SARA Work Party 1
OXB Special Install
The Joe Simonet WØTBC Memorial Award
SARA Work Party 2
2019 SARA Executive Officers
May 14th Fox Hunt! What Fun!
SARA Field Day 2011
2020 S.A.R.A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
WØJH 2004
SARA Work Party 3

SARA VE Session Thursday April 28

The SARA VE team will conduct a VE Testing Session Thursday evening April 28th beginning at 6:00 PM. The session will be at Boutwells Landing in Auditorium B. Pre-registration will be required. For more info, contact Shel NØDRX at n0drx at hotmail dot com.

If you are testing for the first time, be sure to register for a FCC Registration Number (FRN) before the test session. Go to https://apps.fcc.gov/coresWeb/regEntityType.do to register. You must also provide an email address to the FCC. If you have a FRN previously, be sure to update your email address before testing.

The FCC released a Public Notice on March 23, 2022, stating that the amateur radio application fees, including those associated with Form 605 application filings, would become effective on April 19, 2022. The Federal Communications Commission’s authority to impose and collect fees is mandated by Congress.

The $35 application fee applies to new, renewal, and vanity call sign applications. The fee will be per application.

The new $35 application fee will not apply to most license modifications, including those to upgrade a licensee’s operator class and changes to club station trustees and administrative updates, such as a change of name, mailing or email address.

 Volunteer Examiner (VE) teams will not collect the $35 fee at exam sessions.

The new and upgrade applicants will pay the $15 exam session fee to the ARRL VE team as usual and 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.