Exam & Class Schedules
TVARC Education Committee
The Villages Amateur Radio Club is active in education of HAMs and future HAMs of all ages. We hold public events several times each year to demonstrate our emergency communications capability. We are always glad to show off our radios from the size of postage stamp books to table top vacuum tube sets. Our club members setup radios in parking lots, parks or downtown on the square and send radio messages across the country under simulated emergency conditions. At our events we bring the latest in digital HF, VHF and UHF Band radios and the always present voice and Morse code stations. Plus we hold FCC license exam preparation classes every year. You can be a HAM too; each year our classes produces ten or more new operators. Before you can get on the air, you need to be licensed and know the rules to operate legally. Still concerned? Every student who completed our classes since 2009 has passed their exam! The classes are provided free of charge to the public by the club, you will need a $30 text book available from the big online book stores (or normally $25 through the club).
The Villages Amateur Radio Club is active in education of HAMs and future HAMs of all ages. We hold public events several times each year to demonstrate our emergency communications capability. We are always glad to show off our radios from the size of postage stamp books to table top vacuum tube sets. Our club members setup radios in parking lots, parks or downtown on the square and send radio messages across the country under simulated emergency conditions. At our events we bring the latest in digital HF, VHF and UHF Band radios and the always present voice and Morse code stations. Plus we hold FCC license exam preparation classes every year. You can be a HAM too; each year our classes produces ten or more new operators. Before you can get on the air, you need to be licensed and know the rules to operate legally. Still concerned? Every student who completed our classes since 2009 has passed their exam! The classes are provided free of charge to the public by the club, you will need a $30 text book available from the big online book stores (or normally $25 through the club).
Technician Class Schedule
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DATE
Tuesday, September 3 Tuesday, September 10 Tuesday, September 17 ** Tuesday, September 24 |
SECTION
Chapters 1-4 Chapters 5-7 Chapters 8-9 ARRL/TVARC Sponsored FCC License Exams |
TOPIC
Welcome to Amateur Radio; Radio and Signals Fundamentals; Electricity, Components and Circuits; Propagation, Antennas and Feed Lines Amateur Radio Equipment; Communicating With Other Hams; Licensing Regulations Operating Regulations; Safety and course review FCC License Examinations. Open to all license Levels. (No preregistration required) |
Class Location and Times
If any questions, please contact Neil Schulman/KN4KPD via Email at shully13(at)arrl.net. To sign up for classes click here.
- Classes will be held in the "Admiral King Room" at the Eisenhower Recreation Center, in The Villages.
3560 Buena Vista Blvd., in The Villages, FL
** For Tuesday September 17 ONLY: class will meet in the "Admiral Leahy Room" - Class meets Tuesday evenings, 6 PM to 9 PM to review each chapter. See schedule above.
- The text book we are using is The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual - 4th Edition.
- Available through our club (contact Neil Schulman/KN4KPD) for a discounted price of only $25.
- ISBN: 978-1-62595-087-1 (for use July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2022)
- If possible, read the assigned chapters before the class date for that chapter.
- Also available at: http://www.arrl.org/shop/ARRL-Ham-Radio-License-Manual-4th-Edition-Softcover
- Calculator, just a simple add, subtract, multiply, divide (NO Memory Functions)
- Notebook and pen, just a simple spiral bound pad
If any questions, please contact Neil Schulman/KN4KPD via Email at shully13(at)arrl.net. To sign up for classes click here.
General Class Schedule
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DATE
Monday, October 7 * Monday, October 14 * Wednesday, October 16 Monday, October 21 Wednesday, October 23 Monday, October 28 Wednesday, October 30 |
SECTION
Chapters 1-3, Sections 1.1-1.3,2.1,2.2,3.1-3.4 Chapter 4, Sections 4.1-4.4 Chapter 5, Sections 5.1-5.5 Chapter 6, Sections 6.1-6.6 Chapter 7, Sections 7.1-7.6 Chapters 8 and 9, Sections 8.1-8.3,9.1-9.3 ARRL/TVARC Sponsored FCC License Exams |
TOPIC
Introduction, Procedures, Practices, Rules and Regulations Components & Circuits Radio Signals and Equipment Digital Modes Antennas Propagation & Safety, Survey, Q&A License Testing Open to all Levels |
Class Location and Times
- Classes will be held in the "EOC Classroom" in the Fire Station #44, in The Villages.
3035 Morse Blvd., in The Villages, FL (SE corner of Morse Blvd, and Pinellas Place/Moyer Loop Traffic Circle) - Class meets Monday and Wednesday evenings, except as noted below, 6 PM to 9 PM to review each chapter. See schedule above.
- * NOTE: No class on Wednesday October 9.
- The Text book we'll use is ARRL General Class License Manual 9th Edition - Level 2, General Class.
- ISBN: 978-1-62595-106-9 or Spiral Bound version 978-1-62595-031-4 (for use July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2023)
- Should be available through our club (contact Cal Fuhrman, WA3CTZ, club's Educational Coordinator for General/Extra Classes) for a discounted price.
- Also available through ARRL and Amazon.
- If possible, read the assigned chapter before the class date for that chapter.
Extra Class classes and schedules TBA
License Exams (All license levels)
License exam testing is sponsored by The Villages Amateur Radio Club and the American Radio Relay League. Exam sessions are conducted by volunteers working under the direction of the ARRL, and FCC, by the local team in liaison with the Amateur Radio Relay League Volunteer Examiner Program.
The fee for testing is $15 and paid directly to the Team Liaison (Test Session Manager) on the day of the exam.
The test session manager requests you bring exactly $15 CASH, as change is not available.
License exam testing is sponsored by The Villages Amateur Radio Club and the American Radio Relay League. Exam sessions are conducted by volunteers working under the direction of the ARRL, and FCC, by the local team in liaison with the Amateur Radio Relay League Volunteer Examiner Program.
The fee for testing is $15 and paid directly to the Team Liaison (Test Session Manager) on the day of the exam.
The test session manager requests you bring exactly $15 CASH, as change is not available.
- Please bring Photo-ID, CASH $15, copy of your current license (if you are upgrading), and a copy of any valid/current CSCE(s).
- If you are testing for a new license, it is encouraged that you go to the FCC/ULS website and enroll for an FRN number before the exam session.
- If you are upgrading, insure that you have your FRN number with you.
NOTE: It is preferred to NOT use your SSN on the Form 605 when you fill it out at the exam sessions. Using your SSN will only slow down the processing time it will take to get your new license or upgrade into the FCC database. - If you want to take the next exam up from the one you passed at this session, you can on the same $15 fee, so long as we have the time to accommodate you. If you should fail an exam, and wish to re-take it, this would cost you an additional exam fee, as it would count as another exam candidate for processing, and this, too would be subject to remaining time available.
- NOTE: If you have an expired amateur license that is beyond the 2 year renewable grace period, you can bring proof of your expired license (of any level above Technician), and by passing the current Element 2 Technician Class license exam, under certain circumstances, your original license privileges can be re-instated.