[SFDXA] ARLB023 FCC Seeks to Change Amateur Radio Licensing Rules, Allow Additional Emission Types

[Bill Marx]

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> ARLB023 FCC Seeks to Change Amateur Radio Licensing Rules, Allow
> Additional Emission Types
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> ARRL Bulletin 23  ARLB023
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  October 5, 2012
> To all radio amateurs 
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> ARLB023 FCC Seeks to Change Amateur Radio Licensing Rules, Allow
> Additional Emission Types
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> On October 2, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
> (NPRM) in WT Docket No. 12-121 that seeks to change the Amateur
> Radio licensing rules, especially as they concern former licensees.
> Acting upon an April 2011 Petition for Rulemaking filed by the
> Anchorage VEC to give permanent credit to radio amateurs for
> examination elements they have successfully passed, the FCC proposes
> to revise Section 97.505 to require that Volunteer Examiners (VEs)
> give examination credit to an applicant who can demonstrate that he
> or she formerly held a particular class of license. In addition, the
> Commission seeks to shorten the grace period during which an expired
> amateur license may be renewed and to reduce the number of VEs
> needed to administer an amateur license examination.
> 
> In response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed by the ARRL in March
> 2011, the FCC looks to amend the Amateur Service rules to allow
> amateur stations to transmit additional emission types in order to
> permit Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) in the Amateur Service.
> But in doing so, it denied the League's request for a blanket waiver
> pending the resolution of the rulemaking proceeding.
> 
> Comments on these proposed rules changes will be accepted until 60
> days after the NPRM is published in the Federal Register (this can
> take up to six weeks after release of the NPRM). Reply comments will
> be accepted until 90 days after publication in the Federal Register.
> 
> Complete information can be found at,
> http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-seeks-to-change-amateur-radio-licensing-rules-allow-additional-emission-types.
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