Open Book Review – Fill Out and Use This PDF

Check one: General, Advanced or Extra. Enter your Call sign. What is your FCC-license expiration date?

Enter your Name (first, MI, last) and your Mailing address (street or POB).

Enter your City, State, Zip and Country.

Enter your Day phone, Night phone and Email address.

Mark YES or NO: Has your FCC license ever been suspended or revoked? Have you ever been disaccredited by another VEC? If yes, which VEC(s) and when?

Mark YES or NO: Do you have a call sign change (or Vanity call sign) pending with the FCC? Do you have any Form 605 application pending with the FCC?

Enter the name and phone to contact if you cannot be reached. Enter the name, street address, city, state, zip and country where UPS, daytime courier or mail delivery is reliably possible to you.

For instant accreditation, have you participated as a VE in another VEC program and is your accreditation in that program current? Mark YES or NO.

If yes, enter the date of the last test date at which you participated as an administering VE, and which VEC coordinated that test session (enter VEC name here). YOU MUST now attach a copy of your credentials from that VEC to this form.

If instant accreditation is sought, you MUST indicate the most recent test date at which you served as an administering VE and attach a copy of your other VEC credentials to this application.

As a currently-accredited ARRL VE, you are not required to recomplete the VE application or Open Book Review, however you may wish to refresh your memory by retaking the review (at your option).

If you are currently accredited with--and have participated in--another VEC program, you are not required to take the Open-Book Review (you may simply attach a copy of your other VEC credentials and a copy of your current amateur license to the application form).

Please follow the instructions specified on the review and complete and return the Open-Book Review and the VE Application Form to the ARRL VEC when finished.

Open-Book Review, 8th Edition. ARRL/VEC Office, Accreditations, 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111. Fax: 860-594-0339. You, as a prospective ARRL/VEC Volunteer Examiner, are expected to read and thoroughly understand the ARRL/VEC's VE Manual, on which this review is based.

This review is not a test. It is simply a review that covers the material in the VE Manual, 8th edition.

When completing this Open-Book Review, you may work alone or with others in researching the answers to the questions.

All ARRL/VEC-accredited Volunteer Examiners will be individually responsible for understanding and abiding by the regulations and procedures as presented in this edition. To ensure this, each of you must return an individually completed review.

Please allow three weeks for the ARRL/VEC staff to grade your Open-Book Review and process your VE credentials.

You may not serve as an ARRL/VEC-accredited Volunteer Examiner until your application (and its attachments) has been reviewed and your accreditation is formally approved.

Be sure to make a copy of your completed review (and/or your VE application) before mailing or faxing your review (and/or application).

33. Under current FCC Rules/procedures, when can an amateur license be renewed? Within 90 days of expiration.

Hams seeking accreditation as VEs must be 18 years of age or older.

Your ARRL/VEC accreditation normally remains in effect for three years or until your Amateur Radio license expires, whichever comes first.

In all cases, all three administering VEs must grade all Morse code and written-element exams.

6) I understand that, even though I may be accredited as a VE, if I am not able or competent to perform certain VE functions required for any particular examination, I should not administer that examination (§97.525[a][3]). Sign and enter your call sign and the date.

Look over your form for completeness, make sure it is signed and then send it to the ARRL/VEC, 225 Main Street, Newington CT 06111 USA (or fax: 860-594-0339).

For those of you applying for accreditation, the VE Manual is yours to keep for future reference; no charge!

By signing this Application Form, you certify that to the best of your knowledge the information AND these statements are true: 1) I am at least 18 years of age. 2) I agree to comply with the FCC Rules (see especially Subpart F-§97.509). 3) I agree to comply with examination procedures established by the ARRL as Volunteer Examiner Coordinator. 4) I understand that the ARRL as my coordinating VEC, or I as an accredited ARRL VE, may terminate this relationship at any time, with or without any reason or cause. 5) I understand that violation of the FCC Rules or willful noncompliance with the VEC will result in the loss of my VE accreditation, and could result in loss of my Amateur Radio operator or station licenses, or both.