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events:ham-test [2026/08/19 00:30] – add some more detail for checking in Maiaevents:ham-test [2026/08/19 16:21] (current) – Maia
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 It was great to see everyone at the amateur radio exam session! If you are receiving this email, you just successfully sat for at least one exam element. It was great to see everyone at the amateur radio exam session! If you are receiving this email, you just successfully sat for at least one exam element.
  
-If you were here to get an upgrade, your upgrade should be posting just about now -- yay! There is nothing else you need to do and you can go use your new privileges on the air.+If you were here to get an upgrade, your upgrade should be posting just about now! There is nothing else you need to do and you can go use your new privileges on the air.
  
 If you are a new ham and do not have a callsign yet, your application should also have been transmitted to ULS and is in a Pending state. Soon (if not already) you should be receiving an email from the FCC directing you to their website to make a $35 payment. Please make sure to do this within 10 days, otherwise they will automatically dismiss your application. If you are a new ham and do not have a callsign yet, your application should also have been transmitted to ULS and is in a Pending state. Soon (if not already) you should be receiving an email from the FCC directing you to their website to make a $35 payment. Please make sure to do this within 10 days, otherwise they will automatically dismiss your application.
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 If you are bringing expired licenses or old CSCEs to use as element proof, the ARRL covers what to bring in depth If you are bringing expired licenses or old CSCEs to use as element proof, the ARRL covers what to bring in depth
 [here](https://www.arrl.org/what-to-bring-to-an-exam-session). Please bring an original and a copy of any documents which you want to use as element credit. [here](https://www.arrl.org/what-to-bring-to-an-exam-session). Please bring an original and a copy of any documents which you want to use as element credit.
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 +If you have changed your name but do not have government-issued documentation reflecting so, please contact us about options.
  
 **Getting Here**: Our space is inside the Ballou Wright Building (E. Pike & 12th Ave, [Google Maps](https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ca2iGHhtfvSdwzdq9)). Find our entrance to the left of Overcast Coffee. Please consider taking transit (parking is challenging and the building is next to an SPD precinct). There will be a sign and an intercom on the day of the exam to help you get up to the second floor. **Getting Here**: Our space is inside the Ballou Wright Building (E. Pike & 12th Ave, [Google Maps](https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ca2iGHhtfvSdwzdq9)). Find our entrance to the left of Overcast Coffee. Please consider taking transit (parking is challenging and the building is next to an SPD precinct). There will be a sign and an intercom on the day of the exam to help you get up to the second floor.
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 +**A Note on Privacy**: The address on your license becomes public record in the FCC's ULS database. If you'd rather not have your home address listed, you can use a work or school address, anywhere else you can plausibly receive mail (the FCC won't actually send you any), or our address. Just reply with the address you plan to use and we can update it for you.
  
 **Studying for the Exam**: We usually recommend the [KB6NU No-Nonsense Study **Studying for the Exam**: We usually recommend the [KB6NU No-Nonsense Study
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 - SessionManager will pop open your browser to the VE Portal session page for you to associate the batch. Attach the Final Forms PDF there too. - SessionManager will pop open your browser to the VE Portal session page for you to associate the batch. Attach the Final Forms PDF there too.
 - Our regional coordinator takes it from there and submits to the FCC. - Our regional coordinator takes it from there and submits to the FCC.
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