W7HWC Monthly Exams
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Exams for all Amateur Radio licenses are offered at this test session. The Exams are FRIENDLY and are NOT timed, you can take whatever time you need. Exam Location Information: Exams are held at the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce at 10 East Main Street Bozeman, MT.
What to bring to the exam session:
- A $14.00 check payable to Headwaters Amateur Radio Club, we also accept cash (exact change please).
- A Government-Issued photo ID.
- Optionally 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 the exams that you wish to take, Finish and Sign Forms, then wait until you are given the OK that all is done. Please leave the tablet and stylus on the table.
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 has emailed it to coppa@examtools.org. Please send a courtesy copy to exams@harcmt.org
The tests will be given on Electronic Touch Screen Tablets.
If you fail an element, you may re-take the exam for an additional $14 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, PLEASE let us know. 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, with 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.
- To pay the FCC $35 fee, go to this site and login with your FRN. Click Here USE A DESKTOP or LAPTOP COMPUTER, tablets and smart phones have problems with the FCC site.
- To see if your license has been posted, use your FRN to check the ULS database. Click Here
- To cancel your registration, or advise us of your late arrival Click Here
- If this session if full, check back later, as we have occasional cancellations, and when demand is high, we add sessions.
Here are some links to sites where you can take practice exams.
