Subj : ARRL/VEC VE Newsletter
To : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jan 23 2020 11:54 am
In checking the National Conference Of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators
(NCVEC) as of Jan. 23, 2020 -- I have discovered that the NEW 2020-2024
Amateur Extra Class Question Pool, for use on exams as of July 1, 2020,
have been RELEASED into the public domain.
The following links are available for download:
1) 2020-2024 Extra Class Pool (in Microsoft Word (DOCX) format)
2) 2020-2024 Extra Class Pool (in ASCII text format)
3) 2020-2024 Extra Class Schematic Diagrams (in PDF format)
4) 2020-2024 Extra Class Schematic Diagrams (in JPEG format, in one
ZIP file)
You can obtain these at:
http://www.ncvec.org/page.php?id=356
The main site for the NCVEC is www.ncvec.org -- check there for any
updates.
For the above files:
A) OpenOffice, LibreOffice, or Microsoft Word, is required to view the
Microsoft Word document.
B) A regular ascii editor, such as Windows Notepad, is required to view
the ASCII text file. Clicking on it in your browser will open it for
viewing (I personally use Mozilla Firefox under Windows 10).
C) The Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the PDF file.
D) An archiver, such as WinZip or WinRAR is required, to extract the
JPEG files within the ZIP file -- and a graphics viewer is required to
view the JPEG files.
The Question Pool Committee (QPC) is comprised of the following
members:
Roland Sanders, K3RA - Anchorage VEC (Chairman)
Maria Somma, AB1FM - ARRL VEC
Michael Maston, N6OPH - SANDARC VEC
Larry Pollock, NB5X - W5YI VEC
Ralph Roberts, W5VE - WCARS VEC
You can submit feedback or questions to the QPC by email to:
qpcinput at ncvec dot org
There will likely be several changes and corrections for questions
that are vague, have errors, etc., but a final release should be done
by Hamvention in Xenia, Ohio, in mid-May, 2020...so new study guides
can be prepared.
You should study these ONLY if you plan to take the Amateur Extra
exam between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2024. I would wait until "the
final release" before you begin "serious study", but this will give
you an idea of the new pool.
As of July 1, 2020, the 2016-2020 Amateur Extra Class exams, books,
study guides, etc., will no longer be valid. You should study these
ONLY if you plan to take the Amateur Extra exam on or before June 30,
2020.
I have had numerous examinees in the 12+ years that I've been a VE,
come into an exam session, having studied the WRONG material...some
more than 1 pool cycle out of date!! So, VE Teams need to admonish
prospective examinees to be studying the CORRECT Question Pool...or
they'll be in for a RUDE AWAKENING on exam day...and they will likely
fail the exam.
The current Question Pools and dates are as follows:
Technician: July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2022
General: July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2023
Extra: July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2020 -- the NEW pool takes
effect on July 1, 2020. VE Teams should be sure that the 2016-2020
books are discarded/destroyed as of July 1, 2020.
Note that there will NOT be a Question Pool Update in 2021...but
the cycle will start again in 2022, with Technician...then 2023 for
the General...then 2024 for the Amateur Extra. Then, the pools take
2025 off, and start over in 2026.
Daryl Stout, WX4QZ, UALR Ham Radio Club VE Team Liaison
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