[HIham] FCC R&O amends Part 97 to allow employees to operate during emergency tests/drills

[Ron Hashiro]

  The FCC issued Report and Order 10-124 today amending Rules to Permit 
Amateur Radio Operators Who May be Employees of Participating Entities 
to Transmit Messages in Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Drills.

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-124A1.pdf

It will take effect after a set number of days after it's published in 
the Federal Register.

Thanks Harold KH6HB and Toby KH7FR for the report.

Ron H