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   ARLB023 New General Question Pool Released for Ham Radio Licensing   
   Effective July 1, 2023   
      
   ZCZC AG23   
   QST de W1AW    
   ARRL Bulletin 23  ARLB023   
   From ARRL Headquarters    
   Newington CT  December 12, 2022   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
   SB QST ARL ARLB023   
   ARLB023 New General Question Pool Released for Ham Radio Licensing   
   Effective July 1, 2023   
      
   The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators' (NCVEC)   
   Question Pool Committee (QPC) has released the 2023 - 2027 General   
   Class FCC Element 3 Syllabus and Question Pool to the public. The   
   new General Question Pool is effective July 1, 2023, through June   
   30, 2027.   
      
   The new pool incorporates some significant changes compared to the   
   2019 - 2023 version. Its 432 questions were modified slightly to   
   improve wording and to replace distractors; 51 new questions were   
   generated, and 73 questions were eliminated. This resulted in a   
   reduction of 22 questions, bringing the total number of questions in   
   the pool down from 454. The level of difficulty of questions is more   
   balanced, and the techniques and practices addressed have been   
   updated.   
      
   The pool is available as a Microsoft Word document and PDF online   
   at, http://www.ncvec.org/page.php?id=369 . The single graphic   
   required for the new General Question Pool is available within the   
   documents, or separately as PDF and JPG file formats.   
      
   "The newly revised pool must be used for General-class license exams   
   starting July 1, 2023," said ARRL VEC Manager Maria Somma, AB1FM,   
   who is a member of the NCVEC Question Pool Committee. "New test   
   designs will be available to ARRL Volunteer Examiners on that date.   
   The ARRL VEC will supply its officially appointed, field-stocked VE   
   teams with new General exam booklet designs around mid-June."   
      
   General class examination candidates preparing for their exams using   
   the 9th edition of The General Class License Manual, and/or the 6th   
   edition of ARRL's General Q & A are encouraged to test by, or   
   before, June 30, 2023. New editions of ARRL licensing publications   
   will be available in May, for exams taken on, or after, July 1,   
   2023.   
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