Subj : Classes And Exams (F) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Tue Dec 27 2022 03:09:58 (CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS MESSAGE) What To Bring To A License Exam Session: ======================================== NOTE: VE Teams may NOT have the means to make photocopies of items at a license exam session. 1) The ORIGINAL and a PHOTOCOPY of your license, if you are already licensed, or if the licensed is expired (even if more than 2 years). The PHOTOCOPY of your license will be sent off with your exam materials. As noted earlier, if you previously held a General, Advanced, or Amateur Extra Class license, you're eligible for partial exam credit...but still have to pass the Technician Class exam to get back on the air with a new callsign. 2) A Photo ID, such as a Drivers License, Passport, State ID, etc. Lacking a photo ID REQUIRES two (2) forms of identification, such as a Birth Certificate, with the appropriate seal affixed, a utility bill, bank statement, or other piece of mail addressed to you, are are alternate forms of ID. Students can bring a library card, or a minors work permit, if under 18 years of age. These may also bring the ORIGINAL Birth Certificate. Once verified by the VE Team, ALL ID DOCUMENTS WILL BE RETURNED to the examinee. 3) Appropriate information for the NCVEC Form 605, detailed elsewhere in this bulletin/message thread. 4) The ORIGINAL and a PHOTOCOPY of any applicable Certificate Of any Successful Completion Of Examination (CSCE), which are valid for 365 days after initial issuance for upgrading. If you take a test on July 1 of a non-leap year, the CSCE expires at midnight on June 30 of the following year. However, if you take a test on July 1, of a leap year, the CSCE expires at midnight on June 29 of the following year. An amateur radio operator who had previously passed the 5 words per minute (wpm) Morse Code test does NOT need to keep the CSCE showing that they passed Element 1, since the FCC removed the Morse Code requirement for any U.S. amateur radio licensee as of Feb. 23, 2007. Further details on CSCE's are later in this bulletin/message thread. Once you have a current license that matches what is on the CSCE, you can either keep the CSCE as a "novelty", or you may discard it. The photocopy of the CSCE will be sent off with the exam materials, but you MUST bring the ORIGINAL of the CSCE to obtain proper exam credit. This applies if you have taken, and passed another amateur radio license exam in the time before the current exam session...yet, the results of that previous session have not yet shown up in the FCC ULS database. It normally takes 1 to 2 weeks for the data to be posted. However, during a U.S. Government Shutdown, it may take quite awhile longer. Note that if the VE Team uploads the exam session data electronically to the VEC, you can have your license in as little as 72 hours after the exam session, and paying the appropriate license exam fees, noted below. 4) Cash, or a check payable to the appropriate Volunteer Examination team for the appropriate amount. It's currently $15 for ARRL VE Test Sessions (payable to ARRL/VEC), and it'll remain that way through 2023. The fee may increase in future years, and the exam fee may be different for VEC groups other than the ARRL/VEC. As of April 19, 2022, there's also a $35 fee...so depending on what the VEC charges, you may have to pay as much as $50 for the exam, if not more. The VE Team will collect its regular fee, and the $35 fee will be payable on the FCC's website. A link to such is available on the new CSCE's from ARRL/VEC, and other VEC's may soon provide similar items. Without payment of the fees, the license application will be DISMISSED as DEFECTIVE, and applicants will NOT be eligible for a refund. 5) A calculator, with ALL MEMORY FORMULAS CLEARED. You will be REQUIRED to prove to the VE Team that this is the case...and the VE Team will personally inspect the calculator to verify such!! WARNING!! Cheating in ANY form, will NOT be tolerated. This includes bringing a calculator without the formulas cleared, crib notes, using electronic devices (cellphone, iPhone, iPad, Smartphone, Android, etc.). The exams are different colors for each license class (noted below), and each exam booklet has at least five different sets of questions. Some ARRL/VEC VE Teams use the "Exam Tools" software to create a large number, and wide range of tests with possible questions, for even more questions. At MINIMUM, there could be 36 different exams (if not more) for each license class...with or without graphics/schematic diagrams. So, trying to "copy answers" off of someone elses answer sheet will do you no good. In fact, if it is determined that an examinee is cheating, their exam will be TERMINATED, marked as FAILED, and the examinee will be ordered to leave the premises immediately! Please do NOT put yourself, or the VE Team into an embarassing situation. Cheating on a test could affect your ability to test at a future exam. Again, if it takes you a dozen or more tries to pass an exam...even if just barely...you have as much right to be on the air as someone who made a perfect score the first time. In short, you might as well "take the test legally". If you pass the test "just barely", it's the same as if you made a perfect score. If you fail the test "just barely", it's the same as if you missed every question on the test. You are basically ready to take the test, or you are not. Besides, the man or woman who graduates DEAD LAST in Medical School...is STILL...a DOCTOR. However, I might be leery of them doing a pelvic exam (females) or a prostate check (males) . (CONTINUED NEXT MESSAGE) --- SBBSecho 3.15-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (618:250/33) .