Errata to 2020-2024 Amateur Extra-Class Question Pool Released

The NCVEC Question Pool Committee has issued errata to the new (2020-2024) Amateur Extra-class question pool that goes into effect on 1st July 2020.

Most changes are minor, involving typographical or style errors.

In the syllabus at the top of the pool:

  • E1C - Changed "bandwith" to "bandwidth"

  • E3B - In sub-element heading, deleted "grayline"

  • E9D - Changed "feedpoint" to "feed point"

  • In sub-element 3, changed "41 questions" to "40 questions."

  • In the question pool:

  • E1C13 - In answer C, changed "Utilities Telecom Council" to "Utilities Technology Council (UTC)"

  • E1C14 - In question, changed "Utilities Telecom Commission" to "Utilities Technology Council (UTC)"

  • E1D03 - In answer, choices C and D, changed "earth" to "Earth"

  • E2A02 - In question, changed "inverted" to "inverting"

  • E3B - In sub-element heading, deleted "grayline"

  • E3B08 - Question withdrawn from pool and marked as deleted. The remaining questions in E3B were not renumbered, leaving 11 questions.

  • E5B04 - In question, changed "220 microfarad" and "1 megohm" to "220-microfarad" and "1-megohm"

  • E7C09 - In answer B, added a space between "1" and "kHz"

  • E8C10 - In question, changed "symbol" to "data"

  • E9C02 - In question, changed "1/4 wavelength" to "1/4-wavelength"

  • E9C03 - In question, changed "1/2 wavelength" to "1/2-wavelength"

  • E9D - in sub-element heading, changed "feedpoint" to "feed point"

  • E9E09 - Removed brackets after answer (C).

The Amateur Extra-class question pool will be updated to reflect these changes. Submit feedback or questions to the Question Pool Committee via email at qpcinput@ncvec.org.