Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club (SPARC)
23 February 2020 License Examination Session


The examination session was held on Sunday, 23 February 2020. 

Mike, WB8RDN, was the VE coordinator.  The other VEs were Monte, KV4KS; Corey, WA1EM; Steve, KN4BGW; Earl, KB0NRK; Tod, KN4BGX; Amit, WY2Z; John, KK4AHY; Duane, K4UW; Gordon, NQ4K; and David, W6SJ.  A really good turnout of VEs for this session.

This time we held three sessions during the examination.  The students in the tech license class started their examination at 1245.  The students from the General License class, held in early February, started at 1345.  Finally, the examination-only license candidates started at 1445.  The staggering of the examinees worked out very well.

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Mike, WB8RDN, emailed on 24 February 2020:

Number of people taking a test:  42
 
Element 2 pass:  30
Element 2 fail:  1
 
Element 3 pass: 10
Element 3 fail:  7
 
Element 4 pass:  4
Element 4 fail:  0
 
Number of new Tech licenses:  25
Number of new Gen licenses:  9
Number of new Extra licenses:  4
 
Number of people who did not upgrade:  4
 
Number of really good looking but dog tired Volunteer Examiners:  11
 
Thanks for the help, we did a good job for what I think was one of the largest exam sessions in recent memory.

73 Mike WB8RDN


Mike, WB8RDN, arrives and starts to set up,

Getting organized.  Mike, on left, saying, "What have I got myself into?"

Amit, WY2Z, volunteer examiner.

Duane, K4UW, volunteer examiner.

John, KK4AHY, and David, W6SJ, monitoring the examinees in the classroom.

Earl, KB0NRK, volunteer examiner.

Tod, KN4BGX, volunteer examiner.

Corey, WA1EM, volunteer examiner.

Monte, KV4KS, volunteer examiner.

Steve, KN4BGW, volunteer examineer.

The exam grading table.  Around the table from the left are: Monte, KV4KS; Corey, WA1EM; Steve, KN4BGW; Earl, KB0NRK; Tod, KN4BGX; and Amit, WY2Z.

Photos by Gordon, NQ4K.

Made on 26 February 2020