Volunteer Examiner Contact Page
VE Testing Schedule for 2026:
March 20th
April 17th
May 15th
September 18th
Tests will be held at 5:00 pm just before our regularly scheduled club meetings at 6:30 pm.
Feel free to stick around and meet the club members.
Test will be given at
Delta Libary
124 E 6th St,
Delta, CO 81416
(Use Meeker St entrance)
The Exam fee is currently $15.00 to be paid by check made out to ARRL VEC. Please bring a photo I D (drivers license) showing current address info. Also bring a Photo Copy of your current amateur radio license, along with the ORIGINAL for verification. Use the contact form below if you have any questions.
Scheduling Exams:
Taking an exam to get or upgrade your Amateur Radio License could not be easier with the Montrose Amateur Radio Club.
Exam testing is offered just before our meetings on the dates listed above.
There is a required $15.00 ARRL exam fee, $5.00 for youth exams. So please bring cash to pay this fee.
Please register at least two weeks in advance with Eric Layman / AA0EL to ensure we have adequate Volunteer Examiners available. 970-209-8718
Warning: You must be fully prepared for a ham radio test!
- Practice! Be sure you are consistently scoring above an 85% on practice tests.
- Know the material! You should be able to complete the exam within 30 minutes, however there is no time limit. Most questions are short and simple concepts.
- Practice Sites : We recommend either HamStudy.org , a free site with lots of tips, or ARRL Exam Review for Ham Radio ™, a free site from the national ham radio group that you may want to join.
** Please Note that you are now Required to get an FRN – FCC Registration Number, before testing, in order to fill out the paperwork and take your first test. Getting a FRN is free and you can do it online at the FCC Website – https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do
If you have questions, contact Eric Layman at AA0EL@yahoo.com or 970-209-8718
Youth Licensing:
https://www.arrl.org/youth-licensing-grant-program
Getting Your License/Call Sign, After Passing the Test:
Additional Testing Option:
MARC does not conduct on-line exams. We’ve found on-line exams take more club time and resources than simply doing in-person testing.
However, if you are interested in taking your exam on-line, HamStudy provides a tool to locate an online exam.
Specifically, we found the on-line testing offered by WAVE and WM7X to be exceptional.
Attention: Lew French is taking requests for the next class.
Attention Lew French is taking requests for the next class.
Please contact him at 9704176142 or foresterfrench@aol.com
Based on the requests he receives we will put together the next training.
Test Taking Resources
| Ham Radio Exam Guidelines |
The Offical exam has 35 questions, drawn from this pool. You ONLY need to answer 26/35 correctly to pass.
https://glaarg.org/glaarg-forms/
