[PPRAANet] TEST QUESTION POOL COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES NEW SCHEDULE

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The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner  Coordinators (NCVEC) has
announced that the Question Pool Committee (QPC) has  adjusted its schedule
for revising Amateur Radio examination question pools.  This decision was
prompted by recent FCC announcements, changes in radio  communication
technology and recommendations from VECs. 

"The QPC  feels it is imperative to produce a new Technician class pool now
to better  position the Amateur Radio Service for growth in the years ahead,"
the QPC  said in a statement released September 9. "The new schedule  impacts
previously announced release dates for all three question pools."  

The new Technician class (Element 2) pool now tops the schedule and is  due
for release January 1, 2006, effective July 1, 2006. 

General  class (Element 3) pool updates, previously scheduled to become 
effective on July  1, 2008, will be released December 1, 2006, and become effective 
July 1,  2007.

The Extra class (Element 4) pool originally scheduled for 2005,  will be 
released
on December 1, 2007, and will become effective July 1, 2008.  

Barring any major rules changes, subsequent updates to all pools will  follow
the traditional four-year cycle, the QPC said. Selected by  representatives
of the 12 VECs attending the NCVEC's annual conference, the  QPC consists of
Chair Jim Wiley, KL7CC, Anchorage VEC; Perry Green, WY1O,  ARRL VEC, and
Larry Pollock, NB5X, W5YI VEC. 

A team of associates  representing various VEC organizations as well as
experts selected from the  amateur community will assist the QPC. 

Interested persons are encouraged  to submit questions to the NCVEC QPC via
the NCVEC Web site  <http://www.ncvec.org>.