[ETS/PARC List] Recent FCC Action

[Rodolfo Juliani]

Drew,
It seems this is part of the April fool day! I cannot find anything, not even listed in the ARRL site!
FCC to reinstate Morse Code test - KB6NU's Ham Radio Blog

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| FCC to reinstate Morse Code test - KB6NU's Ham Radio B...Share this! This just in… Washington, D.C. – April 1, 2014 – Today, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) approved Report and Order 14-987... |
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This is a site from April 1st, 2014!
A belated April fool day!
Rodolfo

      De: E. Drew Moore <drumor at optonline.net>
 Para: ETSList <etslist at mailman.qth.net> 
 Enviado: Viernes, 1 de abril, 2016 17:01:21
 Asunto: [ETS/PARC List] Recent FCC Action
   



Washington, D.C.  April 1, 2016  Today, the Federal Communications 
Commission (Commission or FCC) approved Report and
Order 14-987af which reinstates the Morse Code test for General Class 
and Amateur Extra Class licensees. It was a big
mistake eliminating the Morse Code test, admits Dotty Dasher, the FCCs 
director of examinations. We now realize that
being able to send and receive Morse Code is an essential skill for 
radio amateurs. As they say, it really does get
through when other modes cant.

Not only will new applicants have to take the test, but General Class 
licensees who have never passed a code test will
have one year to pass a 5-wpm code test. Similarly, Amateur Extra class 
licensees that never passed a code test will
have one year to pass a 13-wpm test. Those amateurs that fail to pass 
the test will face revocation of their operating
privileges. Materials for administering the examinations will be 
distributed to Volunteer Examiner Coordinators by the
end of April, so that they can begin the testing on May 1, 2016.

This isnt going to be one of those silly multiple-choice type tests, 
noted Dasher. Were going to be sending
five-character random code groups, just like we did in the old days. 
And, applicants will have to prove that they can
send, too, using a poorly adjusted straight key.

Technician Class licensees will not be required to take a Morse Code 
test, nor will a test be required for new
applicants. We discussed it, said Dasher, but decided that since most 
Techs cant even figure out how to program
their HTs, requiring them to learn Morse Code seemed like cruel and 
unusual punishment.

When asked what other actions we might see from the FCC, Dasher hinted 
that in the future applicants taking the written
exam may be required to draw circuit diagrams, such as Colpitts 
oscillators and diode ring mixers, once again. Were
beginning to think that if an applicant passes an amateur radio license 
exam it  should mean that he or she actually
knows something, she said.

For further information, contact James X. Shorts, Assistant Liaison to 
the Deputy Chief of Public Relations for the FCC
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