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Testing & Ham Radio Tips & Tricks

   

  New Online Testing Announced!  

WM7X TAKES LEAD IN FCC-APPROVED ONLINE TESTING!!

 
The WM7X Testing Team has proven to be the nation's busiest administrators of FCC-Approved Remote Examinations! The ENTIRE Volunteer Examiner Team deserves and receives the highest accolades from their peers and past applicants! Their generous volunteer spirit reflects well in their teams accomplishments. I cannot be prouder to work with them all, for their friendship, dedication, warmth, and advancement of our Ham Radio Hobby! The FCC exam fee is $14.00, the same amount whether you take your FCC License Test in person or online. There are no additional fees for this online testing, as it is provided as  service by fellow ham radio operators who truly love this fascinating hobby... like YOU!!

All should be proud of your team's success! Thanks, Team!!

Stephen C Hutchings WM7X 
Promoting “Radio-Activity!"

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CLICK HERE TO CONNECT TO OUR ONLINE TESTING WEBSITE

 Or you can click on the button below to register to take an FCC license exam right away.

  

 

August 2023 WM7X Current Testing Stats

  

58 Individual Exam Sessions!

151 Applicants

759 Volunteer Examiners

4.87 Applicants Per Day Average

99 Technician Exams Administered

33 General License Exams Administered

21 Amateur Extra License Exams Administered

3465 Individual Technician Exam Questions Presented

1540 Individual General Exam Questions Presented

1300 Individual Amateur Extra Exam Questions Presented

6305 Individual Exam Questions Presented!

  

Testing 12X Per Week Minimum! Impromptu sessions thriving, because of the generous Volunteer Examiners who continuously pour themselves into the remote testing provisions we have. They are truly the one's who keep this going!!

  

Gordon West

Official WB6NOA
Gordo-Approved
For 2023!

  

  

SELF STUDY? 
$5.00 Monthly In-Person Testing

  

AUGUST 19 • MONTHLY HAM RADIO LICENSE TESTING 

ARALB - THE ASSOCIATED RADIO AMATEURS OF LONG BEACH provides amateur radio testing for $5.00 on the third Saturday of each month at 9:00 AM for those of you, who like to study on your own.  Next testing date is Saturday, September 16, 2023. The test location is at the The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 3824 Woodruff Avenue, Long Beach CA 90808 (behind the Dental Building). Click HERE for a map & directions. Pre-registration is recommended through Louise Chapman, N6ELK, at 562-429-1355 or send an email to .  When you pre-register, your GLAARG Form 605X will be ready for you to sign when you come in to take your test. 

  

SEPTEMBER 16 • MONTHLY HAM RADIO LICENSE TESTING 

ARALB - THE ASSOCIATED RADIO AMATEURS OF LONG BEACH provides amateur radio testing for $5.00 on the third Saturday of each month at 9:00 AM for those of you, who like to study on your own.  Next testing date is Saturday, October 21, 2023. The test location is at the The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 3824 Woodruff Avenue, Long Beach CA 90808 (behind the Dental Building). Click HERE for a map & directions. Pre-registration is recommended through Louise Chapman, N6ELK, at 562-429-1355 or send an email to .  When you pre-register, your GLAARG Form 605X will be ready for you to sign when you come in to take your test. 

  

OCTOBER 21 • MONTHLY HAM RADIO LICENSE TESTING 

ARALB - THE ASSOCIATED RADIO AMATEURS OF LONG BEACH provides amateur radio testing for $5.00 on the third Saturday of each month at 9:00 AM for those of you, who like to study on your own.  Next testing date is Saturday, November 18, 2023. The test location is at the The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 3824 Woodruff Avenue, Long Beach CA 90808 (behind the Dental Building). Click HERE for a map & directions. Pre-registration is recommended through Louise Chapman, N6ELK, at 562-429-1355 or send an email to .  When you pre-register, your GLAARG Form 605X will be ready for you to sign when you come in to take your test. 

  


  

Ham Radio Programming

 gets you on the air asap! STOP wading through that 84-page manual or through guides not written for the U.S. market. Let us know what you need programmed in your handheld amateur radio, and we'll do the work for you! We'll find your local repeaters for you, program your handheld, and return it to you within 3 business days by USPS Priority Mail. Click HERE to visit our website for detailed information on how to order. A complete list of the radios we program may be found by clicking HERE. Got a question? Call us at 909-241-7666 or send us an email at .

  

  

FCC Part 90 Certifications

  

Many radio amateurs across the country are members of RACES, ARES, DCS, the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army and other groups which support our emergency responders in the event of natural disasters, fires, floods, storms, and even acts of terrorism.  These "volunteer" responders often purchase FCC Part 90 Accepted land-mobile radios, which gives them the opportunity to monitor public service agencies in the event of local, regional, or national emergencies or take part in exercises with government-affiliated groups, such as MARS, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, or the Civil Air Patrol.

  

Recently, several inexpensive LMR handhelds and mobiles manufactured in China have been introduced to the American market.  Although these offerings are generally not as rugged as their commercial counterparts, such as Vertex, Motorola, Kenwood, Harris, and others, they are substantianly more affordable and thus, very attractive to hams like us.  Similarly, the question has arisen as to whether many of these Chinese products are really "FCC Part 90 Certified," as some claim to be.  That is, whether these radios meet or exceed the FCC's new standard for 12.5 Hz narrow band operation and 2.5 kHz steps for expanded frequency allocations.

  

As new "narrow band" products come to market, we will post for download the genuine FCC Part 90 Certificates here in the popular Adobe PDF file format, so that hams everywhere can be assured that their rigs are properly-approved for the outstanding emergency services to which they all contribute.

  

If you have any questions as to whether your own mobile or handheld radio is FCC Part 90 Certified, you can search your radio's unique FCC ID by entering it HERE.  The FCC ID may be found on a small sticker on the bottom of your mobile radio or inside the battery compartment of your handheld.

  

  • Click HERE to view / download the FCC Certificate for the Wouxun KG-UV6D Handheld.

  

  • Click HERE to view / download the FCC Certificate for the Wouxun KG-UV920PA mobile.

  

  • Click HERE to view / download the FCC Certificate for the Baofeng UV-5R handheld.

  

  • Click HERE to view / download the FCC Certificate for the Baofeng UV-3R handheld.

  

  • Click HERE to view / download the FCC Certificate for the AnyTone AT-5888UV mobile.

  

  

 Ham Radio Links

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