Thursday’s ARRL Letter had an item on the recent National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) Conference in Gettysburg, PA. The most notable thing about this item is that there’s really nothing notable to report:
- No big changes for the Extra Class question pool:
NCVEC Question Pool Committee (QPC) Chairman Roland Anders, K3RA, led a discussion on the QPC’s plans for the upcoming year. “The QPC is working on the new Amateur Extra class pool and syllabus that is scheduled to be released December 2011,” Somma explained. “It will become effective July 1, 2012. No major changes are planned for the pool and the difficulty level will remain the same. Anders mentioned that the QPC does not expect any new pool releases in 2013.”
- The FCC has received “very few” complaints about the exam process.
- The NCVEC re-elected by acclamation the current representatives to new terms.
Personally, I think the NCVEC and all the Volunteer Examiners out there are doing a great job, but I’ll put it to you:
- Do you see any ways that the ham radio licensing process can be improved?
- Should the test be harder? easier?
- Should different topics be covered?
- Should the question pools be updated more frequently?