This page is a work in progress. It reflects the path I took and providers I used, based on the SARTS presentation, FCC amateur radio licensing guide for Singapore HAMs by 9V1SA and 9V1DT, but over time I will try to expand it with alternative providers.

Due to the indefinite suspension of the IMDA Radio Amateur Examination, the only way to obtain a Singapore Radio Amateur License is to first obtain an FCC Radio Amateur license, then apply for an Amateur Station Licence and attaching the FCC license to obtain an equivalent license.

1. Create a virtual US address with ezBuy ezShip
2. Create an FCC CORES username
   1. Click Need a Username? → Register to access the registration form
   2. Check your email and complete the verification
   • I got a Phone Number is Invalid error when specifying Country Code: +65 and Phone Number: separately, but was able to submit with a blank Country Code: and Phone Number: +65[8 digit phone number]
3. Register FRN
   1. Log in to FCC CORES with your newly username (the email verification should have logged you in, in which case you can skip to the next step)
   2. Are you registering as an entity or as an individual? → Individual
   3. Is your contact address within the United States or its territories? → Yes
   4. Please read the following options carefully and make a selection. → Individual FRN
   5. Fill up and submit the form:
      • First Name: → (your first name as printed in passport)
      • Last Name: → (your last name as printed in passport)
      • If you do not have a Social Security Number, select a reason: → The individual is foreign
      • Address Line 1: → 5908 NE 112th Ave XXXXXX (replace XXXXXXX with the ID from your ezShip Warehouse Info page - USA Warehouse)
      • City: → Portland
      • State: → OREGON
      • Zip Code: → 97250 9606
      • Email: → (your email)
      • The other fields are not required, you may fill them as applicable, but do not fill in the freight forwarder's phone number!
   6. After submitting, you should be presented with Your new FCC Registration Number (FRN) is [FRN]., note it down or print the page to PDF
      • It can be retrieved again later by logging in to CORES → Manage Existing FRNs → Manage FRNs
4. Study
   1. Create a HamStudy.org account
   2. Choose an exam to study for: → Technician
   3. Study Mode
      1. Study until you have reached 100% seen (~1 hour)
      2. Study until you have reached >80% aptitude¹⁾ (time this depends on how fast you learn, it took me another ~0.5h)
      • Click the top-right flag on questions to learn the concepts leading to the correct answer
   4. Practice Test
      1. Practice until you have reached >26 correct answers/74%, which is the passing criteria
      2. Keep practicing until you have reached >31 correct answers/88%, which several examination providers recommend as the minimum to achieve before taking a test
5. Schedule a test
   • Schedule an exam with WM7X via HamStudy.org
     • WM7X is an exam provider that Singapore hams have successfully taken exams with (thanks 9V1SA & 9V1YP)
     • VEA was recommended by 9V1DT but at time of writing, has no exam schedules for the forseeable future
6. (Unfinished)
7. Apply for an IMDA Amateur Station License
   1. Go to GoBusiness → Browse all licences → Find and apply for licences by agency
      → I → Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) → Amateur Station Licence → Apply on GoBusiness Dashboard
   2. (Unfinished)