Exams are offered at 6:00 PM before the regular Club meetings on the First Wednesday of the Month on Big Pine Key. We also offer Exams at the Islamorada Public Library, 81830 Overseas Hwy, one Saturday morning a Month. Exams are also available before the Key West Amateur Radio Club Meetings on the Third Thursday of the Month at 6:00 PM at the Arthur Sawyer American Legion Post 28 Key West, 5610 College Rd, Stock Island. Click on the link below for our exact upcoming Exam Session dates. Exam Sessions only in Key West in July and August.

Register in advance on Hamstudy.org for one of our upcoming Exam Test Sessions. Bring Fourteen Dollars cash, a Laptop or Tablet to take the Test and one form of Picture ID (Drivers License, Passport etc.).

FKARC will award anyone passing their first Ham Exam at one of our Test Sessions with a free pre-programmed FM dual band Handheld Radio.

We can also set up additional Special Exam Sessions elsewhere in the Keys. Contact k1st@fkarc.net to set one up

You can also find readily available remote On-Line Test Sessions. Take a test right in your own home.

Free On-Line Practice Tests can be taken at QRZ or AA9PW.

Study Guides and Classes: Ham Radio School,  HamStudy, HamRadioPrep, KB6NU, Wavetalkers, HamTestOnline.

Newly licensed hams can search the FCC database by FRN number to find out their new callsign here.

How to get a FCC FRN Number. Required to sign up for a Test.

How to become a Licensed Amateur Radio Operator.

How to renew your Ham License.

How to change your address with the FCC.

How to obtain an Offical Copy of your FCC License.

How to apply for a Vanity Callsign.