Thanks for the good e-mail. Please keep on the OU ARC e-mail list. -- Tim, WA5LTM On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Laws, Peter C. <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > QST: > > At least until the club gets things set up on OrgSync, please sign up for > OUARC-L, a LISTSERV mailing list, for comms. (go to http://lists.ou.edu > and flail around until you figure out how to subscribe or send an email to > [log in to unmask] with "subscribe ouarc-l" in the message body). > > We're still planning to hold the amateur radio test session on Thursday > evening, September 24th, at 1830 local time at the NWC. Room number TBA. > I know, Mr Thung has a class that night, but we'll work something out for > him. > > REGISTER IN ADVANCE at http://w5nor.org/vereg/form-ouarc.html Doing this > means the NCVEC Form 605 and test answer sheet will be ready for your > signature and (correct) test answers. When you fill in the form, please > use a permanent mailing address. If you are an international student, > please use a US mailing address (citizenship is not required). > Interestingly, as of about 6 months ago, the FCC stopped routinely mailing > out paper licenses unless you set your preference otherwise in ULS. > > Speaking of government websites that were down all Labor Day weekend, > please go to https://apps.fcc.gov/coresWeb/publicHome.do which is the > FCC's COmmission REgistration System (CORES). Set yourself up with an FCC > Registration Number so that you don't have to put your Social Security > Account Number on the form when you take the test. > > Generic details about test sessions are here: > http://w5nor.org/license/index.html Bottom line, please bring $15 cash > (or check made out to "ARRL VEC") and a photo ID like a driver's license. > > The canonical site for the question and answer pools is the National > Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators: > http://www.ncvec.org/page.php?id=338 The Q&A pools have been in the > public domain, by regulation, for over 30 years now. The pools are updated > every four years. If you have a license manual (there are copies in > Bizzell and the NWC library) make sure it is current. For the ARRL line of > manuals, there is a list of cross references between the previous and > current Q&A pools here: http://www.arrl.org/instruction-arrl-resources > > **I encourage you to study both the Element 2 Technician and Element 3 > General pools**. > > There are numerous sites online that will drill you on the exam > questions. My advice is to use one where you have to make a login (free or > not, your choice, there are many) and where the site tracks your progress. > You need to be hitting 85% consistently to ensure passage. Some sites > don't seem to be as random as they should be and you may never see some of > the questions. So a read through the entire pool at least once is probably > warranted. You'll soon find that some questions are on the same topic with > the question restated. > > Plenty of time to ace this. :) > > 73, > Peter Laws > N5UWY > > > http://w5tc.org/ - our site > https://twitter.com/w5tc > https://www.facebook.com/OklahomaStudentAmateurRadioClub > > http://w5nor.org/ - local Norman club site > http://arrl.org/ - American Radio Relay League > While looking for other things, I saw this which may be of interest: > http://www.arrl.org/college-students-and-educators > > > -- > Peter Laws / N5UWY > National Weather Center / Network Operations Center > University of Oklahoma Information Technology > [log in to unmask] (Remote) > College of Architecture, Division of Regional and City Planning, MRCP '16