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ARLB016 Revised NCVEC Form 605 Must Be Used at Exam Sessions Starting on August
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ARRL Bulletin 16  ARLB016
> From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  August 18, 2017
To all radio amateurs

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ARLB016 Revised NCVEC Form 605 Must Be Used at Exam Sessions Starting on August
21

With a revised FCC Form 605 - Quick-Form Application for Authorization in the
Ship, Aircraft, Amateur, Restricted and Commercial Operator, and General Mobile
Radio Services - soon going into effect, the National Conference of Volunteer
Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) has updated its unofficial NCVEC Form 605 that's
used at volunteer examination sessions. The revised NCVEC Form 605 must be used
at exam sessions starting on August 21. Both the new FCC and NCVEC forms ask
applicants if they have been convicted of a felony in any state or federal
court. This conforms with FCC requirements to evaluate an applicant's
qualifications to hold any FCC-issued license. The FCC has been asking "the
felony question" on other forms, and its omission on Form 605 was an apparent
oversight.

An applicant's response and explanation to the felony question - now included
on NCVEC Form 605 - will be used to determine eligibility to be a Commission
licensee. If the answer to the felony question is "yes," the applicant must
submit to FCC - separately from NCVEC Form 605 - a statement (the FCC calls it
an "exhibit") explaining the circumstances. Such applications will be held for
a basic qualification review, something the FCC already does for other licensed
radio services. The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau has said that an
affirmative answer to the felony question does not mean that an application
will be denied automatically.

An applicant's answer to the felony question and their exhibit will be
publically viewable via the Universal Licensing System (ULS). The applicant can
request that all or part of the exhibit be kept confidential, and it will not
be visible to the public.

VECs will not handle exhibits and confidentiality requests; these must be filed
with the FCC by the applicant.

Applicants must answer the felony question only when filing NCVEC Form 605 or
FCC Form 605 for a New, Amendment, Modification (upgrade or call sign change),
or Renewal/Modification (changes at renewal time). The question does not have
to be answered if the applicant is filing a renewal or an administrative update
(change of address, name, e-mail address, etc).

New NCVEC 605 Forms and an Applicant information sheet for use at ARRL
Volunteer Examiner Coordinator exam sessions starting on August 21 have been
published. VEC teams should discard all existing
versions of the NCVEC Form 605; they no longer will be valid and cannot be used
going forward.

The FCC has indicated that all VECs must begin submitting this additional data
starting on September 7. NCVEC decided to make August 21 the effective date to
accommodate mail schedules and the Labor Day holiday.

NCVEC Form 605 has not been revised since the Commission restructured Amateur
Radio license classes 17 years ago.

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