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Federal Registration Number (FRN):

If you are planning to take any class amateur radio exam, the VECs who are administering the exams are now required by the FCC to submit your FRN with your license application form.

New license applicants should create an FCC user account and register their Social Security Number (SSN) in the FCC Commission Registration System (CORES) before attending exam sessions. Registrants will be assigned an FRN which will be used in all license transactions with the FCC. For instructions on how to register your SSN and receive an FRN from the FCC, visit the FCC's Registration page and the FCC's Registration instructions page..

FCC Registration Instructions

If you do not have your FCC FRN Number, you can click on this link to REGISTER and get your FRN now. Simply click on the word "Register". (Be sure sign up as an INDIVIDUAL). MAKE SURE you have your FRN number with you before you plan on taking your next test.

We have not tested the above link using a cell phone so please don't wait until the last minute. We may not be able to help you. Just FYI.

MAKE SURE you use the current Question Pool - (See Below)

The tests are made up of questions taken word for word from the question pool. The answers to the questions on the test may be in a different order than what you read in the question pool but they will all be exactly as they are written in the question pool document. Also, the questions are taken from all sections of the question pool and not just from a single section. There will be at least one question from each section and there will only be a few math questions on the test. This means there is no need to worry about the math questions.. You can miss all the math questions on the test and still get a passing grade. All questions are multiple choice so the correct answer will be on the test. You just have to decide which answer is the correct one. New question pools come out about every 4 years on July 1^st. We will always have the schedule posted here.

MORSE CODE: As of February 23^rd, 2007 the FCC dropped all Morse Code requirements to get your license.   This includes the Technician Class Exam, General Class Exam and the Extra Class Exam.  The test is a written or computer based test that consists of multiple choice questions and answers.  So if you never got your ham radio license because you couldn't learn Morse Code, that hurdle is now gone. Having said that, if you still want to learn CW, here is a website with some tips to help you at Ham Universe