It’s Time for Remote Amateur Radio License Exams

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It’s Time for Remote Amateur Radio License Exams

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, VECs around the country have—and rightly so—shut down their exam sessions. That has, of course, disappointed a number of folks trying to get their Tech licenses and those who are taking this time to study for General or Extra Class licenses.

The answer is for VECs to ramp up remote testing. This has been allowed since 2014, when the FCC published Report and Order FCC 14-74.

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

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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  • E3B08 - Question withdrawn from pool and marked as deleted.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.