Thanks for putting together an informative presentation for new VE's. Just a couple of corrections: 5:48 - It is not "mandatory" to sign up for testing on the ARRL website. There are several VEC's besides the ARRL VEC. And even if you do go to an ARRL-affiliated testing location, you don't need to sign up on the ARRL website. You only need to register with the particular VE's offering the testing so that they have a general idea of how many testers to expect. 5:55 - FCC rules prohibit "closed exams". While the VE's can choose to accept or not accept "walk ins" (unscheduled testers), all amateur radio testing must allow the public to observe testing, as long as the observers do not interfere with the testing procedures.
Sheila, do you have a PDF file of the "You Passed! Now What?" slide that you can pass along to us? Thank you for a very informative lesson on VE Testing.
Passed my Extra a few weeks ago and a few days later emailed the forms to ARRL for VE Accreditation. In the waiting stage right now but this definitely helps me understand the process flow. Hoping everything goes smoothly as my club has a test session in early March but we use Laurel VEC so I'll need cross accreditation. N8UJH
I am a freshly-minted ARRL Accredited VE newbie and I found Sheila's presentation & walk-through quite valuable.
Thank you for posting this. '73
Wow, so much detail in a niche market. I'm a VE tomorrow morning and this is a great refresher. Thank you.
Very good video! As a new Extra VE it will help with my first exam today.
Running a test session tonight for the first time. Thanks!
Thanks for putting together an informative presentation for new VE's. Just a couple of corrections:
5:48 - It is not "mandatory" to sign up for testing on the ARRL website. There are several VEC's besides the ARRL VEC. And even if you do go to an ARRL-affiliated testing location, you don't need to sign up on the ARRL website. You only need to register with the particular VE's offering the testing so that they have a general idea of how many testers to expect.
5:55 - FCC rules prohibit "closed exams". While the VE's can choose to accept or not accept "walk ins" (unscheduled testers), all amateur radio testing must allow the public to observe testing, as long as the observers do not interfere with the testing procedures.
Sheila, do you have a PDF file of the "You Passed! Now What?" slide that you can pass along to us? Thank you for a very informative lesson on VE Testing.
AMAZING!! I am a VE Liaison in Bryan Ohio
Passed my Extra a few weeks ago and a few days later emailed the forms to ARRL for VE Accreditation. In the waiting stage right now but this definitely helps me understand the process flow. Hoping everything goes smoothly as my club has a test session in early March but we use Laurel VEC so I'll need cross accreditation.
N8UJH
Great refresher. Doing a VE Session in a week.
Thank you for this presentation. Very helpful.
Thank you. I have a better idea of what to do at my first test session.