Philadelphia Free Library

Location Parkway Central Library of the Philadelphia 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.

SANDARC has no fee for amateur Examinations

If you have prepared properly, you may attempt more than one class of license. However please do not use the exam session as a practice test.

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. 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