Getting Your Amateur Radio License

An FCC license is required to transmit on amateur radio frequencies. Licensing exams are given by Volunteer Examiners (VE) though the Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (VEC) system.

Here are some of the local VE organizations currently offering license exams. (Updated July 2021)

Bay Area Educational Amateur Radio Society

http://www.baears.com/

Get a ham radio license in one day.

San Benito County Amateur Radio Association

https://sbcara.org/testing-training/

Fully remote testing and study.

Silicon Valley VE Group

http://www.svve.org/

Remote testing only.

Sunnyvale VEC

https://www.amateur-radio.org/

In-person exams.