MARC- March 2025 VE Session

Note: This is an in-person exam. We do not offer remote testing at this time.

Amateur Radio License examination sessions are held by the Maury Amateur Radio Club in Columbia, TN for anyone wishing to obtain or upgrade their FCC Amateur Radio License. Our Volunteer Examiner team is affiliated with the W5YI VEC. We ask that if you are interested in taking a License exam with us that you please preregister to guarantee a seat. This helps us make sure we have enough volunteers on hand to administer the exams. Anyone who does not preregister will be considered a “walk-in” and must wait until all preregistered applicants have been seated.

Exam Session Date: March 15, 2025 starting at 9:00 AM.

Exam Location: South Gate Church of Christ, 2700 Pulaski Highway, Columbia, TN 38401

What to Bring:

• $14 exam fee (if not already prepaid); candidates younger than 18 pay a reduced exam session fee of $7. We accept cash or checks made payable to "Maury Amateur Radio Club".
• Your FCC Regisration Number (FRN).
• A photo ID.
• If you are an existing license holder upgrading to General or Extra, please bring a copy of your current license (not the CSCE).
• You may bring a calculator, but you must clear the memory prior to taking your exam. Cell phones may not be used as calculators, and as a courtesy to others taking an exam we ask that they be turned off prior to starting the test. In addition, iPhones, iPads, Androids, smartphones, and all similar electronic devices with a calculator capability, may NOT be used.
• We will provide pens, pencils, and scratch paper.
• Note: we are currently switching from paper exams to computer based testing using ExamTools. We have five pre-configured laptops available for testing, so we can test a maximum of five candidates at a time. Candidates will be seated on a "first come, first served" basis (with pre-registered applicants having priority). Please be aware that there may be a wait for a laptop to become available before you can test. You have the option to test using paper exams if you do not want to wait.

For more information, please visit our website at https://w4ggm.org/testing/