HAMFEST TESTING

You do NOT need to wait for the email form the FCC to pay their fees. You can login to the FCC CORES site https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/paymentFrnLogin.do to pay their fees without receiving an email! We have received calls from people who say they never received the FCC email about paying fees. ARRL processes sessions as soon as they are received. ExamTools sessions are processed first thing in the morning and if they come in during the day ( before about 3pm CDT) they are processed before the end of the day. Your applicant can login and check to see if fees are due without waiting for the FCC email.

THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!!! DO NOT make any changes to a pending application! If they make a payment and then decide to change for example, something in their name but the application has not granted yet, IT WILL NEVER GRANT and their payment is "lost". The application will have to be withdrawn and resubmitted and a new fee will be required. THEY CANNOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO A PENDING APPLICATION!! If a change needs to be made let the application grant AS IS, Then call W5YI VEC 1-972-412-5221 and ask Tracy to submit any changes or corrections.

DO NOT make any changes to a pending application! If you make a payment and then decide to change for example, something in their name but the application has not granted yet, IT WILL NEVER GRANT and their payment is "lost". THEY CANNOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO A PENDING APPLICATION!! If a change needs to be made let the application grant AS IS, The FCC has put out a notice that the CORES site is not compatible with phones or tablets. This means your applicants need to use a desktop to pay their application fee. If the applicant uses a phone or tablet to make their payment, it will appear that the payment went through with no issues and their card will be charged but the payment will NOT be applied to the application as it should be and the pending application WILL NOT be granted. Please keep track of your applicants after they have tested and make sure they pay their fees.