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Provide an implementation of a parser for the NCVEC HAM Radio question pool.

The input should be a text document in the format provided by NCVEC.

The output should be a json document which can be used for subsequent translations or higher level projects.

While there are existing JSON documents available with the same data, I did not find the related source code which would enable me to change the output formatting, write my own study app, validate the accuracy and completeness of translation, or update the JSON documents when upstream changes are made.

Note that the Amateur Extra question pool is slated for update in 2024.

The objective is primarily to write my own study app but the source will be made available to enable volunteer efforts around improved consistency of data formatting with regard to the question pool, to encourage contributions and collaboration around HAM study tools, and to provide a starting point for anyone who might want to leverage or improve the code.

• Technician
• General
• Extra

NOTE: The diagrams for Technician and General license exams are available as JPEG as well as embedded in the PDF documents. The PDF versions are higher quality so I used the MacOS Preview application and screen capture to create PNG format images from the PDF docs. I discarded the JPEG images.

NOTE: The PDF document for Tech yeilds malformatted text when I copy/paste. Not sure what the problem is but copy/paste from the docx format works fine. So just use the DOCX documents for all the inputs. That is, copy/paste from the docx resources instead of the PDF or text version. A text version of the questions is available for download for the Extra license, but not for the other licenses.

NOTE: The General question docx has one formatting error in question G2E02. I manually added a space after answer option "D".

Additional resources related to the NCVEC question pools.

• https://www.arrl.org/chapter-1-eclm-introduction
• https://hamexam.org/view_pool/17-Extra
• https://hamstudy.org/browse/E4_2020/E1D
• https://hamradioprep.com/
• https://github.com/russolsen/ham_radio_question_pool/tree/master
• https://github.com/statianzo/hampool
• https://arrlexamreview.appspot.com/