HAMEXAM(1)

NAME fccexam - Study guide for USA FCC commercial radio license examinations.

SYNOPSIS
fccexam [option]

DESCRIPTION
fccexam presents questions in random order from the selected question pool, and terminates when all questions have been answered correctly. The session may be interrupted with ^C, and resumed later. Some questions refer to figures. The figures for the selected question pool are displayed in a separate window using $HTML_VIEWER, if it is executable. If $HTML_VIEWER is undefined, xdg-open(1) will be used to choose the default browser. If $HTML_VIEWER is not an executable command (e.g. ""), then questions which refer to figures will be noted and skipped. Licenses are issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), but examinations are administered by COLEM examiners. See http://wireless.fcc.gov/commoperators/index.htm?job=home for information regarding USA commercial radio licenses.

OPTIONS
If no pool is specified, usage, version, and help information is displayed. To initialize the question pool, one of the element numbers may be specified:

    1 Element 1, Basic radio law and operating practice. 3 Element 3, General Radiotelephone; Electronic fundamentals and techniques required to adjust, repair, and maintain radio transmitters and receivers. 6 Element 6, Advanced technical, legal, and other matters applicable to the operation of all classes of radiotelegraph stations. 7 Element 7, GMDSS Radio Operating Practices. 7R Element 7R, Restricted GMDSS Radio Operating Practices. 8 Element 8, Ship Radar Techniques. 9 Element 9, GMDSS Radio Maintenance Practices and Procedures.

    The following abbreviations may be used to select multiple elements: T Radiotelegraph: elements 1, 6. GROL General Radiotelephone Operator License + Radar Endorsement: elements 1, 3, 8. MROP Marine Radio Operator Permit: element 1. GMDSS Global Maritime Distress Safety System Radio Operator: elements 1, 7. GMDSSM GMDSS Radio Maintainer + Radar: elements 1, 7, 9. RGMDSS Restricted GMDSS Radio Operator: elements 1, 7R. q The question pool is selected interactively. This is needed when starting the application from an icon.

FILES
A directory ~/.fccexam is created to hold the names of the questions which remain to be answered correctly.

SEE ALSO
For more information regarding licensing, ref. https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/commercial-radio-operator-license-program/examinations For information regarding amateur radio licensing (ham radio), see the package hamexam.

COPYRIGHT
fccexam is Copyright (c) 2012-2024 John Nogatch <jnogatch@gmail.com>. fccexam version 1.0.8, containing question pools as recent as 20-May-2024. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

BUGS
The question pools, and number of questions required, are sometimes modified; ref. https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/bureau-divisions/mobility-division/commercial-radio-operator-license-program/examinations Radiotelegraph Operator licenses also require Morse code proficiency elements, which are not provided by fccexam. fccexam does not automatically update the question pools from the FCC Web site.