GROL Plus
General Radiotelephone Operator License Plus Ship Radar Endorsement
by Fred Maia & Gordon West
Published by Master Publishing, Inc.
Paperback
Price $39.95 (Amazon.com)
ISBN 0-945053-14-2
GROL Plus purports to provide the information needed to
study for and pass the examinations for the Marine Radio Operator Permit (MROP), the
General Radiotelephone Operator License (GROL), and the Radar Endorsement for the
GROL. Based on my personal experience, it does an outstanding job of meeting this
goal!
The authors start with an overview of the history of radio
regulation in the United States, from the very beginnings of electronic communications
through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and
the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
They also explain the various commercial radio operator licenses available in the
U.S. It should be noted that there have been a few changes in the forms required to
be submitted for the various licenses since the book was published and the Universal Licensing System (ULS) has been more
fully implemented. Also, the fees charged for the exams vary with each Commercial Operator License
Manager (COLEM). I recommend you consult with the organization you plan to take
the test from to determine the exact exam fees and the required paperwork.
The FCC has published all of the questions in the question pool for
each element, along with both the answers and the false answers for each question.
The actual tests consist of a fraction of these questions. The FCC publishes the
question pools and there are other books that simply re-print the questions while
indicating the correct answer.
What is special about GROL Plus is that it not only
includes all of the questions and answers, it also explains why the correct answer is the
right one and provides easy ways to remember which answer is correct. The majority
of the book contains the over 1,400 questions, answers, and explanations.
The authors are both very active in radiotelecommunications, but as
professionals and as amateur radio operators. Fred Maia founded organizations that
were selected by the FCC to be COLEMs for FCC commercial and amateur licenses.
Gordon West teaches courses preparing people for both commercial and amateur licenses for
over 30 years.
I most strongly recommend this book for anyone who wishes to earn
the MROP or GROL. In preparing for the GROL examination, I purchased several books,
GROL Plus is the one that did the job and was the only one I needed.
Review by Mike Powers, Radideo.com Guide, April 2002
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