[CW] CODE TEST ABOLISHED!

[John Klim, N3KHK]

HELL NO!!  We will not let the music die!

 

 

Mr. John R. Klim II

N3KHK

QSL VIA: BUR, LoTW

ARRL LM-0008416263, AMSAT  LM-2187,  QRPARCI  #10392,  FISTS  # 5015,  MQFD
#115,  

10-X Life Member  # 68135,  Springbok Chapter  # 1874,  Chesapeake Bay
Chapter  # 549

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Artmouton
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 9:18 PM
To: D. Chester; CW Reflector
Subject: Re: [CW] CODE TEST ABOLISHED!

 

The day the music died.

(with apologies to Don McLean)

Art K5FNQ

 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "D. Chester" <k4kyv at charter.net>

To: "CW Reflector" <cw at mailman.qth.net>

Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 7:55 PM

Subject: [CW] CODE TEST ABOLISHED!

 

 

> FCC MODIFIES AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE RULES,

> ELIMINATING MORSE CODE EXAM REQUIREMENTS AND

> ADDRESSING ARRL PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION

>

>

>

> Washington, D.C. - Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 

> adopted a Report and Order and Order on Reconsideration (Order) that 

> modifies the rules for the Amateur Radio Service by revising the 

> examination requirements for obtaining a General Class or Amateur Extra 

> Class amateur radio operator license and revising the operating privileges


> for Technician Class licensees.  In addition, the Order resolves a 

> petition filed by the American Radio Relay League, Inc. (ARRL) for partial


> reconsideration of an FCC Order on amateur service rules released on 

> October 10, 2006.

>

>

>

> The current amateur service operator license structure contains three 

> classes of amateur radio operator licenses:  Technician Class, General 

> Class, and Amateur Extra Class.  General Class and Amateur Extra Class 

> licensees are permitted to operate in Amateur bands below 30 MHz, while 

> the introductory Technician Class licensees are only permitted to operate 

> in bands above 30 MHz.  Prior to today's action, the FCC, in accordance 

> with international radio regulations, required applicants for General 

> Class and Amateur Extra Class operator licenses to pass a five 

> words-per-minute Morse code examination.  Today's Order eliminates that 

> requirement for General and Amateur Extra licensees.  This change reflects


> revisions to international radio regulations made at the International 

> Telecommunication Union's 2003 World Radio Conference (WRC-03), which 

> authorized each country to determine whether to require that individuals 

> demonstrate Morse code proficiency in order to qualify for an amateur 

> radio license with transmitting privileges on frequencies below 30 MHz. 

> This change eliminates an unnecessary regulatory burden that may 

> discourage current amateur radio operators from advancing their skills and


> participating more fully in the benefits of amateur radio.

>

>

>

> Today's Order also revises the operating privileges for Technician Class 

> licensees by eliminating a disparity in the operating privileges for the 

> Technician Class and Technician Plus Class licensees.  Technician Class 

> licensees are authorized operating privileges on all amateur frequencies 

> above 30 MHz.  The Technician Plus Class license, which is an operator 

> license class that existed prior the FCC's simplification of the amateur 

> license structure in 1999 and was grandfathered after that time, 

> authorized operating privileges on all amateur frequencies above 30 MHz, 

> as well as frequency segments in four HF bands (below 30 MHz) after the 

> successful completion of a Morse code examination.  With today's 

> elimination of the Morse code exam requirements, the FCC concluded that 

> the disparity between the operating privileges of Technician Class 

> licensees and Technician Plus Class licensees should not be retained. 

> Therefore, the FCC, in today's action, afforded Technician and Technician 

> Plus licensees identical operating privileges.

>

>

>

> Finally, today's Order resolved a petition filed by the ARRL for partial 

> reconsideration of an FCC Order released on October 10, 2006 (FCC 06-149).


> In this Order, the FCC authorized amateur stations to transmit voice 

> communications on additional frequencies in certain amateur service bands,


> including the 75 meter (m) band, which is authorized only for certain 

> wideband voice and image communications.  The ARRL argued that the 75 m 

> band should not have been expanded below 3635 kHz, in order to protect 

> automatically controlled digital stations operating in the 3620-3635 kHz 

> portion of the 80 m band.  The FCC concluded that these stations can be 

> protected by providing alternate spectrum in the 3585-3600 kHz frequency 

> segment.

>

>

>

> Action by the Commission on December 15, 2006, by Report and Order and 

> Order on Reconsideration.  Chairman Martin and Commissioners Copps, 

> Adelstein, Tate, and McDowell.

>

>

>

> For additional information, contact William Cross at (202) 418-0691 or 

> William.Cross at fcc.gov.

>

>

>

> WT Docket Nos. 04-140 and 05-235.

>

>

>

> http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-269012A1.pdf

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