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Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club
2008 Technician License Class Schedule

The Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club, (CVARC ) sponsors amateur radio license classes throughout the year. The Technician Class license, which is the entry level license for amateur radio is presented five times a year and each class lasts for eight weeks Classes are held on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. and are free. The only cost related to this class is the cost for the Ham Radio License Manual which is $25.00 plus tax. Students who wish to purchase this manual through the CVARC class may do so at the time of class registration. This book is a course manual presented by the Amateur Radio Relay League. The new manual covers the new FCC test requirements for all Technician exams.

Classes are taught in Thousand Oaks in classroom facilities provided as a community service by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The current classes are held at 3645 Moorpark Road, in Thousand Oaks. This is on Moorpark Road, one block North of Olsen Road.

Classes are open to all ages, and CVARC is proud to report that our graduates include 7 year old children and 84 year old adults. There are no age limits imposed by the FCC on the Amateur Radio license, and both men and women participate in the magic of radio.

Whether you are interested in radio communications with other amateur operators around the world, or just want to have your radio license for emergency preparedness, the Technician Class license is your entry to amateur radio. If you are interested, or want to know more about amateur radio, call Karl Moody at (805) 523-0622 for information regarding the next class.

Class Schedule for 2008

Start Date End Date Date of FCC Exam following class
February 19, 2008 April 8, 2008 April 13, 2008
April 15, 2008 June 3, 2008 June 8, 2008
June 17, 2008 August 5, 2008 August 10, 2008
August 19, 2008 October 7, 2008 October 12, 2008
October 21, 2008 December 9, 2008 December 14, 2008

Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club
2008 FCC Exam Schedule

The Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club (CVARC) has scheduled examinations for FCC Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) licenses six times during 2008.

Exams are conducted by accredited Volunteer Examiners and sessions are sponsored by CVARC. Exams are conducted for all FCC Amateur Radio license classes under the supervision of the ARRL VEC. No pre-registration is necessary, walk-ins are welcome. The Exams listed below will be conducted at the Ventura County Sheriff's East County Station at 2101 E. Olsen Road between Hwy 23 and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library at 8:30 a.m.

Candidates need to bring:

  1. A form of government-issued photo I.D. (eg: Driver's License, Passport or School District ID).
  2. Social Security Number or Taxpayer ID or FRN.
  3. The original and a photocopy of any existing FCC license or CSCE notice of passing an exam element.
  4. $14 Exam fee (exact change preferred).
  5. Pens, pencils, calculator. Calculator memory must be cleared prior to exam

"Grandfather" upgrades - please refer to: http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/grandfather.html

CVARC can process "Grandfather" upgrade requests at scheduled exam sessions, provided they comply with the instructions found at the above website. The normal test fee applies.

2007 Exam Schedule:

Should there be questions not addressed above, please contact Jeff Reinhardt AA6JR at aa6jr@pacbell.net or phone 818-706-3853.