Garland Amateur Radio Club (GARC) K5QHD -- Garland, Texas

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Garland Area Amateur Radio Testing

In the Garland area, we have a very active ARRL Volunteer Examiner team that serves much of the area east of Dallas. If you are interested in taking a test or becoming a volunteer examiner, you can contact Bill Reynolds, K8DNE, at (972) 475-3854 for additional information.

Do you want information about the licensing process?  

Here's what's involved in getting a license.
Changing the address on your existing license

The Garland area ARRL Volunteer Examiner team

Garland area ARRL VE test sessions are held on the fourth Thursday of each month, except November, at Freeman Heights Baptist Church (1120 N. Garland Avenue in Garland) between W.Walnut Street and Buckingham Road (see map ),

The doors normally open at 7pm and testing sessions start promptly at 7:30 p.m.

Exams by other teams/in other areas:

Are you looking for an exam at another date/time?  Here are other Dallas-area exam times and dates maintained by KC5COF.   In addition, you can search the ARRL exam database for exams given by other teams.

After your exam:

Have you taken your exam and want to see if you've been assigned a call sign yet? You can  search the FCC license database here.

Also, here's the FCC page to check your license status.

The Garland Area ARRL VE team

More will be added here later about the ARRL VE program and Garland area team. Contact Bill Reynolds, K8DNE, at 972-475-3854 for additional information on the Garland area VE team.