[QCWA] Major Change In Licensing Structure

[VE3JX]

Good one Bill!


From: Bill Leal 
Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2018 8:26 PM
To: VE3JX ; TwelveVDC at aol.com ; QCWA - List 
Subject: Re: [QCWA] Major Change In Licensing Structure



Well, here north of the border, Industry Canada is looking at turning over ham radio licensing in Canada to Facebook.






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From: VE3JX <ve3jx at sympatico.ca>
To: TwelveVDC at aol.com; QCWA - List <QCWA at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2018 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: [QCWA] Major Change In Licensing Structure


This has to be an April fool's joke.


-----Original Message----- 
From: TwelveVDC--- via QCWA
Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2018 7:05 PM
To: QCWA - List
Subject: [QCWA] Major Change In Licensing Structure

FCC Relinquishes Amateur Radio Licensing

In a shocking and unexpected move, the FCC today transferred all amateur 
radio licensing responsibility to QRZ.com, releasing Report and Order 
2018-699. Outgoing Chairman Julius Genchowski read a statement noting that 
the decision was due to a combination automatic budget cuts from budget 
sequestration and an acknowledgement of reality. Other commissioners 
released similar written statements. The Report and Order stated, ”Our 
enforcement bureau received an inquiry from a radio amateur who was banned 
from QRZ.com (“QRZ”), an amateur radio portal and a popular callsign 
database. After his callsign listing was removed from the QRZ database, 
amateurs frequently questioned on the air whether he was really licensed. On 
a few occasions he was actually referred to as a ‘bootlegger’ by other radio 
amateurs, a derogatory term for an unlicensed individual operating 
illegally. Our research indicates that few licensees actually use the FCC 
ULS [the official online licensing database] for amateur radio license 
queries. In this ruling we have identified an opportunity to shed the 
responsibility of licensing and reduce administrative costs, and are 
therefore transferring administration of amateur radio licensing to a 
private entity.”

FCC Chairman Genchowski Makes Announcement to Stunned Audience

At press time ARRL had not released a written statement due to a backlog in 
the ARRL email server, still processing emails from a month ago. However, in 
a conference call this afternoon it was announced that ARRL was petitioning 
the FCC to withdraw the R&O until it could present its solution for 
privatizing amateur radio licensing, a solution employing 65,535 bit 
encryption technology which would be ready sometime in 2019.

QRZ praised the FCC change and announced that for a limited time free Extra 
class upgrades will be included with an XML subscription or purchase of Ham 
Radio Deluxe. QRZ forums were abuzz, with both support for and opposition 
against the change. One super moderator stated that QRZ super moderators 
will have enforcement privileges, with the ability to revoke licenses for 
bad behavior both online and on the air, later taunting to users to step out 
of line and “feel his wrath.”

The FCC announcement is the most notable change in US amateur radio 
licensing since the controversial and still-debated Incentive Licensing 
program, and will go into effect upon publication of the Report and Order in 
the Federal Register.

73,

Chuck Kraly, K0XM
ckraly at gmail.com







< Forwarded by NL7XM >

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