[SixClub] Here is the tenntative NO CODE testing schedule

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I was asked a question "Does this mean if I take the written General test now and pass will I get my general, because the written is good for a year"
 
My answer was: I am not really current with the rules or the interim rules if any, it is my understanding that if you pass the General written you have a year to take the code (old rules). This would only be true if they don't change the question pool to a more difficult test. To make sure you might study any current rules.
 
Jerry W9FS

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From: "Jerry - W9FS" <w9fs at netzero.net>
> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB004
> ARLB004 Codeless Amateur Radio testing tentatively begins February 23
> 
> ZCZC AG04
> QST de W1AW
> ARRL Bulletin 4  ARLB004
> >From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT  January 19, 2007
> To all radio amateurs
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB004
> ARLB004 Codeless Amateur Radio testing tentatively begins February 23
> 
> The ARRL has learned that the FCC's Report and Order (R&O) in the
> ''Morse code proceeding,'' WT Docket 05-235,
> <http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-178A1.pdf>,
> is scheduled to appear in the Federal Register Wednesday, January
> 24. Assuming that occurs, the new Part 97 rules deleting any Morse
> code examination requirement for Amateur Radio license applicants
> would go into effect Friday, February 23, 2007. The League cautions
> that this date is tentative, pending official confirmation and
> publication.
> 
> ''This change eliminates an unnecessary regulatory burden that may
> discourage current Amateur Radio operators from advancing their
> skills and participating more fully in the benefits of Amateur
> Radio,'' the FCC remarked in the Morse code R&O.
> 
> Publication of the R&O in the Federal Register starts a 30-day
> countdown for the new rules to go on the books. Rules and
> regulations that appear in the Federal Register constitute their
> official version.
> 
> Deletion of the Morse requirement is a landmark in Amateur Radio
> history. Until 1991, when a code examination was dropped from the
> requirements to obtain a Technician ticket, all prospective radio
> amateurs had to pass a Morse test.
> 
> On or after the effective date of the new rules, an applicant
> holding a valid Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination
> (CSCE) for a higher license class will be able to redeem it for an
> upgrade. For example, a Technician licensee holding a valid CSCE for
> Element 3 (General) could apply at a VEC exam session, pay the
> application fee -- which most VECs charge -- and receive an instant
> upgrade. A CSCE is good only for 365 days from the date of issuance.
> 
> The new rules also mean that all Technician licensees, whether or
> not they've passed a Morse code examination, will gain HF privileges
> identical to those of current Novice and Tech Plus (or Technician
> with Element 1 credit) licensees without having to apply for an
> upgrade. Novices and Technicians with Element 1 credit have CW
> privileges on 80, 40, 15 meters and CW, RTTY, data and SSB
> privileges on 10 meters.
> 
> The FCC R&O includes an Order on Reconsideration in WT Docket 04-140
> -- the so-called ''omnibus'' proceeding. It will modify the Amateur
> Service rules in response to ARRL's request to accommodate
> automatically controlled narrowband digital stations on 80 meters in
> the wake of other rule changes that were effective last December 15.
> The Commission designated 3585 to 3600 kHz for such operations,
> although that segment will remain available for CW, RTTY and data.
> 
> The ARRL has posted all relevant information on these important Part
> 97 rule revisions on its ''FCC's Morse Code Report and Order WT
> Docket 05-235'' Web page, www.arrl.org/fcc/morse/
> <http://www.arrl.org/fcc/morse/>.
> NNNN
> /EX
> 
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