July Exams
Date:
Jul 14, 2025 (Mon)
Time:
5:45-7:00pm EDT
Team:
WB9SZL: FARC W4VEC VE Team
Test Fee:
$12.00
Location:
650 Coliseum Dr NW, Winston-Salem, NC 27106, USA
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VEC:
Slots available:
3 / 10 slots claimed
Notes from the team:
07-02-2025
Exams for all Amateur Radio licenses are offered at this test session. Before you click the REGISTER button below, please read all of the following instructions. REGISTRATION Instructions:
Please note that this is a LIVE IN-PERSON TEST SESSION,
NOT A REMOTE ON-LINE SESSION.
You MUST include a valid email and your phone number during
your registration. The email used, must be your
private email address,and not a employers or
intuitional email address.
We DO NOT accept walk-ins, please REGISTER, in advance
of the test session.
Registration for an exam CLOSES at NOON the SATURDAY
BEFORE an exam session.
If no one registers, there will NOT be an exam session.
Please arrive between 5:30 PM and 5:45 PM local Eastern Time.
a. The exams start promptly at 6:00 PM
NOTE: Permission to start an exam after 6:00 PM will
be at the discretion of the Volunteer Examiners!
a. We REQUIRE that you register with an FCC FRN (FCC Registration Number), prior to the test session. Click Here to obtain your FRN now. https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/html/Register_New_Account.htm
Be sure your "registration name" matches your
"FRN name" EXACTLY!
Exam Location Information:
Exams are held at the:
American Red Cross, 650 Coliseum Dr, Winston Salem,
NC 27106
Please park on the North side of the building.
Enter through the North door, which is on the front
of the building, facing Coliseum Drive.
Once in the lobby, go to the left, thru the glass door.
The Exam room will be the first door on your left.
What to bring to the exam session:
• $12.00 cash (exact change preferred) Thank You.
• Two forms of ID. One ID must have a picture of you,
for example, a Driver’s License or Passport.
• Optionally you can bring a calculator on which
all programming has been erased.
• Calculators on: cell phones, tablets, or laptops
are NOT permitted.
• Bring the PIN that is generated when you REGISTER.
We can provide your pin if you forget it.
• When you have completed all of the exams that you wish
to take - Finish and Sign Forms - Then wait until you
are given the OK that all is done. - Please check-in your
tablet and stylus with one of the VE’s, prior to leaving.
At the Exam Session:
• State your name and take a seat where indicated.
• Have your payment ready and ID ready to show.
• Please silence your cell phone.
Exam Session FAQs:
• If you are 12 years of age or younger, do not register
for an exam session until your parent or guardian has
filled out the COPPA Parental Consent Form
Click Here and the form will be emailed to coppa@examtools.org.
Please send a courtesy copy to wb9szl99@gmail.com,
Please assure that “COPPA Exam Form – “Your-Last-Name”
is listed in the email subject line.
• The tests will be given on Electronic Touch Screen Tablets.
• If you pass Element 2 (Technician), you may take Element 3
(General).
If you pass Element 3, you may take Element 4 (Extra).
We recommend taking the next element, even if you have
not studied for it, as you get to see what the
next exam is like!
These exams are at NO EXTRA CHARGE, but only during
this exam session.
• If you fail an element, you may re-take the exam for
an additional $12.00 fee, time permitting.
• If you pass one or more elements, a Certificate of Successful
Completion of Examination (CSCE) will be emailed to you
at the email address that you supplied during registration.
• If you have an expired Ham Radio license
(less than two years after the license expiration),
PLEASE send an email to: wb9szl99@gmail.com,
listing “Expired Ham Radio License” in the email subject line.
By passing the Technician exam, you will get your
expired license back, with a new callsign, up to and
including the Extra class.
• Exam results are electronically submitted for
processing at the end of the exam session.
It usually takes 1 business day for the submissions
to be processed. Then the FCC will send an email to you,
a link to the site where you can pay the $35 FCC fee online.
You must pay the fee within 10 days, or your submission
will be deleted.
• Sometimes the FCC email to pay the $35 fee fails.
You can check to see if they are ready for you to pay
the fee by going to the FCC CORES website and logging
in with your FRN.
https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do
• To see if your license has been posted, use your FRN
to check the ULS database. https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/
userLogin.do
• To cancel your registration, or advise us of your
late arrival, send an email to: wb9szl99@gmail.com,
listing “Exam Cancellation” in the email subject line.
If this session if full, please check back later,
as we have occasional cancellations, and when demand is high,
we add sessions.
• Finally, if you have a question about an exam,
send an email to: wb9szl99@gmail.com
• This is a link to our Club Web Site. https://w4nc.com/
• You MUST include a valid email and your phone number
when registering for the Exam.
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