[RVRC] RVRC Digest, Vol 60, Issue 8

Wed Jun 11 12:49:50 EDT 2014

Ooops, a typo - of course everyone (except my typing fingers) knows that
Birthday Boy Pete's callsign is KD2ARB!!!    Sorry my friend!

Hope you had a great day!

73,

GJ

Gerry Jurrens N2GJ
mailto:n2gj at amsat.org

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>    1. Happy Birthday, Pete KD2ARL (N2GJ_AMSAT)
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>       Administration, Emission Type Rules (drew Moore)
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> All the best on your birthday, Pete, and best wishes for many more to come!
>  Best 73,
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> GJ
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> From: drew Moore <drumor at optonline.net>
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> Subject: [RVRC] FW: FCC Okays Changes to Amateur Radio Exam Credit,
>         Test Administration, Emission Type Rules
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> Subject: FCC Okays Changes to Amateur Radio Exam Credit, Test
> Administration, Emission Type Rules
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> NEWSFLASH - - - THIS JUST IN - - -
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> In a wide-ranging Report and Order (R&O) released June 9 that takes
> various proceedings into consideration, the FCC has revised the Amateur
> Service Part 97 rules to grant credit for written examination elements 3
> (General) and 4 (Amateur Extra) to holders of ?expired licenses that
> required passage of those elements.? The FCC will require former
> licensees ? those falling outside the 2-year grace period ? to pass
> Element 2 (Technician) in order to be relicensed, however. The
> Commission declined to give examination credit to the holder of an
> expired Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE) or
> to extend its validity to the holder?s lifetime.
>
> ?Our decision to grant credit for written examination Elements 3 and
> 4 for expired licenses that required passage [of those elements] will
> provide some relief for former General, Advanced, and Amateur Extra
> class licensees,? the FCC said, ?and is consistent with how we
> treat expired pre-1987 Technician class licensees who want to reenter
> the Amateur Service.? Pre-1987 Techs can get Element 3 credit, since
> the Technician and General class written examinations in that era were
> identical. The Commission said current rules and procedures that apply
> to expired pre-1987 Technician licenses ?are sufficient to verify
> that an individual is a former licensee under our new rules.?
>
> The Commission said that requiring applicants holding expired licenses
> to pass Element 2 in order to relicense ?will address commenters?
> concerns about lost proficiency and knowledge, because a former
> licensee will have to demonstrate that he or she has retained knowledge
> of technical and regulatory matters.? The FCC said the Element 2
> requirement also would deter any attempts by someone with the same name
> as a former licensee to obtain a ham ticket without examination.
>
> In 1997 the FCC, in the face of opposition, dropped a proposal that
> would have generally allowed examination element credit for expired
> amateur operator licenses. In the past, the FCC has maintained that its
> procedures ?provide ample notification and opportunity for license
> renewal? and that retesting did not impose an unreasonable burden.
> The issue arose again in 2011, with a request from the Anchorage
> Volunteer Examiner Coordinator.
>
> The FCC pulled back from its own proposal to reduce from three to two
> the minimum number of volunteer examiners required to proctor an
> Amateur Radio examination session. The ARRL, the W5YI-VEC and ?a
> clear majority of commenters? opposed the change, the FCC said. The
> FCC said it found commenters? arguments persuasive that that the use
> of three VEs ?results in higher accuracy and lower fraud that would
> be the case with two VEs.? In a related matter, though, the
> Commission embraced the use of remote testing methods.
>
> ?Allowing VEs and VECs the option of administering examinations at
> locations remote from the VEs is warranted,? the FCC said. The
> National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC) in 2002
> endorsed experimental use of videoconferencing technology to conduct
> Amateur Radio testing in remote areas of Alaska. The Anchorage VEC has
> long pushed for the change, citing the expense to provide Amateur Radio
> test sessions to Alaska residents living in remote areas.
>
> The FCC declined to address ?the mechanics? of remote testing,
> which, it said, ?will vary from location to location and session to
> session.? The Commission said specific rules spelling out how to
> administer exam sessions remotely ?could limit the flexibility of VEs
> and VECs.? The FCC stressed the obligation on the part of VECs and VEs
> ?to administer examinations responsibly? applies ?in full? to
> remote testing.
>
> The FCC amended the rules to provide that VEs administering
> examinations remotely be required to grade such examinations ?at the
> earliest practical opportunity,? rather than ?immediately,? as
> the rule for conventional exam sessions requires.
>
> Finally, the FCC has adopted an ARRL proposal to authorize certain Time
> Division Multiple Access (TDMA) emissions in the Amateur Service. The
> Wireless Telecommunications Bureau in 2013 granted an ARRL request for
> a temporary blanket waiver to permit radio amateurs to transmit
> emissions with designators FXD, FXE, and F7E, pending resolution of the
> rulemaking petition.
>
> ?Commenters strongly support amendment of the rules to permit these
> additional emission types,? the FCC noted. ?The commenters assert
> that the proposed rule change ?is consistent with the basis and
> purpose of the Amateur Service,?? and will allow repurposing
> surplus mobile relay equipment from other radio services in the Amateur
> Service, the Commission added.
>
> The FCC said it also will make ?certain minor, non-substantive
> amendments to the Amateur Service rules.? It is amending Part 97
> ?to reflect that the Commission amended its rules to eliminate the
> requirement that certain Amateur Radio Service licensees pass a Morse
> code examination,? the FCC said in the R&O. It also said it was
> correcting ?certain typographical or other errors? in Part 97.
>
> The new rules become effective 30 days after their publication in The
> Federal Register, which is expected to happen this week.
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