01-08-2019, 06:31 PM
(28-07-2019, 12:23 PM)VK4ADC Wrote: The USA licence exams themselves currently cost $AUD22 to contest for 'a session' via VE Exams Australia. https://veexams.com/
A session (for someone who doesn't currently have an FCC-issued licence) starts with..
a Tech exam which requires a 74% pass mark before the..
a General exam which requires a 74% pass mark before the..
Extra Class exam which requires a 74% pass mark.
Failure to achieve 74% in any exam means you can't move on to the next grade exam.
In essence, you can contest the 3 exams in the one session for the $22 fee.
The exams are graded within a few minutes so the candidate is aware of the results immediately.
The answer sheets plus results are sent to the ARRL express and takes only 1 day for the FCC licence issue after arrival there. In my case, I did the exam on a Saturday and had a FCC-issued Extra Class callsign (for 10 years and free of charge) by the following Friday morning.
There is currently a 'hold' by the ACMA on issuing reciprocal-based licences but I would guess that there would still be a callsign-selection fee (AMC charge) plus an initial licence issue fee (ACMA).
Most Aussie candidates seem to already have VK callsigns so it isn't necessarily an entry-way in to a VK callsign bypassing an AMC-based exam.
Gday Doug
How do the questions etc relate to questions in the local exams?
I mean are they "harder" or the same etc... or similar etc.
tnx
vk6ro
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