Amateur Radio License Examinations
Riverside County Amateur Radio Association (RCARA) Testing Sessions
VEC: American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
When: Testing is by appointment only on the first Saturday of each Month at 1:30 PM.
Where: The Norco Fire Station located at 3902 Hillside Avenue (the corner of Sixth Street and Hillside Avenue) in Norco, CA - just 1 mile East of the I-15 Freeway along Sixth Street.
Contact: Fred Roberts - W6TKV at (951)687-8145 or E-mail at: froberts-w6tkv@att.net
Amateur Radio is one of the greatest hobbies available to everyone from children to their grandparents. There are 3 levels of Amateur Licenses, and they are:
1) The Technician Class which provides operating privileges on a segment of 10 Meters (28MHz) and all of the higher bands (6 Meters - 50MHz up to 23CM - 1240 MHz).
2) The General Class which provides slightly limited operating privileges on all of the bands from lowest 160M (1.8MHz) band to 23 Centimeters (1240MHz) band.
3) The Extra Class which provides operating privileges on all bands without any limits. These are the same bands as used by the General Class without any limits on each entire band - e.g. 80M: Extra - CW 3500-3600MHz, Phone 3600-4000MHz and General - CW 3525-3600MHz, Phone 3800-4000MHz. And, of course, DX stations tend to operate in the lower portions of the bands.
When taking the Technician Class test, you should consider it as just your first step to a great career in ham radio. Once you pass the Technician Class test, we urge you to immediately start studying for the General Class license. Since you have the entire Question & Answer (Q&A) Pool as your study guide, what could be easier?
Updated: 5/10/2010