Subj : ARRL/VEC VE Newsletter To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Thu Jun 30 2022 17:16:32 ARRL VE Newsletter June 30 2022 - TECHNICIAN EXAMS REMINDER ======================================================================== New Technician Class Element 2 Exams will take effect for exam sessions beginning Friday July 1, 2022. With the Technician class exam questions changing July 1, new test designs must be used effective that day. Previous ARRL VEC supplied Technician class exam booklet versions (2018 series) and computer-generated Technician class exams created from the 2018 question pool are only valid until midnight June 30, 2022. At that time, the existing Technician class exams (2018 series) can be discarded on or after Midnight, June 30, 2022, as they will no longer be valid (do not return them to the VEC). To avoid a mix-up at the session, do not save old exam versions. ARRL VE teams who are officially Field Stocked by the ARRL VEC, new Technician class exam design booklets were shipped out via first class mail the week of June 13-17, 2022 to nearly 1,000 teams. The packages should have already been delivered to field stocked team leaders. ======================================================================== Plastic Grading Templates - REMINDER Officially Field Stocked teams must keep your supply of the blue PLASTIC overlay grading templates used to grade the exams. The plastic templates should never be thrown away or destroyed when new exam versions are introduced and shipped. A new KEY For Templates (paper instructions) for the plastic grading templates has been updated to let teams know how to match up the existing plastic templates with the new exam designs. ======================================================================== The ARRL VEC Staff is Ready to Serve You As always, the dedicated VEC staff are here to answer any questions you may have. ARRL VEC: (860) 594-0300 (leave message after regular business hours) Address: ARRL VEC, 225 Main St, Newington CT 06111 Email: VEC@arrl.org Web: www.arrl.org/volunteer-examiners ARRL VEC Fax: 860-594-0339 Maria Somma, AB1FM, Manager Amanda O'Brien, N1NHL, Assistant Manager Stephanie Borden W2MAU, Service Representative Lisa Riendeau, Service Representative Joshua Nance, Service Representative Ann Brinius, Service Representative We thank you for your support of the ARRL VEC program. ======================================================================== ARRL VEC VE Newsletter is published by the American Radio Relay League, Inc. - The National Association for Amateur Radio (R). Material from the ARRL VE E-Newsletter may be republished or reproduced in whole or in part in any form without additional permission. Credit must be given to The ARRL VEC. ARRL VEC 225 Main Street Newington CT 06111 USA Sincerely, Maria Somma, AB1FM - VEC Manager / Editor ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 USA msomma@arrl.org ======================================================================== --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (618:250/33) .