Amateur License Filing Fees Likely Not Implemented Until 2022
By: Kent Petty, KL5T, Chairman, Anchorage ARC VEC July 16, 2021 During a conference call with the FCC and the 14 VECs yesterday (July 15, 2021), the FCC provided a...
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By: Kent Petty, KL5T, Chairman, Anchorage ARC VEC July 16, 2021 During a conference call with the FCC and the 14 VECs yesterday (July 15, 2021), the FCC provided a...
The FCC has set May 20, 2021, as the end date for amateur radio license applicants to take advantage of the “FCC Registration Number (FRN) auto-registration”. What does this mean? ...
By: Kent Petty, KL5T, Chairman, Anchorage ARC VEC The Anchorage ARC VEC is accepting a limited number of applications for Volunteer Examineers (VEs) to assist with our Remote Volunteer Examination...
By: Kent Petty, KL5T Chairman, Anchorage ARC VEC Remember when you took your license examination to get your very first amateur radio license? Remember those “volunteer examiners” (at least...
Due to rising COVID-19 cases nationwide, the Anchorage ARC VEC has made the decision to discontinue in-person examinations until further notice. We feel there is growing concern in our ability...
By: Kent Petty, KL5T ————————– We received the following from Darius Thompson of Rancho Santa Fe, California following his successful Technician Class examination the Anchorage ARC VEC administered remotely earlier...
By Brandin S. Hess – WL1B Chairman, Anchorage ARC VEC The Federal Communications Commission announced yesterday in a Report and Order that their transition to being paperless is complete. For...
By: Kent Petty, KL5T September 12, 2020 The Anchorage Amateur Radio Club Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (Anchorage ARC VEC) was granted Club Station Call Sign Administrator (CSCSA) status today by the...
By: Brandin Hess, WL1B Fully remote testing is now available with the Anchorage ARC VEC! Through a session that was held on Wednesday, August 19th, 2020 we were able to...
From Brandin Hess, WL1B Recently, we published a request to receive some help in getting an updated program to generate the necessary files that are submitted to the FCC. Over...