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This announcement was originally published in the\u00a0<\/i>ARRL Letter<\/i>\u00a0on February 19, 2026. ARRL members can subscribe to the weekly ARRL Letter at\u00a0<\/i>www.arrl.org\/opt-in-out<\/i><\/b>.<\/i><\/p>\n
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The National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) Question Pool Committee (QPC) released a February 19, 2026, revision to the new 2026 – 2030 Technician Class question pool. Questions drawn from that pool are valid for Amateur Radio License exams given on, or after, July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n
The revision includes minor wording clarifications to four questions in the pool. The revised questions are:<\/p>\n
These updated questions have been incorporated into the published Technician question pool documents and are available on the NCVEC website at\u00a0www.ncvec.org\/index.php\/2026-2030-technician-question-pool<\/b>. The 2026 – 2030 Technician question pool will be in effect from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030. The current Technician Pool is only valid through June 30, 2026.<\/p>\n
The ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (ARRL VEC) advises the amateur radio community to regularly check the NCVEC website at\u00a0www.ncvec.org<\/b>\u00a0for updates to the question pools, which may include errata and withdrawn questions.<\/p>\n
The NCVEC is a not-for-profit voluntary association, with membership comprised of the various Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certified Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (VECs).<\/i><\/p>\n
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