Licensing

Local Test Session

2010 Test sessions in Logan  

Thursday, October 7, 2010 


Location and times to be determined. Tests under the new exam pool will no longer be given using computers. All tests will be paper and pencil.


Saturday, December 11, 2010

 Location and times to be determined.

Please RSVP for the upcoming exam here

Please check back on this site the week of the exam for any updated information

  • $15.00 in EXACT CHANGE or check made out to ARRL VEC.
  • Two forms of ID. One must be a picture ID such as your drivers license or Passport.
  • If you wish to upgrade from Technician to General or from General to Extra, you must bring a photocopy of your license that we will keep and send in with your new license request. .If you have not received your paper license yet, then bring your CSCE.
  • Calculator (optional), calculators may not hold formulas, all calculators are submit to inpection by the volunteer examineers.

You can speed things up by filling out and printing this application for examination form.   www.arrl.org/files/file/ncvec605-3.pdf

You will need a FCC issued FRN number instead of your Social Security #.  You can register and obtain an FRN online at the FCC ULS website here.  If you already have a license issued by the FCC, you can look it up by doing a query for your callsign here.

Please put your FRN number on the 605 form instead of your SS#.  If you need help getting your FRN, we will be happy to help you at the exam session.

All license exams will be given on paper.

Technician and General Class licensees wishing to take a test to upgrade, must bring a copy of their current license that we can keep.  If you have not received your license in the mail because you just recently passed your exam, then bring your CSCE.

 

You can locate other testing sessions in the region. It is possible to find a test session every month somewhere in northern Utah or southeastern Idaho.

Contacts:

  • Phil Rasmussen, N7JFG, n7jfg@arrl.net 
  • Bob Wood, WA7MXZ, wa7mxz@arrl.net

 

Renew your license for free here: http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls/ The renewal process is described in a bit of detail on this page: http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/amateur/licensing/renewal.html

 

Upcoming ARRL VEC-listed sessions within 100 miles of Logan.

Practice your test online & offline

So, you want to be a ham or you are one and you want to upgrade your license but you don't want to go to the test session not knowing if you can pass the test. What do you do? Practice the test online for free at qrz.com, eham.net and AA9PW.com. The ARRL has also made it's exam software available for download. You can install their software to your machine to take practice exams. This is a great option if you are going to be at an ARRL VEC session like the BARC VE team sessions. http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/examwin/

Renewing your license

Renew your license for free here: http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls/ The renewal process is described in a bit of detail on this page: http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/amateur/licensing/renewal.html

River Heights Amateur Radio Class

 The City of River Heights will be sponcering a class for the Technician Amateur Radio License.
The class starts July 14th at 7:00 - 9:00 pm continuing on for 5 weeks.
Classes will be held at the River Heights City offices located at 520 South 500 East River Heights.
The class is free but there is a study manual that is recommended for $24.95.
 
To get signed up call 752-2646 M - F from 10am to 2pm.
or for more information contact Quentin WQ7G at 752-5022 or 752-3753

Upgrade to General Class Training

 Spencer Dattage and I have decided to put a Class together to help those that want to upgrade from Technician Level to General Class. This will be on Wednesday nights at 6:30 to 9:00pm. They will be held at the Cache County Sheriffs Complex on the 3rd Floor same place we have our Club Meetings.
They will start Wednesday April 28th and go until June 2nd. The next Test Session the club will have is June 12th. 
Please Let me or Spencer know if you are interested.
Ted McArthur AC7II
ac7ii@comcast.net
435-770-9759

ARRL VEC Announces Exam Fee Increase

On November 6, The ARRL VEC announced that as of January 1, 2009, the fee to take an ARRL Volunteer Examiner (VE)-administered Amateur Radio license exam will increase by $1, from $14 to $15.  This is the first time in four years that the examination fee has been adjusted.
 
Read the full story at arrl.org.

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