Ontario Stake ERC : I PASSED MY TEST: NOW WHAT?

You passed your test - now what? CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Ham Radio License – Next Steps Checklist 📻

Administrative
☐ Pay FCC license fee within 10 days to receive your license and call sign
☐ Go to https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do
☐ Log in with your FRN and password
☐ Select Pay Fees
☐ Pay the Amateur Radio License Fee ($35)
☐ Look up your call sign on the ARRL website (May be there in 3-10 days, check back regularly).
☐ Go to www.arrl.org/fcc-license-search
☐ Enter your last name or FRN number (FRN = FCC Registration Number)
☐ Click Search
☐ Find your name and write down your call sign

Memorize your call sign - letters, say it over and over again until you know it by heart. This is your new "name" on the air.

Now learn your call sign in the phonetic alphabet (write it down, you'll be using it) - my call sign is N7MDM - or November Seven Mike Delta Mike

A – Alpha B – Bravo C – Charlie D – Delta E – Echo
F – Foxtrot G – Golf H – Hotel I – India J – Juliett
K – Kilo L – Lima M – Mike N – November O – Oscar
P – Papa Q – Quebec R – Romeo S – Sierra T – Tango
U – Uniform V – Victor W – Whiskey X – X-ray Y – Yankee
Z – Zulu

A – Alpha	B – Bravo	C – Charlie	D – Delta	E – Echo
F – Foxtrot	G – Golf	H – Hotel	I – India	J – Juliett
K – Kilo	L – Lima	M – Mike	N – November	O – Oscar
P – Papa	Q – Quebec	R – Romeo	S – Sierra	T – Tango
U – Uniform	V – Victor	W – Whiskey	X – X-ray	Y – Yankee
Z – Zulu

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0 etc.

☐ (Optional backup) Look up your call sign in FCC ULS
☐ Go to wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/searchLicense.jsp
☐ Enter last name or FRN
☐ Click Search
☐ Record your call sign
☐ Print or save a copy of your license (PDF)

Local ERC Enrollment
☐ Contact Sister Shipley to enroll in ERCConnect.org (text your name, email address, call sign, ward)
☐ Join the Stake ERC GroupMe (text your stake ERC leaders)
☐ Identify your assigned ward ERC specialist

Orientation
☐ Download the Stake ERC Guidebook (to learn Ontario Stake ERC Operations).
☐ Review the Quick-Start sections (Level 1 and Level 2, if you are a leader, review Leadership Sections and checks in the back)
☐ Come to the Meet & Greet sessions - Saturday 3/7 - 9am at the Fruitland Chapel, bring a radio if you have one
☐ Check the monthly calendar at www.ontariostakeerc.blogspot.com
☐ Come join us on the nets!!!!

What is ERC?

ERC is stands for Emergency Response Communications. It is the Church's communication system when all other forms of communication are unavailable and that allows the church to continue operating under the direction of the priesthood. It is a part of the Church's Welfare Services, presided over by the Church Welfare Services Committee, which is presided over by the Presiding Bishopric, but is administered at the Stake Level by the Stake President. ERC does* include many forms of communication during non-emergencies, but is primarily focused on the use of amateur radio for when all other forms of communcation go down.

Ontario Stake ERC Blog

This blog is not an official webpage of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or of the Ontario Stake or any of it's wards, neither does it officially represent the Church. Individuals are encouraged to prayerfully consider any information contained herein and to always seek the guidance of their leaders if they have questions. Additionally, it is not an authoritative, definitive nor exhaustive compendium of the knowledge pertaining to amateur radio, it is just a summary of lessons learned to help others along faster in their quest for independent, personal emergency communications.

Local Ham Clubs (Check These Out)

American Legion Post 113 - Meridian, ID - https://americanlegionpost113.com/ham-club/ - Regular monthly meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month beginning at 1900 in the Veterans Memorial Building, 22 W. Broadway, Meridian. The N7LGN Club Net is held weekly on Wednesday evenings at 1900. Rx 146.940, (-) Tx 146.340, PL 100. Many thanks to Larry Smith W7ZRQ and the ISRA for making this possible by letting us use their repeater. The club also has an active UHF Fusion repeater located at the Post home at a frequency of 443.000 Mhz (+) with a PL 100 Mhz tone and a 026 DTS code.
Southwest Idaho Amateur Radio Club - https://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/southwest-idaho-amateur-radio-club/type:club
Treasure Valley Radio Association - https://www.arrl.org/Groups/view/treasure-valley-radio-association/type:club

Ontario Stake ERC

I PASSED MY TEST: NOW WHAT?

Ham Radio License – Next Steps Checklist 📻

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