Subj : ARRL/VEC VE Newsletter
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Mar 01 2019 11:01 am
ARRL VE Newsletter March 1st, 2019
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Inside this VE E-Newsletter:
FCC Universal Licensing System Maintenance Impacts License Applications
Exam Session Reminders
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FCC Universal Licensing System will be Down for Maintenance
The FCC has announced that the Universal Licensing System (ULS), which
processes Amateur Radio license applications, will be offline for
scheduled maintenance from 0300 UTC until 1300 UTC on Saturday, March 2
(starting late on Friday, March 1, in continental US time zones).
The FCC said all applications, which includes Amateur applications,
submitted on Friday, March 1, and Monday, March 4, will be processed on
Tuesday, March 5.
The outage will affect ULS Application Search, License Search, License
Manager, Tower Construction Notification System, E-106 System, Antenna
Structure Registration, ASR Application Search, ASR Registration Search,
Application GeoSearch, 800 MHz, and Ownership Information Search.
We will continue to transmit license applications (individual, club, and
exam session applications) into the FCC system even though FCC will not
process any applications until Tuesday, March 5.
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Exam Session Reminders
GRADING EXAMS: Each VE must grade each exam taken, or must agree to the
score given. After all three VE's agree to the number of correct answers
shown, the score is announced to the examinee. The VE's must inform the
examinee of their grade (pass or fail, and state the score {e.g., 26 out
of 35}) upon completion of the grading.
NEW GENERAL EXAMS COMING: The new General class question pool will take
effect on July 1, 2019 for all Element 3 General class license written
exams. With the General class exams changing July 1st, new test designs
must be created, and used on that day. ARRL VEC will be supplying all its
(near 1,000) Field Stocked VE teams with new test booklets about the 3rd
week in June. Do not destroy the 2015 versions of the General exams until
June 30.
BASIC QUALIFICATION QUESTION PROCEDURES: The detailed instructions are
available on the ARRL website.
At the exam session, candidates that answer "YES" to the qualification
(felony) question should be given the "Applicant Instructions for FCC
Basic Qualification Question" document.
Print or download here:
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/VEs/Applicant%20Info%20Qualification%20
Question%202019.pdf
(above URL all on one line)
Applicants can also be referred to our Basic Qualification Question web
page for information and instructions.
View page:
http://www.arrl.org/fcc-qualification-question
After the application data from the session is submitted to FCC, and an
FCC file number is created, the applicant is required to provide an
explanation directly to the FCC within 14 days. Do not collect
information from the candidate, and do not send any documents to the VEC.
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The ARRL VEC Staff is Ready to Serve You!
As always, the dedicated VEC staff are here to answer any questions you
may have.
ARRL VEC: 1-860-594-0300
Address: ARRL VEC, 225 Main St, Newington CT 06111
Email:
[email protected]
Web: www.arrl.org/volunteer-examiners
ARRL VEC Fax: 860-594-0339
Maria Somma, AB1FM, Manager
Amanda Grimaldi, N1NHL, Assistant Manager
Stephanie Borden, W2MAU, Service Representative
Ann Brinius, Service Representative
Lisa Riendeau, Service Representative
Joshua Nance, Service Representative
We thank you for your efforts and interest in the ARRL VEC program.
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ARRL VEC VE Newsletter is published by the American Radio Relay League,
Inc. - the national association for Amateur Radio�.
Material from the ARRL VE E-Newsletter may be republished or reproduced
in whole or in part in any form without additional permission. Credit
must be given to The American Radio Relay League VEC.
ARRL VEC
225 Main Street
Newington CT 06111 USA
Sincerely,
Maria Somma, AB1FM - VEC Manager / Editor
ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio (R)
225 Main Street
Newington, CT 06111 USA
[email protected]
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