Exam registration
VCARA VE team is ready to help you get your new ticket (license) or upgrade.
Location:
The VCARA VE Team meets quarterly to administer tests, with special sessions within 30 day notice. The test site is handicap accessible. CURRENTLY WALK-INS ARE ACCEPTED – PRE-REGISTER is preferred. There is NO EXAM FEE to take the EXAM.
What you need to take the test:
Valid Photo ID (Drivers License, Passport, Military ID)
If applicable, your original (and a photocopy) of your Amateur Radio license plus any Certificates of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE) you may have from previous exams not included in your current license.
Federal Registration Number (FRN): VECs are required by the FCC to submit your FRN with your license application form. New license applicants must create an FCC user account and receive their FRN before attending exam sessions. For instructions on how to register your SSN and receive an FRN from the FCC, visit the FCC’s Registration page
Optional – Calculator with memory cleared.
Valid mailing address, e-mail address and phone number.
FCC $35 Amateur Application Fee Effective Date will be April 19
The $35 application fee, when it becomes effective on April 19, will apply to new, modification (upgrade and sequential call sign change), renewal, and vanity call sign applications. The fee will be per application.
Administrative updates, such as a change of name, mailing or email address, will be exempt from fees.
VECs and Volunteer Examiner (VE) teams will not have to collect the $35 fee at exam sessions.
Once the FCC application fee takes effect, applicants will pay the $35 application fee directly to the FCC by using the CORES FRN Registration system (CORES – Login). VEC and VE team licensing procedures will not change.
When the FCC receives the examination information from the VEC, it will email a link with payment instructions to each successful candidate. The candidate will have 10 calendar days, from the date of the application file number being issued, to pay. After the fee is paid, and the FCC has processed an application, examinees will receive a second email from the FCC with a link to their official license. The link will be good for 30 days.
Per usual procedures, examinees that pass multiple exams at one session, will have one application transmitted to the FCC reflecting the highest level license class earned. The candidates will have an extra step before the license is issued More info is available here: www.arrl.org/fcc-application-fee.
Additionally, the FCC stated that applications processed and dismissed will not be entitled to a refund. This includes vanity requests where the applicant does not receive the requested call sign. However, returned applications that are missing information will not require an additional fee, if the missing information is given to the FCC within the proper amount of time.