04/28/2026
This announcement was originally published in the ARRL Letter[1] on December 18,
2025. ARRL members can subscribe to the weekly ARRL Letter at
www.arrl.org/opt-in-out[2].
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On December 18, 2025, the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators
(NCVEC[3]) Question Pool Committee (QPC[4]) released the revised 2026-2030
Technician Class (Element 2) question pool[5]. It will be required for all
Amateur Radio License exam sessions beginning July 1, 2026. The new pool
includes 409 questions (27 new, 30 removed, and about 155 modified), compared to
412 in the prior pool. The pool also includes three diagrams used for some of
the questions.
This updated question pool incorporates significant changes compared to the
prior pool. The questions were checked for technical accuracy and relevance to
current amateur radio practices, as well as for grammar, syntax, format,
clarity, and for redundancy within and between the pools.
VECs and Volunteer Examiners must use test designs based on the new pool
starting on July 1, 2026. Current ARRL VEC Technician Class exam booklets (2022
series) and computer-generated Technician Class exams created from the 2022
question pool are valid until June 30. After that, old versions should be
destroyed.
ARRL will have new editions of Technician Class study materials, including The
ARRL Ham Radio License Manual, Gordon West Technician Class License Prep book,
and ARRL's Tech Q&A, by May 2026.
View all question pools on the NCVEC[6] website.
The NCVEC is a not-for-profit voluntary association, with membership comprised
of the various Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certified Volunteer
Examiner Coordinators (VECs).
[1] http://www.arrl.org/arrlletterissue?issue=2025-12-18
[2] https://www.arrl.org/opt-in-out
[3] https://www.ncvec.org/
[4] https://www.ncvec.org/index.php/question-pool-committee
[5] https://www.ncvec.org/index.php/2026-2030-technician-question-pool
[6] https://www.ncvec.org/
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