[SixClub] Here is the tenntative NO CODE testing schedule

[Bob Austin]

You pay the fee to take the test.  If you pass without code you get a 
certificate for passing the written test.  Sometime in late Feb., after the 
rule is published.  You will have to pay the VEC again to process the Cert. 
to get the Gen. class license.

Bob/KG4YOU
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <six_club at comcast.net>
To: <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "Jerry - W9FS" <w9fs at netzero.net>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [SixClub] Here is the tenntative NO CODE testing schedule


>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
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> 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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