[CW] New RadioTelegraph Operator License

Wed May 22 02:42:36 EDT 2013

They also test English at 20 wpm and code groups at 16 wpm, one full minute
without error out of five minutes sent.

I had FCC Engineer-in-Charge make me send 25 wpm on the hand key as
required but he kept me sending for nearly the full five minutes.  Years
later I found out he did not know Morse.  Boy did he make me sweat.

73

David N1EA
 On May 22, 2013 2:15 AM, "Kate Hutton" <katehutton at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been considering doing this ... for what reason?  Because it's
> there, I guess. I have even talked about it with the guy who administers
> the exams in my area.  He's waiting for me to tell him that I'm ready.
>
> However, I'm a new enough ham that I will have to take the code test.  I
> move NTS traffic routinely at 20 - 22 WPM, but I make mistakes under
> pressure, so the test could be interesting.  My understanding is that,
> unlike the amateur code exams, they test both sending & receiving.
>
> I'm not sure if I have all the relevant written material.  I have the
> booklet from W5YI that covers Radiotelegraph elements 5 & 6.  I also have
> Gordon West's GROL + Radar book, which has its own element on radio law.
>  Does that cover it all?
>
> My main impediment is that I am on too many traffic nets & don't have much
> time to study.
>
> 73 Kate K6HTN
>
> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:31 AM, <sbjohnston at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>   I'm proud to announce that the FCC granted my new RadioTelegraph
>> Operator License yesterday.  It is number T000000001, so I am the very
>> first to receive the new type of radiotelegraph ticket.  There doesn't
>> seem to be a T000000002 yet, so apparently I am the *only* holder as
>> well.  -grin-   That and $5 will buy me lunch at McDonalds.
>>
>> When the FCC announced the new radiotelegraph license structure in Ja
>> nuary (see below), I asked the FCC's helpdesk what elements would be
>> needed for me to get the new ticket.  They confirmed that applicants for
>> the new Radiotelegraph Operator License would be required to pass
>> written elements 1 and 6, and telegraphy elements 1 and 2.  I hold an
>> Amateur Extra class license issued before April 15, 2000, so my passing
>> of that 20 wpm code test would substitute for Telegraphy Elements 1 and 2.
>> I also hold a General Radiotelephone Operator License (was originally a
>> First-Phone), so that would cover written element 1.  That left me only
>> needing to take the exam for written element 6.
>>
>> ETA was the only COLEM (the commercial equivalent of volunteer examiners) that
>> responded to my email inquiries - none of the others even bothered to
>> reply.  It took me three months to work out with ETA how to take the
>> exam. Their examiners based at a nearby college apparently vanished
>> without notice, and thus there was a lot of dead-end emailing and
>> back-n-forth discussion. ETA finally offered the option to have a local
>> library proctor the exam.  I made all the library arrangements and took
>> the exam a couple weeks ago.  In just a few days ETA let me know I'd
>> passed.  Then last week they told me they needed two signed passport photos
>> for the application.  Fortunately I got their message when I was having lunch
>> next door to a Walgreens that takes such photos, near a post office where
>> I could mail them to ETA, all done in a half-hour or so.  ETA apparently
>> received the pictures in time to submit my application on the first day
>> the Commission was able to accept them, May 20.
>>
>> With the demise of commercial maritime CW, there is little practical use
>> for a radiotelegraph ticket.  Except for museum-ships and historical
>> club shore stations, there is little commercial Morse to be heard on the "ship-to-shore"
>> bands.  Why bother with a new version of an antique license?  I appreciated
>> the challenge of studying for a serious exam covering technology from a
>> very wide time range - 1920s to 2000s, and I'd like to be able to
>> operate one of the restored maritime stations some day.
>>
>> "Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?" George Mallory is famously
>> quoted as having replied, "Because it's there".   It is unlikely I will climb
>> Mount Everest, but I can always learn more about radio and electronics.
>>
>> 73   Steve WD8DAS
>>
>> sbjohnston at aol.com
>> http://www.wd8das.net/
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>>
>>
>> - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>> Changes to FCC Radiotelegraph Operator Licenses Coming May 20
>>
>> *Effective May 20, 2013*<http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db0419/DA-13-798A1.pdf>,
>> the FCC will no longer accept applications for First (T1), Second (T2)
>> or Third Class (T3) Radiotelegraph Operator Certificates. In addition, the
>> FCC has consolidated the T1 and T2 Radiotelegraph Operator Certificates
>> into a new license class called the Radiotelegraph Operator License (T).
>> According to the FCC, this change takes effect upon renewal: T1s and T2s
>> that are renewed on or after May 20, 2013 will be renewed as Ts, but
>> existing T1s and T2s will retain their current license class for the
>> duration of the current license term. The Commission also consolidated the
>> T3 with Marine Radio Operator Permits (MP); T3s renewed on or after May 20,
>> 2013 will be renewed as MPs, but existing T3s will retain their current
>> license class for the duration of the current license term. These new rules
>> were first announced in a *Report and Order* (*WT Docket No. 10-177*<http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7022100656>),
>> issued January 8, 2013.
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>>
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