Philadelphia Free Library

Location Parkway Central Library of thePhiladelphia Free Library, Heim Center (Room 132) (Near the Wood Street Accessibility entrance with an official address of 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Exam registration

Available for anyone who wishes to take a US FCC Amateur Radio exam. All license classes (Technician, General, and Amateur Extra) are available to anyone from any state or country. Please make sure you have studied sufficiently for any levels you wish to test for. This is not a place to “try” taking the exam without adequate preparation.

GLAARG VEC fees

GLAARG waives exam fees for minors (under age 18), full-time students (under age 25), active US military, US military veterans, and GLAARG VEs upgrading to Extra. You may fill out the waiver form after you register if you qualify. We will send you an invoice for the $10.00 exam fee a few days before the session. You may also pay in-person. Please either pay or submit the waiver form as soon as you can after receiving that email. Multiple exams are available for the same fee. We charge an additional $10.00 retesting fee for anyone who wishes to retest, including waived applicants.

FCC application processing fee

The FCC charges a $35.00 fee for new amateur radio licenses (Technician exams), renewals, and vanity call sign requests. This fee is in addition to the VEC $10.00 testing fee. After successful completion of your exam, GLAARG and the FCC will process your license application and the FCC will issue a file number. After that, you will have 10 days to pay the processing fee online. After the FCC issues the file number, you will receive an email from the FCC with instructions on how to pay the fee. This will involve making an account on the FCC CORES system.

Good luck, the Volunteer Examiners sincerely hope that you pass. -art clemons- N8BLK/3