Testing for up to all 4 elements is offered at $4 during one sitting. 
An additional fee is charged for re-testing of any failed elements,
if authorized by the session Volunteer Examiner-in-Charge. 
This reduced testing fee is offered through the Greater Los Angeles
Amateur Radio Group (GLAARG-VEC) as Volunteer Examiner
Coordinator at cost.  The ARALB club and GLAARG-VEC are not-
for-profit corporations.

   Pre-registration is recommended through Louise Chapman, N6ELK ,
at 562-429-1355.  Your GLAARG form 605X will be ready to sign.
Walk-in applicants are accepted to the session capacity.  Late arrival for
the testing session may result in your rejection.                                       

   Talk-in by radio is offered from 0830 to 0900 hours on the 449.780 MHz K6CHE repeater (minus offset, 131.8 Hz tone).  Call W6RO.                     

   For questions on Amateur Radio testing or licensing contact ARALB VE-in-charge Tom Gibbons, W9EYB, at 562-529-8644 or w9eyb@aralb.org.

   What to bring to the testing session:  The original and one legible copy of your current FCC Amateur Radio License; the original and one legible copy of each Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination Element (CSCE) you wish to present for credit; also the original and one legible copy of any prior FCC license to be presented for Element 1 Morse code credit.  Bring a sharp pencil, a pen with black ink and any needed eyeglasses/lenses.  Calculations will be made on the reverse side of the answer sheet.  Any calculator used must have the memory deleted.

Payments:  At monthly testing sessions bring $4 cash or an imprinted personal check payable to GLAARG-VEC.  For special testing sessions bring $14 cash or an imprinted personal check payable to ARALB. 

Disability accommodation:  A signed Physician's Certificate on the back side of the session GLAARG Form 605X or FCC Form 605 is required for special Morse code waiver accommodation.  The physician will be contacted.  For a special circumstance individual Morse code test accommodation contact the ARALB VE-in-Charge well in advance of the regular monthly testing session you choose.  In particular, for difficulty with normal copy of a typical receive audio Morse code test or for a sending test.

Special group testing sessions at other times and places may be arranged in advance though the ARALB VE-in-Charge.  The session VEC then is typically ARRL-VEC with the testing fee at $14 for a single sitting.

Annual Field Day Testing:  The ARALB/ARRL-VEC special testing session is scheduled at Field Day on the Saturday at 1330 hrs.  It is planned to be outdoors at the Field Day site.
   Talk-in by radio is offered on 145.520 MHz simplex during the 1-hour  prior to the start of testing, call W6RO.  No pre-registration.  On-time walk-in applicants are accepted to the session capacity.  Late arrival for testing is discouraged and may result in your rejection.

   Come at Noon for a tasty Field Day Lunch prepared by ARALB Chef Richard Boone, KF6HKA.  Donations for Field Day meals are welcome. On-site toilet facilities will be available.