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Royal Gorge
Amateur Radio Club
Canon City, Colorado
Renew Your License
Your Ham license is good for 10 years.
You cannot renew it until a three-month window just before it expires. There is a period of two years after the
license expires that you can renew it without penalty. After this period you will have to take the exam (s) over.
Go to
https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/
searchLicense.jsp
or
In TinyURL format
https://tinyurl.com/rk6jwfmb
From this web page you can recover your FRN number
and also the date your license espires.
Enter your Call Sign or FRN, and click on Search
Which brings up, for example;
The above screen shows your FRN number and the expiration date.
Now let's move on to renewing your license
The FCC maintains two different databases for
Amateur Radio Operators.
The first deals with your Account, and it is called CORES.
Commission Registration Syatem
You get to it with
https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do
The second is the
ULS, Universal Licensing System
which deals with your actual license,
and you get to it by going to
https://www.fcc.gov/wireless/universal-licensing-system
At this point you know your
FRN Number and Expiration date
Now let's get to work on renewing your license
To do this you will need the User Name and Password you used Ten Years Ago.
Your User Name is the email address you entered way back then ... as if you still have had the same email all this time.
And
You need the password you used to set up the account back then.
If you have this information, proceed to
the next step or so below.
Let's suppose you changed emails several times in the last ten years, and you forgot the password you set up back then.
If you forgot either your User Name (email) or password, it is time to call FCC Tech Support, otherwise proceed below.
Go To:
https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsEntry/licManager/login.jsp
Enter your UserName and PASSWORD and click on Submit,
which brings up ...
Clarify the $35 issue ...go to this link
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