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NEWINGTON, CT, Nov 28, 2006 -- With numerous new FCC Part 97 rules soon going into effect, the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators' (NCVEC) Question Pool Committee (QPC) has dropped two dozen questions from the three Amateur Radio examination question pools. The deletions will bring ham radio license exams offered starting December 15 into line with rule changes spelled out in the recent FCC "omnibus" Report and Order (R&O) in WT Docket 04-140. ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM, says ARRL VEC-sponsored examination sessions will go forward without interruption.
"ARRL VEC will not be replacing any of our exam booklets affected by the WT 04-140 rule changes," Somma said. "We will, instead, be using stickers to substitute alternate questions. The stickers will contain valid questions to place in the exam booklets to cover up the deleted questions." The stickers will go out by December 15 to ARRL VEC volunteer examiner teams that have been formally field stocked.
ARRL volunteer examiner teams using ExamWin software just have to update the "LOCKED.OUT" file to include the deleted questions, Somma added.
The QPC cut just one question from the Technician question pool, 13 from the General pool and 10 from the Amateur Extra pool. Changes in rules governing frequency privileges and external RF power amplifier standards accounted for the lion's share of the questions cut from the General and Amateur Extra pools.
The table below includes all questions eliminated from the current question pools as a result of changes dictated by the "omnibus" R&O. In a letter earlier this month to all ARRL VEC teams, Somma pointed out that even after the deletions, "sufficient questions will remain in the applicable pools to meet the mandated '10-times' rule, so no new questions are being added to existing pools." The "10-times" rule requires question pools to include 10 times the number of questions on a given examination for that license class.
| Question Number | Reason for Change |
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Technician (Element 2) Questions Deleted by December 15
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| T2A02 | Change to §97.113, Incidental music transmissions from manned spacecraft |
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General (Element 3) Questions Deleted by December 15
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| G1A02 | Change to §97.301(d), General class frequency privileges |
| G1A03 | Change to §97.301(d), General class frequency privileges |
| G1A06 | Change to §97.301(d), General class frequency privileges |
| G1A10 | Change to §97.301(d), General class frequency privileges |
| G1B05 | Change to §97.113(e), Incidental music transmissions from manned spacecraft |
| G1C01 | Change to §97.313(c), Observing 200 W limit in Novice segments |
| G1D01 | No mention of need to be a VE* |
| G1F02 | Change to §97.315(b)(1), External RF power amplifier standards |
| G1F03 | Change to §97.317(a)(3), Power amplifier gain/drive requirements |
| G1F04 | Change to §97.317(b), External RF power amplifier standards |
| G1F10 | Change to §97.317(b), External RF power amplifier standards |
| G1F11 | Change to §97.317(b)(2), Power amplifier gain/drive requirements |
| G2F02 | Change in Amateur Extra class phone band on 75 meters |
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Amateur Extra (Element 4) Questions Deleted by December 15
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| E1A01 | Change to §97.301(b), Extra class frequency privileges |
| E1A02 | Change to §97.301(b), Extra class frequency privileges |
| E1E05 | Change to §97.207(d), Space station communications |
| E1E08 | Change to §97.207(g)(1), Space station communications |
| E1F04 | Removed to maintain consistency with VEC regulations* |
| E1F20 | Change to §97.519(b), 10-day rule removed |
| E1F26 | Change to §97.505, Permanent code credit even if CSCE expired |
| E1F27 | Change to §97.505, Permanent code credit even if CSCE expired |
| E1F28 | Change to §97.505, Permanent code credit even if CSCE expired |
| E1G02 | Change to §97.317(a), Standards for RF power amplifiers |
*While still correct in most aspects, questions G1D01 and E1F04 are being removed at this time because they do not meet current standards for the degree of completeness or accuracy desired by the QPC.
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