At its Annual Meeting in January, the ARRL Board of Directors considered a motion to offer a new plan that would pay the new but not-yet-implemented $35 FCC application fee for a limited number of new radio amateurs younger than age 18 who, at the time of testing, belonged to an ARRL Affiliated 501(c)(3) charitable organization and passed their tests through an ARRL VEC-sponsored exam session. …
Read more – via American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-board-considers-plan-to-cover-new-35-fcc-fee-for-some-young-members
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