Netherlands Amateur Radio Exam
The Netherlands has two types of amateur radio exams, CEPT Novice (equivalent to UK Intermediate), and the Full (CEPT HAREC).
The Novice exam comprises 40 questions each with 3 answers to choose from, of which 29 must be answered correctly. The exam lasts for 75 minutes. There is no need to do the Novice exam before doing the Full.
The Full exam comprises 50 questions each with 4 answers to choose from of which 35 must be correct. The exam lasts for 105 minutes.
On Saturday 21st May 2022, the radio exams were held in Leeuwarden. A day later we received the preliminary exam results from Henk Vrolijk PA0HPV.
For the N exam, the pass rate was 84.8%, while for the F exam, 63.2% of the candidates passed. The total number of exam candidates was 52.
VERON congratulates the graduates and wishes the others every success in the resit.
Radio exams were held in a room of the Kurioskerk in Leeuwarden. Inspector Sietse Anema was present as a representative of Agentschap Telecom.
For the F exam, 19 of the 20 invited candidates showed up and 12 of them passed, a success rate of 63.2%.
For the N-exam, 33 of the 39 invited candidates showed up and 28 of them passed, a success rate of 84.8%.