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ARLB043 NCVEC Question Pool Committee Seeks Comments on the Technician Question Pool
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ARRL Bulletin 43 ARLB043
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT November 18, 2016
To all radio amateurs
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ARLB043 NCVEC Question Pool Committee Seeks Comments on the Technician Question Pool
The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) Question Pool Committee (QPC) is reviewing the 2014-2018 Technician question pool for revisions and updates. The QPC will accept comments and suggestions from the Amateur Radio community via e-mail through March 31, 2017 at, [email protected] .
The NCVEC QPC will take all comments and suggestions into consideration as it updates the Technician question pool for 2018-2022. Input from the Amateur Radio community may include suggestions for new questions, changes to the topic areas, or changes to existing questions in any of the current Amateur Radio examination question pools.
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From the NCVEC 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).
The NCVEC is a private organization, and functions to facilitate the intercommunications between the FCC and each VEC.
Each active VEC is invited to join the NCVEC, and actively participate. The NCVEC is governed by a body of elected officers consisting of a Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer. The 2015-2016 NCVEC officers are :
Chairman: Larry Pollock – NB5X nb5x @ w5yi.org
Vice Chairman: Maria Somma – AB1FM msomma @ arrl.org
Secretary: Michele Cimbala – WK3X cim @ erols.com
Treasurer: Willard Sitton – W4HZD w4hzd @ comcast.net
Bob K0NR says
I find it interesting/odd that this announcement showed up on ARRL.org but not on NCVEC.org.
Bob K0NR says
Oh, I found it. Mentioned at the bottom of this page:
http://www.ncvec.org/page.php?id=333
Dan KB6NU says
Geez. I don’t think that they could have found a more obscure spot for it. I once volunteered to be the NCVEC PR guy, but they never took me up on my offer.
Zach says
Recently I found a possible error with one of the test questions. T3C05 is about knife-edge propagation. The question refers knife-edge propagation as a wave being refracted around a sharp object. However, clearly this is diffraction not refraction. What are your thoughts?
Dan KB6NU says
Interesting. This question has been in the question pool for as long as I can remember, so I’m a bit surprised that no one has brought this up before. After looking at the definitions of refract and diffract, I think you’re right. The correct answer should read “Signals are partially DIFFRACTED around solid objects exhibiting sharp edges.”