[CW] OT: FCC Petition for Lifetime Amateur License

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

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FCC Seeks Comments on Petition to Grant Lifetime Amateur Radio Licenses

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ARRL Bulletin 8  ARLB008

>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  February 24, 2016

To all radio amateurs

ARLB008 FCC Seeks Comments on Petition to Grant Lifetime Amateur Radio
Licenses

The FCC is seeking comments on a Petition for Rule Making (RM 11760
- available on the web at,
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=60001333714 ) that asks the FCC to
grant lifetime Amateur Radio licenses. Mark F. Krotz, N7MK, of Mesa,
Arizona, filed his request with the FCC last November. He wants the FCC to
revise Part 97.25 of its rules to indicate that Amateur Radio licenses are
granted for the holder's lifetime, instead of for the current 10 year term.
Krotz noted that the General Radiotelephone Operator License (GROL) already
is issued on a lifetime basis, and he maintained that not having to renew
licenses would lighten the FCC's workload.

"It would be mutually beneficial for the FCC and Amateur Radio operators to
update Part 97 to grant operator licenses for lifetime, Krotz said in his
filing. "The FCC would benefit by reducing administrative costs."

In 2014 the FCC granted lifetime credit for examination elements 3 and 4,
but applicants seeking relicensing under that provision still must pass
examination element 2.

Individuals may submit comments

(http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/proceeding/view?name=RM-11760) via the FCC's
Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS).

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