSB, FM, Digital
- Antennas and feedlines
- Antenna patterns and polarization
- VSWR and matching principles
- Troubleshooting antenna systems
- Radio waves and propagation
- Basic microwave principles
- RF communication principles
- Interference
- Intermodulation
- Power supplies and batteries
- Working with test equipment – multimeters, watt meters, frequency counters, etc.
- Safety
- FCC Rules and Regulations
- Marine communications
- Final exam
This course features a significant number of hands-on lab projects that will enhance your team’s knowledge of electronics and RF. Some of the projects may include:
- Resistor circuits
- Switching
- Diode switches
- LED circuits
- Logic circuits
- Transistor circuits
- 555 timer circuits
- 741 op-amp circuits
- Filters
- Power supplies
- Troubleshooting circuits
Students that pay attention, work through all the exercises and pass the final exam should be capable of passing the FCC exam. Note that each student will receive a “bread board” and kit of parts that they will work with during the class and can keep after the course is completed. This is an interactive, hands-on and encompassing basic electronics course for those seeking a better understanding of electronics and radio. This extended version offers a deep and broad experience and opportunity for your team to achieve a solid understanding of basic electronics, RF and radio principles. Sign your team up for our FCC General Radiotelephone Operator License GROL and Basic Electronics training course today!
