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As of July 1, 2010 the Element 2 Technician has been updated. With the addition of graphics and many more technical questions the exam is much harder. Many people believe the change is partly due to the FCC dropping Element 1, CW (Morse code) from the licensing requirements.
Amateur Radio was first placed under the authority of the Department of Commerce in 1912. Under the Radio Act of 1912 one needed to pass an essay type test plus 5 WPM (Word Per Minute) CW exams to gain a First Grade Amateur Operator license. In 1951 The 5 WPM, 13 WPM, and 20 WPM requirements came into effect for the Technician, General and Extra class licenses. The Novice class also required 5 WPM.
In 1991 The FCC dropped the CW requirements for Technicians. Technicians who had passed the 5 WPM were given the endorsement of Technician Plus, giving them limited privileges on High Frequency. In 2000 the CW requirement was reduced to 5 WPM for all license classes. In 2007 all CW requirements for licensing were dropped.
It appears that under pressure the National Council of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) has made the Technician Element 2 exam harder. The removal of the CW requirements seems to be the reason to increase the difficulty of the exam. With the General exam Element 3 due to be updated next year any Technicians desiring to upgrade may want to do so in the next year.
Bill Neill
Questions removed from exam pool
NEW Technician Element 2 (pool effective July 1, 2010):
T2C02
T2C03
General Element 3 (pool effective July 1, 2007):
G0B14
G1E10
G2C06
G2D07
G5B10
Beyond the General pool Questions pulled by the VEC pool committee the Laurel VEC has pull the following questions. They are G1A01, G1A02, G1A03, G1A04, G1A05, G1A06, G1AO7, G1A08, G1A10, G1A11, G1C08, G1G09, G1C10, G1C11, G1C12 and G1C13
Extra Element 4 (pool effective July 1, 2008):
E1C04
E1C05
E2E10
E8C04
E9C16
Exam Poll set to Expire;
Technician class (Element 2) Pool is effective July 1, 2006 and is only valid until June 30, 2010.
NEW Technician class (Element 2) Pool is effective July 1, 2010 and is valid until June 30, 2014.
General class (Element 3) Pool is valid until June 30, 2011.
Extra class (Element 4) Pool valid until June 30, 2012.
Bill Neill
The Madison County VE Team has set up a Laurel exam session
Wednesday August 18, 2010. Exam time 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Madison County Engineer's Office
825 US 42 NE
London, Ohio 43140
This is located at the intersection of I70 and USRT 42.
Entrance is located between McDonald's and Wendy's
Talk in 147.285+
Walk ins are always welcomed
Contact information:
Mark Crosbie, N8MNI
231 Jacqueline Dr.
London, Ohio 43140
740-852-4237
10:00 am - 8:00 pm
