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           Subpart F -- Qualifying Examination Systems

     S 97.501 Qualifying for an amateur operator license.
     An applicant must successfully pass an examination for the
issuance of a new amateur operator license and for each change in
operator class. Each applicant for the class of operator license
specified below must pass, or otherwise receive examination
credit for, the following examination elements:
     (a) Amateur Extra Class operator: Elements 1(C), 2, 3(A),
3(B), 4(A), and 4(B);
     (b) Advanced Class operator: Elements 1(B) or 1(C), 2, 3(A),
3(B), and 4(A);
     (c) General Class operator: Elements 1(B) or 1(C), 2, 3(A),
and 3(B);
     (d) Technician Class operator: Elements 1(A) or 1(B) or
1(C), 2, and 3(A);
     (e) Novice Class operator: Elements 1(A) or 1(B) or 1(C),
and 2.
     S 97.503 Element standards.
     (a) A telegraphy examination must be sufficient to prove
that the examinee has the ability to send correctly by hand and
to receive correctly by ear texts in the international Morse code
at not less than the prescribed speed, using all the letters of
the alphabet, numerals 0-9, period, comma, question mark, slant
mark and prosigns ar, bt and sk.
     (1) Element 1(A): 5 words per minute;
     (2) Element 1(B): 13 words per minute;
     (3) Element 1(C): 20 words per minute.
     (b) A written examination must be such as to prove that the
examinee possesses the operational and technical qualifications
required to perform properly the duties of an amateur service
licensee. Each written examination must be comprised of a
question set as follows:
     (1) Element 2: 30 questions concerning the privileges of a
Novice Class operator license. The minimum passing score is 22
questions answered correctly.
     (2) Element 3(A): 25 questions concerning the additional
privileges of a Technician Class operator license. The minimum
passing score is 19 questions answered correctly.
     (3) Element 3(B): 25 questions concerning the additional
privileges of a General Class operator license. The minimum
passing score is 19 questions answered correctly.
     (4) Element 4(A): 50 questions concerning the additional
privileges of an Advanced Class operator license. The minimum
passing score is 37 questions answered correctly.
     (5) Element 4(B): 40 questions concerning the additional
privileges of an Amateur Extra Class operator license. The
minimum passing score is 30 questions answered correctly.
     (c) The topics and number of questions required in each
question set are listed below for the appropriate examination
element:

Topics                         Element:  2    3(A)   3(B)   4(A)   4(B)
     (1) FCC rules for the
amateur radio services                   10   5      4      6      8

     (2) Amateur station operating
procedures                               2    3      3      1      4

     (3) Radio wave propagation
characteristics of amateur service
frequency bands                          1    3      3      2      2

   (4) Amateur radio practices           4    4      5      4      4

   (5) Electrical principles as applied
to amateur station equipment             4    2      2      10     6

     (6) Amateur station equipment
circuit components                       2    2      1      6      4

     (7) Practical circuits employed
in amateur station equipment             2    1      1      10     4

     (8) Signals and emissions
transmitted by amateur stations          2    2      2      6      4

     (9) Amateur station antennas
and feed lines                           3    3      4      5      4

     S 97.505 Element credit.
     (a) The administering VEs must give credit as specified
below to an examinee holding any of the following documents:
     (1) An unexpired (or within the grace period) FCC-issued
amateur operator license: The least elements required for the
license held. For a Technician Class operator license issued
before March 21, 1987, credit must also be given for Element
3(B).
     (2) A CSCE: Each element the CSCE indicates the examinee
passed within the previous 365 days.
     (3) A photocopy of a FCC Form 610 which was submitted to the
FCC indicating the examinee qualified for a Novice Class operator
license within the previous 365 days: Elements 1(A) and 2.
     (4) An unexpired (or expired less than 5 years) FCC-issued
commercial radiotelegraph operator license or permit: Element
1(C).
     (b) No examination credit, except as herein provided, shall
be allowed on the basis of holding or having held any other
license.
     S 97.508 Preparing an examination.
     (a) Each telegraphy message and each written question set
administered to an examinee must be prepared by a VE holding an
FCC-issued Amateur Extra Class operator license. A telegraphy
message or written question set, however, may also be prepared
for the following elements by a VE holding an FCC-issued operator
license of the Class indicated:
     (1) Element 3(B): Advanced Class operator.
     (2) Elements 1(A) and 3(A): Advanced or General Class
operator.
     (3) Element 2: Advanced, General or Technician Class
operator.
     (b) Each question set administered to an examinee must
utilize questions taken from the applicable question pool.
     (c) Each telegraphy message and each written question set
administered to an examinee for a Technician, General, Advanced,
or Amateur Extra Class operator license must be prepared, or
obtained from a supplier, by the administering VEs according to
instructions from the coordinating VEC.
     (d) The preparation of each telegraphy message and each
written question set administered to an examinee for a Novice
Class operator license is the responsibility of the administering
VEs. The telegraphy message and written question set may be
obtained by the administering VEs from a supplier.
     (e) A telegraphy examination must consist of a message sent
in the international Morse code at no less than the prescribed
speed for a minimum of 5 minutes. The message must contain each
required telegraphy character at least once. No message known to
the examinee may be administered in a telegraphy examination.
Each 5 letters of the alphabet must be counted as 1 word. Each
numeral, punctuation mark and prosign must be counted as 2
letters of the alphabet.
     S 97.509 Administering an examination.
     (a) Each examination for an amateur operator license must be
administered at a location and a time specified by the
administering VEs. Each administering VE must be present and
observe the examinee throughout the entire examination. The
administering VEs are responsible for the proper conduct and
necessary supervision of each examination. The administering VEs
must immediately terminate the examination upon failure of the
examinee to comply with their instructions.
     (b) Each examinee must comply with the instructions given by
the administering VEs.
     (c) No examination that has been compromised shall be
administered to any examinee. Neither the same telegraphy message
nor the same question set may be readministered to the same
examinee.
     (d) Passing a telegraphy receiving examination is adequate
proof of an examinee's ability to both send and receive
telegraphy. The administering VEs, however, may also include a
sending segment in a telegraphy examination.
     (e) Upon completion of each examination element, the
administering VEs must immediately grade the examinee's answers.
The administering VEs are responsible for determining the
correctness of the examinee's answers.
     (f) When the examinee is credited for all examination
elements required for the operator license sought, the
administering VEs must certify on the examinee's application form
that the applicant is qualified for the license and report the
basis for the qualification.
     (g) When the examinee does not score a passing grade on an
examination element, the administering VEs mu