Get Your Amateur Radio License

All ARES/RACES members have to have a valid FCC amateur radio license. There are many options for learning the necessary rules and taking the license exam.

If you want to study on your own and then take the license exam, there is an exam just about every weekend somewhere in the Bay Area.

A popular option is a “ham cram:” a full day class, usually on a Saturday, with the license exam at the end of the day. These are generally offered quarterly.

If these options don’t work for you, the ARRL website has a search tool for locating amateur radio license classes and exam sessions.