Subj : Local License Exam Update
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat Aug 03 2019 03:15 pm

At a license exam session in Sherwood, Arkansas on August 3, 2019,
we had 2 examinees, and 8 VE's. Of the examinees, one got his
Technician, and missed passing the General by 3 questions...not
bad for not having seen the material. He is planning to upgrade
later.

Another examinee missed the General twice...by 1 the first time,
and by 2 the second time. The problem was, he had studied the OLD
Question Pool that EXPIRED on June 30, INSTEAD of the NEW Question
Pool that took effect on July 1!!

If you are a VE Team Liaision, you need to implore the examinees
to be SURE to study the CORRECT Question Pool, or they're going
to be in for a RUDE AWAKENING on exam day!! Every 3 out of every
4 years, on July 1st, one of the license class Question Pools and 
resulting exams...changes. It's Technician in year 1, General in 
year 2, Amateur Extra in year 3, then no updates in year 4...before 
the cycle starts over again.

Examinees also need to be sure that websites they use have the
CORRECT material -- HamTestOnline (hamradiolicenseexam.com) 
ALWAYS has the correct material online. Once a Question Pool
expires, it is REMOVED from their website. They put the final
version of the new pool online, in case examinees aren't going
to be able to test until after the pool changes.

By the same token, VE Team Liaisions need to be SURE that they
have the CURRENT exam books in their supplies. Once the old pool
expires, any old books supplied by the VEC, or exam books printed
with exam software, should be DESTROYED.

VE's today were WX4QZ (Liaison), KF5STK, AG4HH, W5ARL, KK5IT, KA5FDX, 
NI5Y, and W5HWH...I appreciate their serving. I'd rather have more
VE's than needed...than to not have enough, and have to cancel the
session.

Daryl Stout, WX4QZ, UALR Ham Radio Club VE Team Liaison
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