Exam Session Locations
THERE ARE NO IN-PERSON EXAMS AT THIS TIME DUE TO COVID-19. All exams are done via our Remote Testing program. Click here to get to our Remote Testing page.
Where to find a testing session
NOTE: Pre-registration and purchase of a “seat” at a testing session is required for ALL testing sessions. Purchase of your “seat” is, in effect, your “registration” for the session. Click here to register for an available testing session.
SCHEDULING
Testing sessions are offered at various times and places. Look in the listings below to find a session near you. Some areas offer testing on a regular schedule. Please be on time! Be sure to confirm the session is indeed still planned and pre-register/purchase a seat for testing.
In other areas, tests are given only when there is a need. In those areas, please contact the person or persons named herein for further information.
Exam Session Locations
IMPORTANT: For all testing sessions, please be on time! Doors may be locked if you arrive late!
City / State Site When Point of Contact
Anchorage AK AARC Radio Science and Operations Center (RSOC) 6721 Raspberry Road Anchorage AK 99502 2nd Saturday / Mth / 2:00 PM (Notes 1 & 2) Lara Baker / AL2R / (907) 351-1030 / president@kl7aa.org
Bethel AK KYUK Radio Station As needed – please call Ken Eggleston / NL7SP / (907) 543-5698 / nl7sp@gci.net
Cordova AK Location varies As needed – please call Joan Behrends / KL2XN / (907) 424-5773 / alaska.behrends@gmail.com
Homer AK Homer Public Library – 500 Hazel Ave – Homer As needed – please call Ken Adams / AE7ES / (907) 299-7336 / ae7es.sparc@gmail.com
Kenai / Soldotna AK Location varies As needed – please call (Note 3) Max Carpenter / WA7B / (907) 394-2907 / wa7b@aol.com
Sitka AK Harrigan Centennial Hall – 330 Harbor Dr. – Sitka AK 99835 1st Saturday / Mth / 12:00 PM (Note 1) Darryl Ault / AL7BW / (907) 738-4539 / darrylault@yahoo.com
Valdez AK Location varies As needed – please call Jim Gifford / KL1IO / (907) 255-1221 / giffordsalaska@gmail.com
Note 1: No exams if the date falls directly on a major holiday, such as July 4th, Christmas day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving day, January 1, etc.
Note 2: Park in front of the building or at the east end of the building. Enter through the center door on the front of the building.
Note 3: Exam location may change on short notice. Verify with contact.
What happens if your city is not listed here?
Don’t despair! The Anchorage ARC VEC can schedule exams on an as-needed basis for most Alaskan towns. To find out if an exam session can be scheduled for your town, contact the VEC Chairman. Please click HERE and scroll down a bit to view the contact information.
REMOTE TESTING
For those locations where there are not enough local hams to make up a conventional volunteer examiner team, we offer a “remote testing” program that lets individuals who live great distances from one of our regular testing locations take their exam over the Internet. This program was approved by the FCC (as of July 2014), in response to a petition filed by the Anchorage ARC VEC in mid-July, 2011.
If this is your situation, please contact the VEC Chairman. Click HERE and scroll down a bit to view the contact information.
Please note that it will take several days for us to make the necessary arrangements after we hear from you.
Effective February 18th, 2020 the Anchorage ARC VEC has expanded our remote testing to anywhere in the United States or Canada, provided certain requirements are met. For more information on remote testing, please click HERE.