Subj : Local License Exam Update
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Thu Jun 17 2021 11:33:30

Well, since no one responded to me for a license exam, by the 48 hour
deadline before the session that I had set, the ham radio license
exam session, that was set for this Saturday, June 19, at UALR, is
hereby CANCELLED!! So, please do NOT plan to come to UALR...as no one
will be there!!

In consulting with my VE Team, they've decided that the date of
Saturday, July 10, 2021, will work better for all of us. However, if
we don't get any response to that (the registration deadline will be
10am CDT July 8th), then we are going to look very closely at whether
we should be offering license exams at all. I still have no word from
the Central Arkansas Library System on whether they will allow us to
use the meeting room for testing again, because of COVID-19 issues.

In short, there's no point in coming to the exam site for nothing (high
gas prices, other summer tasks, etc.)...and even before COVID-19 (when
we could do walk-ins), we had more than one occurrence of no one showing
up. The STARS Club in Cabot is doing monthly testing in Cabot at their
monthly Sunday meetings (see their Facebook group for details), and the
ARVARF Club in Russellville (www.arvarf.com) is offering remote testing
(see their website for details).

I have revised the handout on the UALR Ham Radio Club website...but
except for the date change, everything else in the document still
applies. I've also notified ARRL/VEC of the change.

Daryl, WX4QZ, UALR Ham Radio Club VE Team Liaison
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