02/06/2026
The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC[1]) Question
Pool Committee (QPC[2]) has removed two questions from the General Class
question pool and one question from the Extra Class pool from use.
Due to recently published FCC rule changes affecting the 60-meter band (see
previous ARRL News[3] story), General Class questions G1A04 and G1C09 are no
longer valid and must be removed from use on examinations. Extra Class question
E4D05 must also be removed because it contains more than one correct answer. All
affected questions should be removed from examinations as soon as possible.
Updated General Class question pool files, including the errata and new
information, have been posted to the NCVEC General Class question pool web page
at www.ncvec.org/index.php/2023-2027-general-question-pool-release[4]. The
current Element 3 General question pool became effective on July 1, 2023, and it
is valid through June 30, 2027.
Updated question pool files have also been posted to the NCVEC Extra Class
question pool web page at
www.ncvec.org/index.php/2024-2028-extra-class-question-pool-release[5]. The
current Element 4 Extra question pool became effective on July 1, 2024, and it
is valid through June 30, 2028.
The ARRL VEC[6] advises the amateur radio community, and particularly Volunteer
Examiners (VEs), to regularly check the NCVEC website at www.ncvec.org[7] for
updates to the question pools, which may include errata and withdrawn questions.
[1] https://www.ncvec.org/
[2] https://www.ncvec.org/index.php/question-pool-committee
[3]
https://www.arrl.org/news/new-60-meter-frequencies-available-as-of-february-13
[4] http://www.ncvec.org/index.php/2023-2027-general-question-pool-release
[5] http://www.ncvec.org/index.php/2024-2028-extra-class-question-pool-release
[6] https://arrl.org/volunteer-examiners
[7] http://www.ncvec.org/
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