New General Question Pool Released for Ham Radio Licensing

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New General Question Pool Released for Ham Radio Licensing

The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators' (NCVEC) Question Pool Committee (QPC) has released the 2023 - 2027 General Class FCC Element 3 Syllabus and Question Pool to the public. The new General Question Pool is effective 1st July 2023, through 30th June 2027.

The new pool incorporates some significant changes compared to the 2019 - 2023 version. Its 432 questions were modified slightly to improve wording and to replace distractors; 51 new questions were generated, and 73 questions were eliminated. This resulted in a reduction of 22 questions, bringing the total number of questions in the pool down from 454. The level of difficulty of questions is more balanced, and the techniques and practices addressed have been updated.

The pool is available as a Microsoft Word document and PDF. The single graphic required for the new General Question Pool is available within the documents, or separately as PDF and JPG file formats.

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Tech Exam Cheat Sheet

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One of the problems with the Technician Class amateur radio license exam is that so many questions can be answered correctly only by memorizing the answers. If any of these questions came up in real life, one would consult a book for the correct equation or information.

That being the case, Dan Romanchik KB6NU is offering this “cheat sheet” that someone could use while taking practice tests to answer these questions. Just don’t get too dependent on this cheat sheet, as you won’t be able to use while taking the real test, at least not yet anyway.

Download the PDF file - https://www.kb6nu.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/tech-cheat-sheet-20220923.pdf

UK Amateur Radio Syllabus 1.5 Checks Finished

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The RSGB Examinations and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG) has just completed editing and checking exercise for all the v1.5 syllabus content on the RSGB website. The single-tier and three-tier versions should have exactly the same content and, by majority request, Oxford commas have been removed.

The old syllabuses can still be found at on the RSGB website, while the new syllabuses can be found at http://www.rsgb.org/syllabus2019

The Group has also been working on the sample examination papers and sample questions on the RSGB website in order to bring them into line with version 1.5. As the majority of candidates will now be taking examinations online, as opposed to paper-based exams, the front sheets of the sample papers have been adapted to reflect this transition. The sample questions are now shown using an Excel spreadsheet rather than being a pdf. The updated sample examination papers can be found at http://www.rsgb.org/mock-exams