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What To Bring To A License Exam Session:
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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) <GRIN!>.

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