Saturday, May 9, is our regularly scheduled quarterly VE test session at
2:00 pm. The test location will be the 118 Lemons Drive at the Tupelo
Airport. This is the building occupied by UAM, south of the National
Guard Armory, where the Tupelo Amateur Radio Club has met in the past.

If you know of anyone who has been planning to take an exam, please pass
a reminder to them. Those taking exams need to bring photo ID, any
valid CSCE’s, and $10 exam fee. Since May 20, 2021, all amateur
examination applicants are required to provide an FCC Registration
Number (FRN) to the Volunteer Examiners (VEs) before taking an amateur
exam. Applicants who already have an FCC license, whether for amateur
radio or in another service, already have an FRN and can use the same
number. All prospective new FCC licensees, however, will be required to
obtain an FRN before the examination and provide that number to the
volunteer examiners on the Form 605 license application. I can provide
instructions to anyone needing to obtain an FRN number.

Those wishing to take exams should notify me of their intention to sit
for an exam at dannyrgrimes@gmail.com or 662-322-2201. Our standing
policy is that, if by the Friday before the test, we appear to have no
examinees planning to test, the test session is subject to
cancellation.

VE’s please email me if you can attend so that I will know that we have
enough examiners to cover the session.

Thanks,

Danny

KB5YJG