Test Guidelines - 2009
Candidates should bring:
1. The ORIGINAL current Amateur license they now hold (if any).
2. All ORIGINAL CSCE's they are using for element credit (if any).
3. A COPY of their current Amateur license (#1 above, if applicable).
4. A COPY of each CSCE they are using for element credit (#2 above, if applicable).
5. A Picture ID to properly identify themselves. EVERYONE (including minors) must have proper
ID for the VE Team. If a minor doesn't have a photo ID, another form of ID such as a Social
Security card, library card, school report card, school ID card, etc. may be acceptable. Check
with the VE Team prior to the Testing Session if you have any questions regarding what may
constitute a proper ID.
6. The proper VE Test Fee for the year 2009: $15.00 (checks are acceptable. Make payable to
"ARRL / VEC").
7. If you are claiming an upgrade from "Tech Plus" to "General" because you held a Technician
License prior to March 21, 1987, you MUST furnish the VE Team proof of that fact. An old
license with an issue date prior to 03/21/1987 is acceptable. A Callbook showing your license
status prior to 1987 is also acceptable. Due to revisions made during the calendar year,
please use a Callbook prior to 1988. If you use a 1987 Callbook, it must be the first published
edition of 1987 and not a supplement. You can write to the FCC and request documentation of
the fact that you qualify. There is also at least one commercial company that will research
it for you for a fee. See the article beginning on page 68 of the February 2000 QST for more
information. The burden of proof rests with the applicant. Please don't ask the VE Team to
upgrade you without the proper documentation just because we might know you and know that
you received your ticket fifteen or twenty years ago. WE MUST furnish proof along with your
application for the upgrade to be valid.
8. Pencils for the tests. We will have a limited number on hand, but we obviously can't furnish
pencils for everyone.
9. A calculator if you choose. Please be ready to let the VE Team examine it to ensure that
there are no resident formulas in the calculator that could be used on the exams.
10. Your brain! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to pass these exams. You must study before
the exam and then carefully check your work before you hand in your answer sheet for grading.
Most candidates who miss passing an exam by one or two questions do so because of carelessness
leaving an answer blank, for example, or accidentally marking the wrong letter. Please
double-check your work!
Good Luck on your exam!
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