Club Meetings
When: First Monday of each month at 7PM (except holidays)
Where: American Red Cross
2001 Cantu Ct., Sarasota, FL 34232
How to renew your expiring Amateur (Ham) Radio License with the FCC
The ARRL VE Team has created a helpful document on how to renew your Amateur (Ham) Radio license. It can be found at this ARRL license link.
In summary before one starts the renewal process you will need to know your FRN number which can be found at the FCC’s ULS page for licenses at Look up your license’s FRN number.
Next click on the FCC Licensing Manager and enter your sign-on credentials. Please see the document and determine if you have already setup an FCC “CORES” username account. If not, the ARRL document explains how to create a Username account and associate your license to your FRN number.
The next step is go to the FCC license Manager, and renew the license, and submit your payment. Once completed and you have paid ($35 for ten years), the next business day you can check to see that your license has been extended by ten years by looking at FCC’s Call Sign search for your call sign. Look on the right side of the page, print it out.
-The source for this article was from WECA.org member Peter Johnson / N2TFC
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The goal of the Flanzer Matching Trust Donation Program is to encourage and build philanthropy in our community. In 2026 SERC is encouraging our members to donate to the Flanzer matching grant using an easy formula called ‘planned giving’. Currently several board members are donating $10 each month that is doubled to $20 and helps pay our bills. We have no other fundraising opportunities in 2025 and we need your support. Please consider this small monthly donation (easy to set up using the DONATE button below) or a one-time donation to be matched. Thank you!
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